MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'cleanup'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:00:45 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3743497&cid=t_175897_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fexxon-valdez-cleanup-worker-garry-stubblefield-describes-wrecked-health%2F Alaskan Garry Stubblefield has permanent respiratory and brain damage he says he suffered as a result of exposure to the toxic aftereffects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3743497 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:04:51 +0100 3743497 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3718319&cid=t_175897_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F07%2Flong-term-studies-exxon-valdez-cleanup-workers-guide-care-bp-oil-spill%2F In the growing concern about the possible health effects of long term oil exposure for BP cleanup workers, scientists and physicians are looking at the Exxon Valdez cleanup for help. The only trouble is that there were no studies on the cleanup workers in Alaska. Anchorage, Alaska attorney Michael Schneider claims “We don’t know a damn thing.” (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3718319 Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:55:26 +0100 3718319 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3695529&cid=t_175897_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fgulf-oil-spill-spirit-air-must-be-high-to-stoop-so-low%2F So far, it seems like no one’s really capitalizing on the BP oil spill in the Gulf. We haven’t seen any t-shirts or heard any #1 hits about oil – and if we did, we’d hope the proceeds would be going to those people and wildlife affected by the spill. That’s so gre–wait, what? Spirit Air is running ads that are exploiting the oil spill – and sexist to boot? Spirit Air’s new campaign focuses on scantily-clad women lounging on beaches, all lubed up and enjoying the sun. The tagline reads, “Check out the oil on our beaches.” So tasteless. Did anyone at the ad agency perhaps think it was too soon, insensitive, or inappropriate to exploit a disaster that killed people, wildlife, and ruined a huge swath of the Gulf of Mexico – and is just getting ... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3695529 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:10:36 +0100 3695529 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1436935&cid=t_175897_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2F288784099%2F Paul Stamets thinks so and he's done work to make this happen.  The founder of FungiPerfecti and author many books on mushroom cultivation spoke at a TED talk recently that is worth taking a look.  We also wrote about how Paul has contributed (and donated in some cases) Pleurotus spawn as part of Dioxin cleanup in Ft Bragg, CA and cleaning up the SF Bay with hair and mushrooms.  See Paul Stamets' TED talk. © Jason Stajich for Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics, 2008. | Permalink | No comment Add to del.icio.us Search blogs linking this post with Technorati Want more on these topics ? Browse the archive of posts filed under bioremediation, fungi, news. (Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics) Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1436935 Mon, 12 May 2008 16:14:16 +0100 1436935 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1414961&cid=t_175897_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2F281690819%2F NYT article on the work of Paul Stamets using fungi like Pleurotus for Dioxin cleanup in Ft Bragg, CA. Thanks for the link Pat! © Jason Stajich for Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics, 2008. | Permalink | No comment Add to del.icio.us Search blogs linking this post with Technorati Want more on these topics ? Browse the archive of posts filed under bioremediation, fungi, homobasidiomycota. (Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics) Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1414961 Thu, 01 May 2008 21:32:57 +0100 1414961