The scientists looked specifically for levels of bacteria as well as biological markers that indicated the presence of things such as sweat, hemoglobin and urea. A team of scientists spent four years collecting nearly 1,100 samples at places such as airports, restaurants, offices and bathrooms in four American cities. But how much truth does the conventional wisdom about public restrooms really hold? Over the years, various studies have found that they are not quite so bad, at least...

Urea (not cow pee but a synthetic urea called AdBlue essentially nitrogen and demineralized water) will be injected into the exhaust as it leaves the manifold and will somehow clean up that last bit of ugliness in the diesel exhaust - some kind of chemical magic, I guess. Mercedes-Benz Buyers Guide. Im going to get through the week without having to add fuel in spite of two trips into the big city and lots of running around from my rural base of operations. When the particulate filter gets...

Under this first-of-its-kind public-private partnership initiative, Bayer and NRHM will jointly work towards the drafting of guidelines for snakebite management and necessary treatment protocol for medical practitioners in the country. We recently met the Union health minister for bringing out new guidelines for snakebite management, which will be rolled out across the country, Mahesh Girdhar, head, Bayer BioScience-India, told mediapersons on the sidelines of a workshop on Snakebite...

The practice, sometimes called xeriscaping, focuses on attractive yards that require less maintenance, produce less chemical runoff and result in lower water bills. Xeriscape was created and copyrighted in the 1980s by Denver, Colorado, water officials, who were looking for solutions to dwindling water supplies in the middle of a drought. Adjust font size: (CNN) -- Careful landscape planning and use of water-efficient plants can turn out to be a beautiful thing. Concern about runoff from...

How well do they do that job? In the past 30 years, the industry's Cosmetic Ingredient Review Panel has completed studies on just 10 percent of some 10,500 synthetic, multisyllabic ingredients in products sold to us so we can cleanse, beautify and deodorize. Potentially toxic cosmetics have some people worried. How well do they do that job? In the past 30 years, the industry's Cosmetic Ingredient Review Panel has completed studies on just 10 percent of some 10,500 synthetic, multisyllabic...