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FDA warns consumers to throw out certain ground cinnamon in wake of lead poisoning outbreak By Coral Beach on March 6, 2024 In response to the problem with elevated levels of lead in cinnamon in children’s applesauce and recalls of products in the fall of 2023, the FDA initiated a review of ground cinnamon and has issued warnings.

Benthic Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB) Discussion March 26, 2024 | US EPA

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro on Monday has declared a public health emergency because of an outbreak of mosquito-borne dengue fever, the city announced Monday, just days before Carnival celebrations kick off across Brazil.  The outbreak wasn’t expected to derail Carnival, which officially starts Friday evening and runs until Feb. 14, but

Title: Planophila laetevirens-Mediated Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles: Optimization, Characterization, and Anticancer and Antibacterial Potentials Abstract: ABSTRACT: Algal-mediated synthesis of nanoparticles (NPs) opens the horizon for green and sustainable synthesis of NPs that can be used in many fields, such as medicine and industry. We extracellularly synthesized silver NPs (Ag-NPs) using the novel microalgae Planophila laetevirens

While necessity is the ‘mother of invention’, versatility in assay development is not far behind. Attogene’s Human IgG/IgM Universal Lateral Flow Assay Kits (colloidal gold and fluorescent readouts) are ready-to-use, universal test strips.  They are based on lateral flow technology that employs either colloidal gold or quantum dot streptavidin conjugate particles embedded into the sample

To make the Scoville Heat Units (SHU) determination process easier and readily available for hot sauce manufacturers of all sizes, Attogene has recently developed a sensitive and rugged lateral flow assay for detecting the concentration of capsaicin in a hot sauce sample with minimal laboratory equipment or training.  Once the capsaicin concentration is determined, it

Consumer Reports found dangerous heavy metals in chocolate from Hershey’s, Theo, Trader Joe’s, and other popular brands. Here are the ones that had the most, and some that are safer.   Lead and Cadmium Could Be in Your Dark Chocolate – Consumer Reports

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RNaseFlow_Attogene Article_October2023 Attogene has created a novel lateral flow test for the sensitive detection of RNAse with several important advantages over currently available RNase contamination detection tools.   Our RNAseFlow assay is (1) convenient (does not require expensive equipment), (2) saves time (can be performed in 15 minutes as compared to hours), (3) is sensitive (detects