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The first animal study of a pig virus’s potential to jump to another species shows that the virus, once introduced to a select group of birds, is easily transmitted to healthy chickens and turkeys.

Channels: Agriculture, Birds, Food and Water Safety, Infectious Diseases, Public Health, All Journal News,

Keywords: Agriculture, Animal Health, Public Health, swine virus, Disease Transmission, Poultry, Farming

The idea of food addiction is a very controversial topic among scientists. Researchers from Aarhus University have delved into this topic and examined what happens in the brains of pigs when they drink sugar water.

Channels: Addiction, Behavioral Science, Food and Water Safety, Health Food, Neuro, Scientific Reports, All Journal News,

Keywords: Medicine & Health, Food addiction

Adverse outcomes from childhood exposures to lead and mercury are on the decline in the United States, likely due to decades of restrictions on the use of heavy metals, a new study finds.

Channels: Children's Health, Cognition and Learning, Environmental Health, Food and Water Safety, Neuro, Public Health, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Embargoed Feed - hidden, Grant Funded News,

Keywords: Nyu Langone, Leonardo Trasande, Pesticide, Flame Retardant, Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, IQ loss, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, Organophosphate, PBDE, Mercury, lead, Heavy Metal, Intellectual Disability

At a glance: Experiments in worms reveal the molecular damage caused by DEHP, a chemical commonly used to make plastics flexible DEHP interferes with proper cell division during egg formation, leads to excessive DNA breakage, alters chromosome appearance Abnormalities help explain known link between DEHP and human birth defects, male infertility If replicated in further research, the insights can help inform regulatory changes, consumer choice b

Channels: Children's Health, Environmental Health, Food and Water Safety, Public Health, PLOS ONE, Embargoed Feed - hidden, All Journal News,

Keywords: DEHP, Plastics, Chemical, Reproduction, Infertility, Hormones, Birth Defects

Diarrheal diseases are a leading cause of death for young children, accounting for nine percent of all deaths worldwide in children under five years of age, with most occurring in children under two years of age. Now, researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) found that even milder cases of diarrheal diseases can lead to death in young children.

Channels: Children's Health, Food and Water Safety, Healthcare, Infectious Diseases, Nutrition, Pharmaceuticals, Poverty, Race and Ethnicity, Vaccines, All Journal News,

Keywords: Mortality, Infectious Desease

Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis have solved a mystery: How did arsenic show up in aquifer water that had been triple purified? Dissolved organic compounds.

Channels: Energy, Engineering, Environmental Science, Food and Water Safety, All Journal News, Grant Funded News,

Keywords: Arsenic, aquifer recharge

A study of seven wastewater treatment plants points to two treatment methods — granular activated carbon and ozonation — as being particularly promising for reducing the concentration of pharmaceuticals including certain antidepressants and antibiotics.

Channels: Chemistry, Environmental Science, Food and Water Safety, Nature, Pharmaceuticals, Technology, Wildlife, social media distr - auto for marked clients, All Journal News,

Keywords: wastewater treatment, Wastewater, Water, Health, Medicine, Antibiotics, Antidepressants, Antibiotic Resistance, AMR, antimicrobial resistance , Chemistry, analytical chemistry, Environmental Chemistry

Channels: Environmental Health, Food and Water Safety, Healthcare, Mental Health, Public Health, Earthquakes, Natural Disasters, South America News,

Keywords: Puerto Rico, Earthquakes, Tsunami, disaster research, Recovery, Evacuation

Today a team of researchers from the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production of the Federico II University of Naples, in collaboration with the Sbarro Health Research Organization (SHRO), at Temple University in Philadelphia, and the Department of Biotechnology at the University of Siena, Itay, has discovered the effectiveness of a new extract, of natural origin, able to prevent nephrotoxicity induced by the mycotoxin Ochratoxin A (OTA), and has published this research in the international Journal of Cellular Physiology.

Channels: Agriculture, Cancer, Environmental Health, Food and Water Safety, Kidney Disease, Public Health, All Journal News,

Keywords: nephrotoxicity

Common classroom activities – such as playing with Play-Doh or uncooked pasta – have little or no potential to cause harmful gluten exposure in children with celiac disease, reports a study in the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (JPGN). Official journal of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) and the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, JPGN is published by Wolters Kluwer.

Channels: All Journal News, Autoimmune Diseases, Back to School, Children's Health, Food and Water Safety,

Keywords: Celiac Disease