The curious case of Auto Brewery Syndrome. A 46-year-old North Carolina man spent years with unexplained bouts of depression, unexplained aggression, and feeling drunk after eating. He suffered a head injury from a drunken fall. He was arrested for driving while intoxicated on the way to work one morning and his blood-alcohol level was more…
We received notification that the City of Punta Gorda has exceeded EPA limits in our water supply for a class of chemicals known as Trihalomethanes. Here’s information about what that means, what to do, and a copy of the notice.
Researchers at Stanford University have been trying to figure out why up to half the residents in rural Bangladesh have dangerously high levels of lead in their blood. For five years, they have analyzed soil samples and ruled out theories such as bad plumbing or naturally occurring sources in the water or soil. Once they…
Temperatures greater than 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) can degrade plastics, even food-grade plastics. A research team at McGill University in Canada wanted to know how much plastic is shed from tea bags in hot water. It turns out, a lot. A single plastic teabag, steeped for 5 minutes, releases billions of microplastics into…