Colony Collapse Disorder has killed millions of bees and was first noted in 2006. Some colonies saw losses of about 90% of their populations. The bees are important because they are needed to pollinate certain crops. They have already experienced serious losses financially and scientists are at a loss to find the cause. Bats are…
Monthly Archives: January 2008
Concern Over Tainted Medicine
A large pharmaceutical company in China is being blamed for selling contaminated leukemia drugs that affected over 200 people. This drug came out of one of the plants that this company owns. The reason for concern is that the same company has a plant only an hour away that makes all the abortion pills that…
New Vending Machines In L.A.
There are now a couple of vending machines in L.A. that are dispensing medical marijuana. The machines are in rooms with guards and you must have a prescription, you also need to be photographed and fingerprinted. The marijuana comes in capsule form and you are limited to one ounce per week. They are also planning…
Double Dipping
A study was done by undergraduate students to see how much extra bacteria was added to a dip by people double dipping. They found it adds about 10,000 more bacteria to the dip. According to the article I read it seems equivalent to kissing someone and the transfer of the bacteria from one mouth to…