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• US won't allow more fungicide in orange juice: FDA - EmpowHER.com www.empowher.com Shared once WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday declined to raise the levels it will accept of an illegal fungicide commonly used in the Brazilian orange juice industry.Brazilian and U.S. juice industry groups had

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• Iconic marine mammals are 'swimming in sick seas' of terrestrial pathogens www.sciencedaily.com Shared 2 times Parasites and pathogens infecting humans, pets and farm animals are increasingly being detected in marine mammals such as sea otters, porpoises, harbor seals and killer whales along the Pacific coast of the US and Canada, and better surveillance is required to monitor public health implications, according to a panel of scientific experts from Canada and the United States.

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• Iconic marine mammals are 'swimming in sick seas' of terrestrial pathogens: UBC researchers www.eurekalert.org Shared once Parasites and pathogens infecting humans, pets and farm animals are increasingly being detected in marine mammals such as sea otters, porpoises, harbor seals and killer whales along the Pacific coast of the US and Canada, and better surveillance is required to monitor public health implications, according to a panel of scientific experts from Canada and the United States.

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• MEXICO: Keeping Traces of Antibiotics Out of Food - IPS ipsnews.net ipsnews.net Shared once Orange juice and beef form part of the diet of many people in Mexico and other countries of the Americas. But the traces of antibiotics and fungicides they can contain pose risks to human health, and authorities in the region have begun to address the problem.

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• FDA staff oppose Northera hypotension drug www.reuters.com Shared 4 times WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Health regulators recommended that Chelsea Therapeutics International Ltd's hypotension drug Northera not be approved for use in the United States, sending the company's shares down

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• BBC News - The myth of the eight-hour sleep

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• BBC News - Heart attack symptoms 'differ in women'

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• Phys Ed: How Exercise Fuels the Brain - NYTimes.com

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• BBC News - GPs 'to prescribe health apps'

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• New Mammogram Benefits for Women in Their 40s

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