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Debate Takes on Safety of Flame Retardants
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[UPDATE: EPA announces plans to study whether flame retardant chemicals are safe] Does injecting sofas and armchairs with flame retardants hurt us or protect us? That debate took place in Sacramento Tuesday as part of a hearing on an arcane … Continue reading
NASA Robot Approaches Mars
If all goes well, at approximately 10:30 p.m. Pacific Time, Sunday, NASA’s Curiosity Lander will touch down on the surface of Mars, ending a 352-million-mile journey that began last November. That’s a big “if.” NASA engineers have half-jokingly referred to … Continue reading
Victim of Bacterial Meningitis at VA Lab Named; Lab Worked With Several Strains
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The 25-year old lab worker who died on Saturday from a bacterial infection has been identified as Treasure Island resident Richard Din. Din died of a form of bacterial meningitis that he likely caught while working in a San Francisco … Continue reading
Lab Accident at San Francisco VA Leaves Man Dead of Bacterial Meningitis
A young lab assistant at the VA Medical Center in San Francisco died on Saturday after becoming infected with a deadly strain of bacterial meningitis that he had been working with in the lab. Officials at the VA wouldn't release … Continue reading
How Can We Listen to Just One Voice at a Crowded Party?
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It's called the cocktail party effect, and it's a unique ability that's been a scientific mystery: You're in a noisy room filled with voices. Yet you're able to shut out almost all of them, focusing only on the one person … Continue reading
Arysta, About to Lose Methyl Iodide Lawsuit, Wants Case Dismissed
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When Arysta LifeScience abruptly pulled methyl iodide off the U.S. market this week, it cited the “economic viability” of the controversial fumigant, which is used to sterilize soil before crops are planted. But at a hearing in an Oakland courtroom Wednesday, … Continue reading
SF Supes Pass Enhanced Plastic Bag Ban
Update 3:50 p.m. The board has passed the legislation, adding an exception for oversize merchandise that doesn't fit in a paper bag. Earlier post San Francisco shoppers may see plastic bags just about disappear from city stores, depending on a … Continue reading
Judge Puts Onus on State to Prove It Considered Methyl Iodide Alternatives
The lawsuit over California's approval of a controversial pesticide may hinge on a seemingly straightforward question: Did regulators ever ask themselves what would happen if they didn't approve methyl iodide? In an Oakland courtroom today, Alameda Superior Court Judge Frank … Continue reading
High-Speed Rail Officials: It's Now or Never
Officials with the state's High Speed Rail Authority say it's now or never for the plan to build a bullet train from San Francisco to LA. That's in response to an internal watchdog group's report, issued Tuesday, which recommended holding … Continue reading
NASA's Kepler Mission Discovers Two Earth-Sized Planets; Video: Watch Narrated Overview
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NASA scientists, including astronomers from NASA Ames and UC Berkeley, today announced they've discovered two rocky planets, each about the same size as Earth, orbiting a star almost 1,000 light years away. The Kepler project uses a space-based telescope to … Continue reading

