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Contaminant
Contaminants are substances that make something impure or undesirable. Contaminants can impact various environments such as air, water, or soil. In addition, biological samples can become contaminated compromise the results of tests perdormed in medical or research laboratories.
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AUG 20, 2016Videos
This video is worth every one of its eighteen minutes. Media surrounding the disgusting "Dump of Rio" leading up to and ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 18, 2016Plants & Animals
What happened to the wooly mammoth that caused the species to go extinct? Scientists believe that a lack of water ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 11, 2016Cancer
While federal emergency aid for the lead contamination problem in Flint, Michigan is set to end on August 14, the proble ...AUG 07, 2016Microbiology
Toxins and heavily polluted environments can have a big impact on human health. Sometimes, humans live and work right in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 20, 2016Videos
In the United States, the US Geological Survey labs are responsible for testing millions of samples from around the coun ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 10, 2016Videos
It's recently been reported that some drug-resistant super bacteria have been detected in waters around Rio de Janeiro, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 27, 2016Videos
An Ohio teenager died last week after contracting a brain-eating amoeba called Naegleria fowleri while rafting at the U. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 22, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Foodborne illnesses are the scourge of the food industry. And it seems that nearly every day, some type of food is being ...JUN 17, 2016Immunology
The summer of 2015 in the South Bronx, New York City saw the worst outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease the city had ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 13, 2016Microbiology
A new material has been created by researchers in Singapore that kills E. coli bacteria in 30 seconds. As antibiotic res ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 10, 2016Videos
The EPA has issued new warnings about chemicals found in water supplies around the country that could cause cancer. The ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 04, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A new study report found that at least 2,234 people contracted the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from blood transfu ...MAY 18, 2016Cardiology
Scientists have solved a mystery about where the body stores and deploys blood-clotting factor VIII, a protein that abou ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAY 18, 2016Cancer
The acoustic properties of a cell can give away its identity, revealing to researchers whether the cell is cancer or nor ...MAY 17, 2016Videos
Can there be racism in terms of environmental pollution and other hazards? It's a concern that is often overlooked by en ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 03, 2016Microbiology
Scientists first saw the microbiome when doing ribosomal RNA sequencing and getting so much of what many thought was con ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 03, 2016Videos
While the news out of Flint MI about the lead contaminated water supply is certainly dominating headlines, it's not the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 02, 2016Health & Medicine
For people with a certain gene mutation, metabolizing fat can be much harder for the body to do than it would be for a h ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 14, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Prion diseases are rare and deadly diseases of the brain. Once infected, the prion particles self-propagates and convert ...APR 06, 2016Videos
Although this particular video is several years outdated, its message is as strong as ever. With the new Greater Grand C ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 04, 2016Genetics & Genomics
DNA, the diverse combination of just four nucleotide letters that writes our genetic code, can do more than just form a ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 04, 2016Neuroscience
Toxoplasmosis, sometimes referred to as simply “Toxo,” is an illness that can result from contact with a sin ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 01, 2016Earth & The Environment
Environmental injustice stories related to water rights are flaring up not only in Flint, Michigan. Within the la ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 21, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A staggering 30-50% of the world’s population is estimated to be infected with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Thi ...
AUG 20, 2016
Videos
This video is worth every one of its eighteen minutes. Media surrounding the disgusting "Dump of Rio" leading up to and
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 18, 2016
Plants & Animals
What happened to the wooly mammoth that caused the species to go extinct? Scientists believe that a lack of water
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 11, 2016
Cancer
While federal emergency aid for the lead contamination problem in Flint, Michigan is set to end on August 14, the proble
...
AUG 07, 2016
Microbiology
Toxins and heavily polluted environments can have a big impact on human health. Sometimes, humans live and work right in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 20, 2016
Videos
In the United States, the US Geological Survey labs are responsible for testing millions of samples from around the coun
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 10, 2016
Videos
It's recently been reported that some drug-resistant super bacteria have been detected in waters around Rio de Janeiro,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2016
Videos
An Ohio teenager died last week after contracting a brain-eating amoeba called Naegleria fowleri while rafting at the U.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 22, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Foodborne illnesses are the scourge of the food industry. And it seems that nearly every day, some type of food is being
...
JUN 17, 2016
Immunology
The summer of 2015 in the South Bronx, New York City saw the worst outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease the city had
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 13, 2016
Microbiology
A new material has been created by researchers in Singapore that kills E. coli bacteria in 30 seconds. As antibiotic res
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 10, 2016
Videos
The EPA has issued new warnings about chemicals found in water supplies around the country that could cause cancer. The
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 04, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new study report found that at least 2,234 people contracted the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from blood transfu
...
MAY 18, 2016
Cardiology
Scientists have solved a mystery about where the body stores and deploys blood-clotting factor VIII, a protein that abou
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 18, 2016
Cancer
The acoustic properties of a cell can give away its identity, revealing to researchers whether the cell is cancer or nor
...
MAY 17, 2016
Videos
Can there be racism in terms of environmental pollution and other hazards? It's a concern that is often overlooked by en
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 03, 2016
Microbiology
Scientists first saw the microbiome when doing ribosomal RNA sequencing and getting so much of what many thought was con
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 03, 2016
Videos
While the news out of Flint MI about the lead contaminated water supply is certainly dominating headlines, it's not the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 02, 2016
Health & Medicine
For people with a certain gene mutation, metabolizing fat can be much harder for the body to do than it would be for a h
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 14, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Prion diseases are rare and deadly diseases of the brain. Once infected, the prion particles self-propagates and convert
...
APR 06, 2016
Videos
Although this particular video is several years outdated, its message is as strong as ever. With the new Greater Grand C
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 04, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
DNA, the diverse combination of just four nucleotide letters that writes our genetic code, can do more than just form a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 04, 2016
Neuroscience
Toxoplasmosis, sometimes referred to as simply “Toxo,” is an illness that can result from contact with a sin
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 01, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Environmental injustice stories related to water rights are flaring up not only in Flint, Michigan. Within the la
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 21, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A staggering 30-50% of the world’s population is estimated to be infected with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Thi
...