Find out the future of wellbeing at the British Safety Council Conference

Find out the future of wellbeing at the British Safety Council Conference

Scientists examine threats to food security if we meet the Paris climate targets

Two degrees no longer seen as global warming guardrail | AFP | South Coast Sun

Two degrees no longer seen as global warming guardrail | AFP | South Coast Sun: Limiting global warming to two degrees Celsius will not prevent destructive and deadly climate impacts, as once hoped, dozens of experts concluded in a score of scientific studies released Monday.

Plastics compound, BPS, often substituted for BPA, alters mouse moms' behavior and brain regions: Impaired behavior in pregnant and lactating mice

Plastics compound, BPS, often substituted for BPA, alters mouse moms' behavior and brain regions: Impaired behavior in pregnant and lactating mice: In the first study of its kind, environmental health scientists and neuroscientists examined the effects of the compound bisphenol S (BPS) on maternal behavior and related brain regions in mice. They found subtle but striking behavior changes in nesting mothers exposed during pregnancy and lactation and in their daughters exposed in utero.

Six Products to Avoid Whenever Possible - Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families

Six Products to Avoid Whenever Possible - Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families

Every 50 cigarettes smoked cause one DNA mutation per lung cell

Every 50 cigarettes smoked cause one DNA mutation per lung cell: We can now precisely count how many cancer-related DNA mutations accumulate in smokers’ organs over time

Researchers debunk 'five-second rule': Eating food off the floor isn't safe: Sometimes bacteria transfer in less than a second

Researchers debunk 'five-second rule': Eating food off the floor isn't safe: Sometimes bacteria transfer in less than a second: Turns out bacteria may transfer to candy that has fallen on the floor no matter how fast you pick it up. Rutgers researchers have disproven the widely accepted notion that it's OK to scoop up food and eat it within a 'safe' five-second window.