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Around one million people use tanning beds each year in the US. Yet the ultraviolet (UV) light they use causes skin cancer. The risk is so high that a recent article from researchers at the University of Michigan called for an immediate ban on the use of commercial indoor tanning by minors, and th
Do advanced materials come with advanced health risks? In this fourth episode in the Risk Bites series on advanced materials, we look at why materials developers and researchers are interested in asking "are advanced materials safe?" Risk Bites was created by Andrew Maynard. This week's video w
Of patients who undergo abdominal surgery, over 50% develop adverse adhesions between organs. Adhesions often lead to pain, infertility and, in severe cases, to life-threatening bowel obstruction. A new drug developed by the startup company Akesion removes the main precursor of these adhesions preve
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Climate-damaging LNG production in Canada by means of German financial guarantees Germany has now finally decided to phase out coal for 2038 - much too late, as climate activists criticise. At the same time, however, it is this delayed and inadequate coal phase-out that is being used as an opportu
