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Indoor environmental screening of the home or work environment is important for individuals with allergies, chronic sinusitis, rhinitis, emphysema, asthma, atopic dermatitis, immune deficiencies, etc
May is National Asthma & Allergy Awareness Month. Asthma is the most common chronic disease affecting more than 35 million people, including 6 million children. Each year, the prevalent disease causes more than 5 million emergency room visits and 500,000 hospitalizations.
According to EPA "Americans spend up to 90 percent of their time indoors. Indoor allergens and irritants play a significant role in triggering...
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Disabled Resident in Assisted-Living Facility Found Sick, Living in Mold and Filth ...resident was found unconscious in a room that had mold... |
by FoxNews.com | AP
CHISHOLM, Minn. - State health officials say a vulnerable adult is recovering from neglect after he was found in filthy conditions at an assisted-living facility in Chisholm.
The Minnesota Department of Health has cited Hillcrest Terrace for failing to recognize the man's health had deteriorated. Ambulance crew members say the resident was found unconscious in a room that had mold, smelled strongly of urine and had no bed sheets. A health department report says the man was suffering from critically low blood sugar due to diabetes and a urinary tract infection.
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13-Year-Old McDonald's Hamburger Still In Good Shape - No Mold, Fungus, etc... |
by Steven Estep ~ business2community.com
This VERY old McDonald's hamburger is alarming, to say the least. Damn, McDonald's makes some killer left-overs, because their left-overs will last for at least 13 years!
This whole thing is actually a mistake. David Whipple used this McDonald's hamburger back in 1999 to show how live enzymes worked.
After he was finished showing off the burger, he wrapped it back up, put it in a coat, put the coat in a closet and completely forgot about the hamburger... until more than a year later.
Now, you may be thinking that it would be very hard to let food go unattended in your house without noticing it. Wouldn't there be a smell?
Wouldn't it rot? Wouldn't there be an army of bugs leading to a closet to feast on the damn thing? No...
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by Melissa Healy - latimes.com
Despite surging cases of infections unresponsive to existing antibiotic drugs, the number of medications under development or receiving approval from the Food and Drug Administration is dwindling and remains "alarmingly low," a new report warns.
Most concerning...
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Microbiologist Targets Moldy Drink |
by Rondrell Moore | www.wthiTV.com
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Research is underway on a popular kids drink.
You may remember years ago News 10 told you about mold found in a Terre Haute man's daughter's Capri Sun package.
Now, the scientist who confirmed that finding is on a mission. She's trying to find how it got there, and how dangerous it could be. Dr. Kathleen Dannelly, a microbiologist at ISU, started a research group after our story. Her goal is to find out how the fungus got there.
She and her team got more Capri Suns and did some research. They, themselves were able to grow a similar fungus after a few weeks. Dr. Dannelly explained...
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