Vermont has mandated labeling of food containing genetically modified ingredients by July 2016. Representatives of the food and biotechnology industries and the Us Grocery Manufacturers Association in Washington DC are opposed to the law, and it is likely to be challenged in the federal court. References the week in science: Britain pledges to be more open about animal research; stanford Univer...

soon to be approved gM salmon can mate with wild trout AquaBounty, a biotech company headquar-tered in Maynard, MA, is in the process of gaining FDA approval for their transgenic salmon, potentially making them the first GM animals to be approved for human consumption. AquAdvantage® salmon include a gene from the Chinook salmon, which provides the fish with the potential to grow to market size ...

The present study described the frequency of animal bites and attacks in the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico between the fiscal years 1996 through 1998. A total of 275 cases were reported to the San Juan Local Office of Environmental Health. The distribution of cases by gender was equal, and persons aged 18 years or older had the highest frequency of animal bites and attacks (52.9%). The ...

Snake bite is a common cause of hospital admission in Sri Lanka. Despite this, there have been no countrywide studies or national estimates of disease burden due to snake bites in Sri Lankan hospitals. We assessed the disease burden due to snake bite in our hospitals and estimated the frequency of admissions due to bites by different snake species. Sri Lanka was divided into four zones based on...

Reptiles are a growing part of the exotic pet trade, and reptile bites have been considered innocuous in the emergency medicine literature. Two cases are reported of reptile bites, one from a green iguana and the other from a reticulated python. The treatment concerns associated with reptile bites are discussed.

commercial fertilization of the oceans, which could emerge as a new way for fuel-guzzling countries to engineer their carbon balance. Particularly, they criticize the size of the project, and the fact that it is located in the open ocean, while an international convention that Gabriel helped to set up in 2008 specifies that such experiments are only permissible for fundamental research, on a sm...