Inside Porton Down: what I learned during three years at the UK’s most secretive chemical weapons laboratory
Porton Down’s archive was opened up for a study into the health of the human volunteers in the nerve agent testing programme.
Wildfire Survivors Could Face a New Toxic Threat, Study Finds
A study recently published in the Environmental Science and Technology Letters journal found that these wildfire retardants ...
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EBRPD issues warning about toxic mushrooms
East Bay Regional Park District is warning people to stay away from mushrooms during the rainy season, as two kinds found in ...
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East Bay Regional Parks issues annual wild mushroom personal health advisory
During the rainy winter season, wild mushrooms pop up in great numbers throughout East Bay Regional Parks. Mushrooms are an ...
Traumatic brain injuries have toxic effects that last weeks. Antioxidant addresses that damage in mice
Traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of death and disability in the world. Blunt force trauma to the brain, often from a ...
Traumatic brain injuries have toxic effects that last weeks after initial impact − an antioxidant material reduces this damage in mice
Addressing the harmful chemical processes that accompany blunt force trauma to the brain can reduce the risk of long-term ...
Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus to auction off Banksy painting for wildfire relief
Blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus is auctioning off a Banksy painting and plans to donate a portion of the sale to California wildfire relief. The rare painting, titled “Crude Oil (Vettriano)” is expected ...
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Tempi Prosecutor alleges her son was “victim of criminal act”
Just a few hours after the body of missing 39-year-old Vassilis Kalogirou was found in a remote area, his mother, a prosecutor investigating the Tempi tragedy, openly alleged that her son was the ...
Sammye L. Scharf Sammye L. Scharf, born on November 3, 1931,
Sammye L. Scharf Sammye L. Scharf, born on November 3, 1931, in Waurika, Oklahoma, passed away on February 2, 2025. Sammye was preceded in death by her husband, Howard Scharf. She is survived by her ...