Richard Peltier, PhD, assistant professor, environmental health sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Dyron Hamlin, chemical engineer, GHD. “Summary of Air Sampling,” city of Smyrna, GA, Sept. 16, 2019. “Summary of Air Sampling,” city of Willowbrook, IL, February 2019. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality: “Ethylene Oxide, Carcinogenic Dose-Response Assessment,” June 28, 2019. Lucy Fraiser, PhD, principal/owner,… Read More »
There are many people trying to find their place in this world. We might think of it as an existential crisis, and everyone gets to experience it. Finding meaning in whatever we do is an inherently human thing. It might be difficult or even impossible, but we try anyway. There are many questions that we… Read More »
A simple blood test reliably detects signs of brain damage in people on the path to developing Alzheimer’s disease – even before they show signs of confusion and memory loss, according to a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases in Germany. The findings,… Read More »
More than 3,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer in the UK each year, and almost 1,000 lose their lives to the killer disease – yet it is 99.8 per cent preventable with regular screening. Big Brother star Jade Goody’s death at 27 in 2009 led to a surge in women having smear tests. But… Read More »
When I get e-mails from 23andMe — the genetic testing company that I signed up for in June, just out of curiosity — I usually discard them as junk mail. But in September, a message landed in my inbox that couldn’t be ignored. “Heather,” it read, “I think I’m your half-brother … Life truly is… Read More »