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New Research Shows Elevated Mercury from in-Ground Wastewater Disposal

By Guest PostMarch 15, 2014Environmentanoxic, biogeochemist, carl lamborg, chemical changes, denitrification, doug kent, east falmouth, elevated mercury, green pond, hg, human health, local groundwater, massachusetts military reservation, mercury, mmhg, monomethylmercury, organic matter, plume, toxic levels, toxic trace metal, waste eating microbes, wastewater disposal, whoi

As towns across Cape Cod struggle with problems stemming from septic systems, a recent study by a Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) scientist focuses on one specific toxic by-product: mercury. In a study of local groundwater, biogeochemist Carl Lamborg found microbial action on wastewater transforms it into more mobile, more toxic forms of the element.

His findings were published in Environmental Science and Technology in November 2013. (more…)

Study Shows Extreme Form of Pregnancy-Related Morning Sickness Could be Genetic

By Guest PostNovember 8, 2010Health, Sciencegenetic component, grandmothers, gynecology, hg, hyperemesis gravidarum, marlena fejzo, morning sickness, mothers, nausea, pregnancy, pregnant women, sisters, vomiting

*Pregnant women whose sisters had condition are 17 times more likely to have it*

Approximately 60,000 pregnant women are hospitalized each year due to hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), an extreme form of nausea and vomiting that endangers their lives and often forces them to reluctantly terminate their pregnancies.

And for women with sisters, mothers and grandmothers on either side of the family who have experienced extreme morning sickness during pregnancy, the risk of HG may be heightened, according to a new study led by researchers from UCLA and the University of Southern California. (more…)

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New Research Shows Elevated Mercury from in-Ground Wastewater Disposal

Study Shows Extreme Form of Pregnancy-Related Morning Sickness Could be Genetic