How dangerous is dioxane in your drinking water?
How worried should you be if 1,4-dioxane gets into your drinking water? 1,4-dioxane is an industrial chemical used as a solvent and a stabilizer -- and in areas where there's environmental contamination, safety is an important question, especially as the substance is a probable human carcinogen
The US Environmental Protection Agency has conducted an extensive assessment of the risks of drinking 1,4-dioxane contaminated water. This week's risk bites takes a look at what this assessment means for the city of Ann Arbor, where there's significant 1,4-dioxane groundwater contamination.
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How Safe is Graphene?
How safe is graphene when it’s used in face masks and other consumer and professional products?
In this episode of Risk Bites, nanotechnology expert Professor Andrew Maynard looks at what’s known about the potential health risks associated with the engineered nanomaterial graphene, and how consumers can make smart choices when deciding whether to use graphene containing products or not.
USEFUL LINKS
What is graphene? https://www.nanowerk.com/what_is_grap...
Manufacturers have been using nanotechnology-derived graphene in face masks — now there are safety concerns. Andrew Maynard, Medium https://medium.com/edge-of-innovation...
Health Canada advises against using graphene-containing face masks. https://healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall...
Safety Assessment of Graphene-Based Materials: Focus on Human Health and the Environment (Fadeel et al.) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b04758
What is nanotechnology? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAOFp...
Assessing Nanoparticle Risks to Human Health: https://therealandrewmaynard.com/2021...
Nanotechnology: The Next Big Thing, or Much Ado about Nothing? https://doi.org/10.1093/annhyg/mel071
RISK BITES
Risk Bites videos are devised, created and produced by Andrew Maynard. They are produced under a Creative Commons License CC-BY-SA
Backing track: Piano Flight, by Immersive Music. https://www.premiumbeat.com/royalty-f...
ANDREW MAYNARD
Professor Andrew Maynard is a scientist, author, and leading expert on risk and the ethical and socially responsible development and use of new technologies. He is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, serves as co-chair of the Institute for the Advancement of Nutrition and Food Science (IAFNS) Board of Trustees, is a member of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research President’s Research Council, has served on a number of National Academies of Sciences committees, and has testified before congressional committees on several occasions.
As well as producing Risk Bites, Andrew’s work has appeared in publications ranging from The Washington Post and Scientific American, to Slate, Salon, and OneZero. He co-hosts the podcasts Mission: Interplanetary and Future Rising, and is the author of the books Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies, and Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow.
Andrew received his PhD in aerosol dynamics from the University of Cambridge in 1993, and is currently a professor in the Arizona State University School for the Future of Innovation in Society, and an Associate Dean in the ASU College of Global Futures.
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A guide to all the different types of espresso drinks.
A guide to all the different types of espresso drinks.
http://gothamist.com/2016/03/30/espre...
Video by Jessica Leibowitz
Produced by Jessica Leibowitz and Nell Casey
Special Thanks: Brooklyn Roasting Company, Michael Pollack and Kelsey Forde
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Stop Sleeping on Your Stomach
Sleeping on your stomach is hard on your body and a common cause of low back pain, neck pain, shoulder issues and headaches.1 The reasons for habitual stomach sleeping are not well understood, but may be related to staying warm, feeling more protected or possibly even connected to your personality traits.23 Stopping stomach sleeping and transitioning to your side or back while in bed may not be easy to do, but the benefits to your spine and rest of your body are significant.
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How to Fix Anterior Pelvic Tilt
Anterior Pelvic Tilt is a very common issue that takes place by a lot of sitting that we do through driving, working, or being inactive for a good portion of the day. It happens when there is an exaggerated arch in the lower back which is caused by an imbalance of a bunch of different muscles and weakness in some others. In this video we go over 5 ways you can address your pelvic tilt issue, and provide 3 exercises you can add into your routine. Hope this video helps you all out!
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Strongest Belly Fat Burner Drink Lose 10 KGS In 10 days
This Amazing Juice is wonders for your weight loss regime and help losing belly fat. Have fibers, very low calories and sugar.
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Antarctic Deepsea Life
Most of the Southern Ocean outside of the narrow Antarctic continental shelf is more than 3000m deep. This poses a real challenge for scientists studying the assemblages of animals living on the seabed. Dr Dave Bowden, a benthic ecologist at NIWA, explains how marine biologists are beginning to unveil the mysteries of this deep ocean, particularly the relatively unknown sector between New Zealand and the Ross Sea. New high resolution deepsea cameras have revealed amazing sights, including 'meadows' of a new species of stalked crinoid (relatives of sea stars) in habitats only previously seen in the fossil record.
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Antarctica | DANGER AHEAD!
In this video, we say goodbye to the frozen continent we've called home for the past 5 MONTHS! The biggest challenge of leaving? Getting the plane to land! We take you out to the treacherous Phoenix Airfield, hoping our chariot lands to take us back to the mainland of New Zealand!
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CAT vs DOG
We did the OBSTACLE CHALLENGE with our puppies! We put a lot of things on the floor and made three rounds with the kitty and just one round with the dogs . How will the kitty and the dogs pass them and how many things will fall after they passed?
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Strange Life Forms Accidentally Discovered Deep Below Antarctica
Strange Life Forms Accidentally Discovered Deep Below Antarctica.
As scientists continue to peer into the great unknown that is the deep sea, strange creatures, like so many water-type Pokemon, keep appearing.
Now, a team of marine biologists and geologists has found more bizarre, mysterious sea life; this time, nearly 3,000 feet below an antarctic ice shelf.
And it may reshape our conception of the way life works in frigid, lightless places.
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Wired reported on the discovery, which a team at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) recently announced.
The team, led by marine biologist Dr.
Huw Griffiths, found the new life more than half a mile beneath the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in the Southern Ocean.
The team was performing a survey 160 miles inland from their ships when they stumbled upon the surprising sea life.
“We were expecting to retrieve a sediment core from under the ice shelf, so it came as a bit of a surprise when we hit the boulder and saw from the video footage that there were animals living on it,” Dr.
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Things you DIDN'T KNOW about Antarctica
In this video, we discuss more of the science-y and logistical side of what McMurdo station does and goes through during it's Austral Summer. We talk about NASA balloon launches, the annual vessel week, and the Kiwis, our friendly New Zealand neighbors!
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Why The Mars Helicopter Won't Fly at Night
The Mars helicopter, ‘Ingenuity’, along with the new rover ‘Perseverance’ are scheduled to land on February 18th 2021. The local time on Mars will be approximately 3.45pm at Jezero Crater. Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab have stated the best time to fly Ingenuity is around 11am local time, and flying at night will be strictly forbidden.
Today’s video will feature all you need to know about flying on Mars, how Martian time zones are calculated and why flying at night is a bad idea. We hope you enjoy.
There is one standard time on Mars, developed by astronomers in the 1830’s. It’s called Mars Coordinated Time, or MTC for short. All of the rovers have offset times which correspond to MTC, which is known as the ‘Prime Meridian’.
So why does this matter? Why is it so important that we know the local time on Mars?
Just like on Earth, depending on where the Sun is in the sky, things change. Temperature, visibility, wind speeds, and even the density of the atmosphere.
Firstly, temperature variations on Mars are wild. In the Martian summer near the equator, temperatures can reach a cosy 20 Degrees Celsius. However, during the night temperatures can plummet to -73 Degrees Celsius. At these frosty temperatures, critical mechanisms on board the rovers can fail. For this reason, most Martian landers have built in heating systems, to survive the night time extremes.
This issue is what led to the demise of the Opportunity rover. After experiencing a global Martian dust storm which blocked it’s solar panels, the battery was expended. During the following days and nights, the heating system was unable to power up, meaning the extreme temperatures irreversibly damaged the rover’s internal components.
NASA have avoided this problem in future rovers, using nuclear power in rovers from Curiosity onwards.
The Mars helicopter ‘Ingenuity’, which we are nicknaming as ‘Genie’, has a multitude of other problems to answer. Unfortunately, using nuclear power would be too heavy for flying on Mars, so this craft uses solar.
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Bus Nearly Falls off Cliff
This Peruvian bus driver puts his life at risk to drive his passengers safely across a treacherous bus route.
World's Most Dangerous Roads: Deadliest Journey
CREDITS:
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Bilha Rebeca H
Vlademir Vega R
Costumbres ancashino
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This is Fun Toy or Deadly Weapon?
The boomerang, as many of us know it today, is a family friendly toy which is famous for it’s returning properties. Yet the boomerang has existed for many centuries, and was originally used as an effective tool in hunting and battle. So the question is raised what did the boomerang use to be and how effective was it as a weapon.
Producer: Brandon Palmieri
Director: Brandon Palmieri
Scriptwriter: Brandon Palmieri
Camera: Brandon Palmieri
Talent/s: David Meer
Audio: Jaimee
Editor: Brandon Palmieri
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How to Bring BLOOD SUGAR DOWN quickly
In this video, Dr. Ergin (SugarMD) talks about how to bring blood sugar down quickly. Every type II diabetic and type I diabetic patient wants to lower blood sugar down fast because it is anxiety-provoking when blood sugars remain high.
Dr. Ergin talks about the best diabetic diet as well as best diabetic medications and exercises for diabetes to bring the blood sugar down quickly.
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1 Glass in the Morning?? Unclog your Arteries...
Clogged arteries result from the build-up of a substance called plaque in the arterial walls. It is also medically referred to as arterial plaque. This plaque can reduce blood flow or even block it altogether.
Clogged arteries increase your risk of developing other health complications like a heart attack or stroke.
Some of the most common risk factors for clogged arteries are:
High levels of LDL (bad cholesterol) or low levels of HDL (good cholesterol)
A high blood pressure
Smoking tobacco
Diabetes or elevated blood sugar levels
A family history of atherosclerosis or clogged arteries
Stress
Obesity
A sedentary lifestyle
Most cases of clogged arteries do not exhibit any symptoms until a heart attack or blood clot presents itself. However, in cases where 70% or more of the arteries are blocked, you will notice the following symptoms.
Severe cases of clogged arteries may exhibit symptoms like:
Shortness of breath
Sweating
Nausea
Chest pain or angina
Palpitations of the heart
Dizziness
Weakness
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LOSE BELLY FAT FAST | NO DIET| NO EXERCISE | STOMACH fat burner drink
FASTEST BELLY Stomach FAT BURNER DRINK | TOTAL BODY FAT WEIGHTLOSS TEA| drink all you want, and lose belly fat in 1 week at HOME with simple Ingredients. NO workouts! No fasting! No crazy diet
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How to Resolve Chronic Hives – Q&A
Today I answer an audience question regarding hives, aka urticaria. We’ll discuss what causes urticaria and how it can be treated both naturally and with medications. There is a gut and autoimmune component to urticaria, and the treatments are applicable to many other gut and autoimmune conditions. Want more info? Email us at office@DrRuscio.com, call at (800) 335-7009 and visit me at http://www.DrRuscio.com. For your free e-book on gut health, click here: http://drruscio.com/youtube-subscript...
Dr. Ruscio is your leading functional and integrative doctor specializing in gut related disorders such as SIBO, leaky gut, Celiac, IBS and in thyroid disorders such as hypothyroid and hyperthyroid. For more information on how to become a patient, please contact our office. Serving the San Francisco bay area and distance patients via phone and Skype.
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