A Pleasant Hill nursing home is using tap water again after a contamination led to a case of Legionnaires’ disease.Bottled water is still on site at Parkridge as they slowly start to use the tap water.Heather Ryan, of Bondurant, says she checked her mother, Mary Ryan, into Parkridge Specialty Care on Dec. 7.Shortly after, Ryan … Read more
In a recent review published in the journal Science of The Total Environment, researchers collate and discuss available literature on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). They highlight PFAS sources in the environment, compare PFAS exposure risk amongst different age groups, and elucidate epidemiological studies on these substances’ hepatotoxicity in vitro and in vivo. They finally … Read more
Chemical run-off from an Air Force base has been detected near a NSW city’s water supply, more than four decades ahead of schedule. Key points: PFAS has been found just 650 metres from Wagga Wagga’s water supply The chemicals have spread from the RAAF base at Forest Hill Modelling from 2021 said they would take 50 years to reach the city’s borefield The … Read more
A recent Environmental Health Perspectives study compares the levels of metal biomarkers in the blood and urine of marijuana users with non-users. Study: Blood and Urinary Metal Levels among Exclusive Marijuana Users in NHANES (2005–2018). Image Credit: Inside Creative House / Shutterstock.com Background Marijuana is one of the most commonly used drugs throughout the world. Although many … Read more
Producers of infant formula employ comprehensive food safety systems, including product testing to ensure those systems are working. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign finds that some testing methods are more powerful at catching contaminants than others. Spacing out samples over time in a stratified sampling pattern is better at catching risky … Read more
Gary Flook served in the Air Force for 37 years, as a firefighter at the now-closed Chanute Air Force Base in Illinois and the former Grissom Air Force Base in Indiana, where he regularly trained with aqueous film forming foam, or AFFF — a frothy white fire retardant that is highly effective but now known … Read more