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Deaths attributed directly to climate change cast pall over penguins

By Guest PostFebruary 11, 2014Environment, NatureArgentina, Chile, climate change, climatologists, deaths, dee boersma, falkland, ginger rebstock, island, la regina family, magellanic penguins, malvinas, number of storms, penguins, rainfall, south america, university of washington

Climate change is killing penguin chicks from the world’s largest colony of Magellanic penguins, not just indirectly – by depriving them of food, as has been repeatedly documented for these and other seabirds – but directly as a result of drenching rainstorms and, at other times, heat, according to new findings from the University of Washington.

Too big for parents to sit over protectively, but still too young to have grown waterproof feathers, downy penguin chicks exposed to drenching rain can struggle and die of hypothermia in spite of the best efforts of their concerned parents. And during extreme heat, chicks without waterproofing can’t take a dip in cooling waters as adults can. (more…)

Distracted Walking: Injuries Soar for Pedestrians on Phones

By Guest PostJune 24, 2013Health, Technologycell phone, cpsc, database, deaths, derek troyer, distracted driving injuries, distracted pedestrians, distracted walking, ed maceyko, emergency rooms, infographic, injuries, jack nasar, ohio state, pedestrians, phones, traffic accidents

Cell Phone Use Not Just Dangerous for Drivers, Study Finds

COLUMBUS, Ohio – More than 1,500 pedestrians were estimated to be treated in emergency rooms in 2010 for injuries related to using a cell phone while walking, according to a new nationwide study.

The number of such injuries has more than doubled since 2005, even though the total number of pedestrian injuries dropped during that time. And researchers believe that the actual number of injured pedestrians is actually much higher than these results suggest. (more…)

Study: Consumers Value Safer Food More Than Current Analyses Suggest

By Guest PostFebruary 9, 2011Economy, Healthassess the value, brian roe, consumer behavior, contamination, cost benefit analyses, cost of illness, deaths, e coli, eat bad food, economic model, food borne illnesses, food safety, government regulators, hamburger, hypothetical scenarios, kidney damage, mario teisl, pathogen, predict, roe and teisl, shiga toxin, usda

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Government regulators could more realistically assess the value of improving food safety if they considered the fact that consumers typically want to avoid getting sick – even if it means they have to pay a little extra for safer food, researchers say.

In the world of food regulation, cost-benefit analyses are a primary tool for assessing the societal benefits of mandating more stringent – and more expensive – processing practices. In most cases, regulators determine a dollar value associated with pursuing new rules by estimating how many illnesses and deaths the safer processing would prevent. (more…)

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Deaths attributed directly to climate change cast pall over penguins

Distracted Walking: Injuries Soar for Pedestrians on Phones

Study: Consumers Value Safer Food More Than Current Analyses Suggest