Spanish
researchers have discovered antibiotics in meat-containing baby food at
0.5 to 25.2 µg/kg, and in milk-containing baby food at 1.2 to 26.2
µg/kg.
These are tiny concentrations, so won't be anything to worry
about, but it does indicate the feckless over-use and mis-use of
antibiotics by the farming industries.
Farmers use antibiotics to accelerate growth, with the consequence of breeding dangerous diseases in the host animals, such as swine flu.
The baby food itself isn't dangerous, but the mechanism by which they came to have antibiotics in them is!
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-method-veterinary-drugs-baby-food.html
Brain-controlled arm could beat paralysis. Amazing work!
Whenever i think of work in this area, it reminds me of this scene from Red Dwarf: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PidqxAAjUl4 So funny :D
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21428654.100-braincontrolled-arm-could-beat-paralysis.html
"More than 5,000 people die each year [in the US] in vehicle crashes
caused by distracted driving, many who were texting and talking on
cellphones behind the wheel"
Driving is so dangerous, and yet we
treat explosive-powered locomotion as if it's the most 'normal' thing in
the world. Now tell me you're against GM, nuclear power, and think
herbal medicine's worth the chance. Humans' risk-judging skills are a
joke!
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-cq-distracted.html
There's
been some interesting news in the week regarding water temperature and
water-borne ecosystems, specifically fish, and the fishing industry, so
i've lumped them together into a special post.
Most farmed fish, if you didn't
already know, are carnivorous, and so are fed flakes of other fish (carnivorous fish tend to be bigger than herbivorous fish).
“Studies have shown that fish, such as salmon and sea bass, eat less of
the plant protein product and don’t grow as fast. Their flesh does not
receive the necessary levels of Omega-3 fatty acids, which are a key
component of human nutrition. The food also contains anti-nutrients
that cause difficulties with digestion and absorption of nutrients, as
well as toxins that can build up in the fish.”
This
doesn't seem a tenable practice, so fermented plant feed is being
pioneered.
“Fermentation methods could predigest the toxins and anti-nutrients in plant protein
food, making it easier for the fish to absorb and maintain overall good
health. It will help resolve current technical limitations of the
product and address the concerns about overfishing and food shortage in the years to come.”
Farm salmon are fed on wild salmon, but outcompete them, and give them
parasites (farming conditions favour pathogen populations), aswell as
suffering from water temperature increases. On top of that, increased
homogeneity's risking the fishes' health
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-hatchery-fish.html
