Positively Foggian!I think that brings us back to the 'holes are social constructs' part of the conversation. Nicely symmetrical.
Positively Foggian!I think that brings us back to the 'holes are social constructs' part of the conversation. Nicely symmetrical.
Rehab (rehabilitation) is usually corrected by physicists with the " method of renormalization"Rehab usually.
Yeah - i have a few days that feel that way too now and again.The result of these different terms is the same - existence never ends.
Yeah, the Internet, computers, Wi-Fi and other devices that emit radio frequency electromagnetic fields are affecting the brains of Canadians.Some fear health impact from cellphones and EMF
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Publishing date:Aug 19, 2022 • 18 hours ago • 2 minute read • Join the conversation
Despite assurances from Health Canada, almost a third of Canadians surveyed say they are concerned about how daily use of cellphones, WiFi and other devices that emit radio frequency electromagnetic fields (EMF) will affect their health.
Regulators have consistently maintained wireless devices pose no danger to human health.
Asked, “How concerned are you about daily or regular usage of products like these that emit various forms of radiation?” 31% of Canadians surveyed said they were concerned.
Researchers said the survey was intended to counter, “dissemination of misinformation and disinformation regarding the health risks posed by these technologies.”
The survey sample was 5,000 people nationwide. The health department paid the Strategic Counsel $100,033 for the survey.
Most survey respondents were not particularly concerned about daily or regular use of products. A majority of those surveyed (54%), said they used their cellphone “all the time,” holding the phone directly to their ear.
The health department has assured parliament that radio waves from wireless devices pose no danger to the public.
“I’m confident they do not represent a risk,” Andrew Adams, then-director of the department’s environmental and radiation health sciences directorate, said in 2015 during testimony at the Commons health committee.
Access To Information records obtained in 2015 detailed in-house memos in which Department of Health managers discussed public fears of cancer risks from wireless devices.
“As a father of two children and a member of my own community I understand concerns with respect to cell towers,” wrote Art Thansandote, then-chief of the electromagnetics division at the health department’s radiation health sciences directorate.
“However as a scientist I must take a look at the issue from a scientific point of view. There is no evidence that using a cellphone causes brain tumours.”
Thansandote continued, “Public exposure to radiofrequency energy from cellular base stations, e.g. cellphone towers, is at a much lower level than that from cellphones.
“Worse case exposure levels emitted from these devices are typically thousands of times below those specified in science-based exposure standards.
In 2014, then-Conservative MP Terence Young (Oakville, Ont.) introduced a private bill: C-648 An Act Respecting The Prevention Of Potential Health Risks From Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Radiation.
It was intended to force manufacturers to label cellphones and other wireless devices with health warnings.
“If there is no risk to holding a phone to your head or putting it in your pocket, why is the industry burying warnings where no one will see them?” Young asked.
The measure would have required manufacturers and retailers to place large labels on packaging for devices from WiFi units to baby monitors.
The bill lapsed in 2015.
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Some fear health impact from cellphones and EMF
Almost a third of Canadians are concerned about how use of cellphones, WiFi and other devices that emit EMF will affect their health.torontosun.com
Yeah, to be healthy, you need to drink water with vodka.Rainwater not safe to drink — even in remote corners of the globe: Study
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Publishing date:Aug 21, 2022 • 12 hours ago • 1 minute read • Join the conversation
New research has revealed a growing prevalence of highly toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS in rainwater in the Great Lakes basin, increasing fears about the negative health effects for humans and wildlife. In this file photo a storm front passes over Devonshire Mall in Windsor on June 18, 2014.
New research has revealed a growing prevalence of highly toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS in rainwater in the Great Lakes basin, increasing fears about the negative health effects for humans and wildlife. In this file photo a storm front passes over Devonshire Mall in Windsor on June 18, 2014. PHOTO BY JASON KRYK /Windsor Star
There’s nowhere on Earth where rainwater is safe to drink, according to a new study.
It doesn’t matter if no humans are around in remote locations on the planet, pollution still gets there, according to the study published by researchers from Stockholm University and ETH Zurich.
While the scientists can’t make the claim with 100% certainty, they believe it to be the case because human-made chemicals have been found in remote areas. These chemicals don’t break down easily, so they stick around for decades — sometimes forever.
“Over time, winds and rain carry these ‘forever chemicals’ across oceans and continents until they land somewhere and begin accumulating,” the Weather Network said.
The chemicals can cause cancer, diabetes, infertility and immune system problems, among other issues.
Analysis of samples from remote parts of Tibet and Antarctica revealed that some of these chemicals remain in the atmosphere despite their production being phased out by manufacturers. Due to natural processes, such as the water cycle and wind patterns, the chemicals were observed continuously cycling through the atmosphere and environment, according to the Weather Network.
And it was added that the levels at these remote locations “often exceed” the recommended limit of some chemicals as outlined by the U.S. EPA drinking water health advisory.
Rainwater in the remote regions often exceeded limits for some chemicals outlined by the Denmark drinking water advisory, which is one of the strictest drinking water regulations globally.
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Rainwater is now unsafe to drink due to ‘forever chemicals,' study says - The Weather Network
The currently known problems associated with PFAS are likely “only the tip of the iceberg,” the scientists say.theweathernetwork.com
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Rainwater not safe to drink — even in remote corners of the globe: Study
Study finds there's now no place on earth where rainwater is safe to drinktorontosun.com
I do that all the time, minus the water.Yeah, to be healthy, you need to drink water with vodka.
Our environment depends on water and vodka, so, please, respect the proportionsI do that all the time, minus the water.
"T. dohrnii" after sexual act has millions of spermatozoa andScientists find clues to what makes 'immortal jellyfish' immortal
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Julie Steenhuysen
Publishing date:Aug 31, 2022 • 14 hours ago • 2 minute read • Join the conversation
The Sea Wasp - Immortal Jellyfish.
The Sea Wasp - Immortal Jellyfish. PHOTO BY ISTOCK /GETTY IMAGES
CHICAGO — Scientists in Spain have unlocked the genetic code of the immortal jellyfish — a creature capable of repeatedly reverting into a juvenile state – in hopes of unearthing the secret to their unique longevity, and find new clues to human aging.
In their study, published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Maria Pascual-Torner, Victor Quesada and colleagues at the University of Oviedo mapped the genetic sequence of Turritopsis dohrnii, the only known species of jellyfish able to repeatedly revert back into a larval stage after sexual reproduction.
Like other types of jellyfish, the T. dohrnii goes through a two-part life cycle, living on the sea floor during an asexual phase, where its chief role is to stay alive during times of food scarcity. When conditions are right, jellyfish reproduce sexually.
Although many types of jellyfish have some capacity to reverse aging and revert to a larval stage, most lose this ability once they reach sexual maturity, the authors wrote. Not so for T. dohrnii.
“We’ve known about this species being able to do a little evolutionary trickery for maybe 15-20 years,” said Monty Graham, a jellyfish expert and director of the Florida Institute of Oceanography, who was not involved in the research.
This trick earned the species its nickname as the immortal jellyfish, a term Graham admits is a bit hyperbolic.
The study was aimed at understanding what made this jellyfish different by comparing the genetic sequence of T. dohrnii to that of Turritopsis rubra, a close genetic cousin that lacks the ability to rejuvenate after sexual reproduction.
What they found is that T. dohrnii has variations in its genome that may make it better at copying and repairing DNA. They also appear to be better at maintaining the ends of chromosomes called telomeres. In humans and other species, telomere length has been shown to shorten with age.
Graham said the research has no immediate commercial value.
“We can’t look at it as, hey, we are going to harvest these jellyfish and turn it into a skin cream,” he said.
It has more to do with understanding the processes and protein functionality that helps these jellyfish cheat death.
“It’s one of those papers that I do think will open up a door to a new line of study that’s worth pursuing.”
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Scientists in Spain have unlocked the genetic code of the immortal jellyfish.torontosun.com
Snoring and cancer? There may be a link.
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Publishing date:Sep 06, 2022 • 19 hours ago • 1 minute read • Join the conversation
A study says people who snore -- such as those suffering from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) -- may also have an increased risk of cancer.
A study says people who snore -- such as those suffering from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) -- may also have an increased risk of cancer.
Sawing logs may be even worse for your health than previously thought.
A study says people who snore — such as those suffering from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) — may also have an increased risk of cancer, according to the New York Post.
Presented by Swedish experts at a medical conference in Barcelona on Monday, the study found those who are overweight or obese, have diabetes, smoke or drink a lot of alcohol are most at risk.
Symptons of OSA, which is an obstruction of people’s airways when they sleep, are loud snoring, gasping and daytime sleepiness as it can cause a lack of oxygen.
Dr. Andreas Palm, of Uppsala University in Sweden, said in a press release that while it’s known already that patients with OSA have an increased risk of cancer “it has not been clear whether or not this is due to the OSA itself or to related risk factors for cancer, such as obesity, cardiometabolic disease and lifestyle factors. Our findings show that oxygen deprivation due to OSA is independently associated with cancer.”
However, researchers, who looked at 62,811 patients five years before they started treatment for OSA, said the study can’t show OSA causes cancer — only that it is associated with it.
Lifestyle factors such as physical activity and food preferences were not accounted for, and more research is planned.
“The association between OSA and cancer is less well established than the link with diseases of the heart and blood vessels, insulin resistance, diabetes and fatty liver disease,” Palm said in the press release.
“Therefore, more research is needed, and we hope our study will encourage other researchers to research this important topic.”
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NEW STUDY: Snoring and cancer? There may be a link.
A study says people who snore -- such as those suffering from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) -- may also have an increased risk of cancertorontosun.com