Scripps Scientists Develop New "Kit" To Screen Mercury In Fish (April 19, 2001) -- Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), have developed a screening method, similar to a home pregnancy test, that can detect mercury contamination in fish. According to Kim D. Janda, ... > full story

Nanoporous 'Sponge' Removes Mercury From Offshore Produced Waters (April 3, 2006) -- Researchers at PNNL have developed a novel nanoporous sorbent thiol-SAMMS, or thiol-functionalized Self Assembled Monolayers on Mesoporous Supports, to specifically remove mercury and other ... > full story

UC Engineering Researchers Find Mercury In Cicadas (June 1, 2004) -- Think twice before you eat one of Cincinnati's Brood-X cicadas. That's the warning from researchers at the University of Cincinnati College of Engineering, who have found surprising levels of mercury ... > full story

Scientists Say New Mercury Rules Could Mean Continued Risk For Loons (December 15, 2003) -- Researchers from the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and other organizations conducting an ongoing study of common loons in the Adirondacks, say that the newly proposed ... > full story

Mercury Prevalent In Many Western Fish, Study Finds (January 25, 2007) -- A new survey by researchers at Oregon State University and the EPA of more than 600 rivers and streams in the western United States found widespread mercury concentrations in fish. Though few of the ... > full story

Unlikely Mix ­ Used Tires, Pistachio Shells ­ Can Clean Up Pollution (August 2, 2000) -- Researchers have come up with a way to use old tires and pistachio shells to remove mercury emissions from power plants. Activated-carbon adsorbents made from the tires and shells work as well as or ... > full story

Mercury Pollution Threatens Health Worldwide, Scientists Say (August 11, 2006) -- Mercury pollution can threaten the health of people, fish, and wildlife everywhere, from industrial sites to remote corners of the planet, but reducing mercury use and emissions would lessen those ... > full story

Power Plants Are Major Influence In Regional Mercury Emissions (July 21, 2006) -- The amount of mercury emitted into the atmosphere in the Northeast fluctuates annually depending on activity in the electric power industry, according to researchers at the Yale School of Forestry & ... > full story

Mercury In Ocean Fish May Come From Natural Sources, Not Pollution (December 5, 2003) -- Mercury levels in yellowfin tuna caught off the coast of Hawaii have not changed in 27 years, despite a considerable increase in atmospheric mercury during this time, according to a new study. The ... > full story

Researchers Find Mercury Pollution In Wildfires (August 28, 2001) -- As thousands of acres continue to burn across the western United States, scientists are flying over wildfires in the Pacific Northwest to measure mercury emissions in their smoke. The National Center ... > full story

Olfaction -- Olfaction, the sense of odor (smell), is the detection of chemicals dissolved in air (or in water, by animals that live under water). In vertebrates smells are sensed by the olfactory epithelium ... > full article

Sensory neuron -- Sensory neurons are nerve cells within the nervous system responsible for converting external stimuli from the organism's environment into internal electrical impulses. For example, some sensory ... > full article

Service dog -- A service dog is a type of assistance dog that is specially trained to help people who have disabilities other than visual or hearing impairment. Examples of these include Psychiatric service dogs, ... > full article

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Body odor -- Body odor, Bromhidrosis or body odour is the smell of bacteria growing on the body. These bacteria multiply considerably in the presence of sweat, but sweat itself is almost totally odorless. Body ... > full article

Therapy dog -- Therapy Dog refers to a dog trained to provide affection and comfort to people in hospitals, retirement homes, nursing homes, mental institutions, schools, and stressful situations such as disaster ... > full article

Hunting dog -- A hunting dog refers to any dog who assists humans in hunting. There are several types of hunting dogs developed for the many tasks hunters require that they fulfill. The major categories of hunting ... > full article

Hypoallergenic dog breeds -- Hypoallergenic dog breeds are those touted as being hypoallergenic; that is, provoking fewer allergic reactions in allergy sufferers. These breeds usually shed less dander and hair and are, ... > full article

Sensory system -- A sensory system is a part of the nervous system responsible for processing sensory information. A sensory system consists of sensory receptors, neural pathways, and parts of the brain involved in ... > full article

Psychiatric service dog -- A Psychiatric Service Dog is a dog that helps its handler, who has a mental (psychiatric) disability. Examples of mental disabilities that sometimes qualify a person for a service dog include, but ... > full article

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Evidence of Harm : Mercury in Vaccines and the Autism Epidemic: A Medical Controversy
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