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One Course of Antibiotics Can Affect Diversity of Microorganisms in the Gut

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One Course of Antibiotics Can Affect Diversity of Microorganisms in the Gut

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“My message would be that antibiotics should only be used when really, really necessary. Even a single antibiotic treatment in healthy individuals contributes to the risk of resistance development and leads to long-lasting detrimental shifts in the gut microbiome.”

The full published paper can be found here: http://mbio.asm.org/content/6/6/e01693-15.full

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Infographic from the CDC Threat Report 2013, Antibiotic resistance threats in the United States

Using Bacteria’s Own Antibacterial Systems Against Them Could Lead To Targeted, Safer Antibiotics

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Using Bacteria’s Own Antibacterial Systems Against Them Could Lead To Targeted, Safer Antibiotics

A naturally-occurring system discovered in bacteria holds promise as a way to fight pathogens – very specifically and without the risk of antibiotic resistance.

Only problem is right now the process involves using an electric shock, but scientists are working on a not so-painful method!

FDA Shoots Down Next-Gen Sunscreens

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FDA Shoots Down Next-Gen Sunscreens

In December 2014, US President Barack Obama signed into law the Sunscreen Innovation Act (SIA), a law intended to get new sunscreen ingredients approved more quickly. 

FDA now has an answer for all existing sunscreen applicants: Your applications don’t contain enough data. 

“We tentatively determined … that we need more data to decide if these ingredients are, in fact, GRASE for use in OTC sunscreen products,” wrote Theresa Michele, FDA’s director of Nonprescription Drug Products. As such, all eight ingredients have been rejected and sent back to applicants with requests for additional data.

Palm Oil Continues to Destroy Indonesia’s Wildlife

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Palm Oil Continues to Destroy Indonesia’s Wildlife

Between 2000 and 2010 the prices for logs, pulp and palm oil have increased by up to 333% (see also here).

Logging lowland forests in Sabah (northern Borneo) can return profits of US$9000-13,000 per hectare. After lands have been logged and converted to palm oil they can fetch an additional US$4000-11,000 per hectare.

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So in the mean time the battle-line for the orang-utans and their forests is the due diligence of a global army of consumers, working everyday and everywhere at the cash register.