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Leaked documents say hundreds of unaccompanied minors are being held at the US border for an average 107 hours, far longer than the legal limit
A US Customs and Border Protection agent stands guard on the US side of the US-Mexico border fence. PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images Sinéad Baker businessinsider (https://www.businessinsider.com/us-border-hundreds-unaccompanied-minors-held-over-legal-limit-hhs-docs-reports-2021-3?utm_campaign=sf-bi-main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR3-_2NJ9iWNbrq1F1ExcUZj0auH_Gam4C9XIvA56CnAsgsHVrQW_4XXiRk) Unaccompanied minors are being held in CBP facilities for several days, reports citing leaked docs say. That length of time is higher than the legal limit of 72 hours. The Biden administration is scrambling with a surge in unaccompanied minors entering the US. See more stories on Insider’s business page. Hundreds of unaccompanied minors are being held in US bord...
Pesticide poisoned French paradise islands in Caribbean
Bananas are a big export industry for Martinique and nearly all are shipped to France By Laurence Peter BBC News 25 October 2019 (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50144261) The French Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique thrive on their image as idyllic sun, sea and sand destinations for tourists. But few visitors are aware that these lush, tropical islands have a chronic pollution proble A pesticide linked to cancer – chlordecone – was sprayed on banana crops on the islands for two decades and now nearly all the adult local residents have traces of it in their blood. French President Emmanuel Macron has called it an “environmental scandal” and said the state “must take responsibility”. He visited Martinique last year and was briefed on th...
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Beware those scientific studies—most are wrong, researcher warns
Seafood is one of many food types that have been linked with lower cancer risks by Ivan Couronne phys.org (https://phys.org/news/2018-07-beware-scientific-studiesmost-wrong.html) A few years ago, two researchers took the 50 most-used ingredients in a cook book and studied how many had been linked with a cancer risk or benefit, based on a variety of studies published in scientific journals. The result? Forty out of 50, including salt, flour, parsley and sugar. “Is everything we eat associated with cancer?” the researchers wondered in a 2013 article based on their findings. Their investigation touched on a known but persistent problem in the research world: too few studies have large enough samples to support generalized conclusions. But pressure on researchers, competition betwe...
A quarter of all known bee species haven’t been seen since the 1990s
Giant Patagonian bumblebees used to be abundant in Chile and Argentina, but are now an uncommon sight Eduardo E. Zattara LIFE 22 January 2021 (https://www.newscientist.com/article/2265680-a-quarter-of-all-known-bee-species-havent-been-seen-since-the-1990s/) By Karina Shah The number of bee species recorded worldwide has been sharply decreasing since the 1990s. Eduardo Zattara and Marcelo Aizen at the National University of Comahue in Argentina analysed how many wild bee species are observed each year as recorded in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility – a publicly available platform where researchers and citizens can record sightings of bee species. They found that there were a quarter fewer species reported between 2006 and 2015, as compared with the records we have from before 19...
The most successful kids have parents who do these 9 things, according to science
Be honest with your kids teaches them to trust you. MoMo Productions/Getty Images Christina DesMarais , Inc Feb 9, 2021, 2:00 PM – businessinsider (https://www.businessinsider.com/science-says-most-successful-kids-have-parents-who-do-9-things-10?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sf-insider-inventions&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR3SJlYgctR88MDIl7r_ja9fUGh9cz7kdA-fM6uVRUkSyDDlsEh0SmQce7Y#3-enforce-no-screen-time-3) Much has been written about the attributes of high-achieving adults, and what makes them different from everyone else. But if you’re a parent, a more compelling question may be: “What can I do to make sure my kids succeed in life?” Here’s what researchers say. 1. Don’t tell them they can be anything they want Steer them tow...
To effectively defeat the pandemic, we have to tackle white supremacy in healthcare
A volunteer receives an injection for a potential vaccine against COVID-19 in South Africa. Felix Dlangamandla/Beeld/Gallo Images via Getty Images Ana Delgado ,Opinion Contributor 17 hours ago Businessinsider post – (https://www.businessinsider.com/white-supremacy-covid-19-pandemic-minorities-health-science-hospitals-racism-2021-1?utm_campaign=sf-bi-tipresents&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social) My patient had just been told that she had a serious complication in her pregnancy. We needed to take action to prevent her from losing her pregnancy or giving birth prematurely. The words barely registered because, at the same time, she found out that she tested positive for COVID-19. She was overwhelmed with stress at the idea that she would lose her job in food prepar...
Norway Raises Concern Over Vaccine Jabs for the Elderly – Bloomberg
Norway expressed increasing concern about the safety of the Pfizer Inc. vaccine on elderly people with serious underlying health conditions after raising an estimate of the number who died after receiving inoculations to 29 The latest figure adds six to the number of known fatalities in Norway, and lowers the age group thought to be affected to 75 from 80. While it’s unclear exactly when the deaths occurred, Norway has given at least one dose to about 42,000 people and focused on those considered most at risk if they contract the virus, including the elderly. Until Friday, the vaccine produced by Pfizer and BioNTech SE was the only one available in Norway, and “all deaths are thus linked to this vaccine,” the Norwegian Medicines Agency said in a written response to Bloomberg on Saturda...
HIV/AIDS : have you ever challenged what you’ve been told about it? You might be surprised!
In House of Numbers: Anatomy of an Epidemic, an AIDS film like no other, the HIV/AIDS story is being rewritten. This is the first film to present the uncensored POVs of virtually all the major players; in their own settings, in their own words. It rocks the foundation upon which all conventional wisdom regarding HIV/AIDS is based. House of Numbers could well be the opening volley in a battle to bring sanity and clarity to an epidemic gone awry.
Why such a large death gap?
Morocco more than 37M inhabitants, area 446,550 km2 less than 8,000 deaths with the double case compared to Quebec. Quebec 8.5M inhabitants, area 1.668 million km² more than 8,500 deaths with half the number of cases than Morocco. Why such a large death gap?
Japan is developing wooden satellites to send into orbit by 2023 in an effort to cut down on space junk – businessinsider
Space junk is becoming an increasing concern. Getty Isobel Asher Hamilton Kyoto University is teaming up with Japanese forestry company Sumitomo Forestry to develop a wooden satellite to send into orbit. The idea is that a device made of wood could safely burn upon re-entry and would create less space junk. Space junk is becoming a growing concern amongst experts, who say it poses an environmental hazard. Kyoto University is teaming up with a Japanese forestry company to develop wooden satellites to shoot into orbit by 2023 in an effort to cut down on space junk, the BBC reports. Kyoto University professor and Japanese astronaut Takao Doi told the BBC the advantage of a wooden satellite is that if it falls out of orbit and burns up on re-entry, it wouldn’t release as many harmful par...