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FDA OKs Roche genetic test to screen for lung cancer patients who respond to Genentech drug

The Canadian PressMay 14, 2013 16:45
WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration says it approved a genetic test from Roche to help doctors identify patients who can benefit from a lung cancer drug made by Genentech. The diagnostic test is the first approved to detect genetic mutations found in roughly 10 per cent of patients with the most prevalent form of lung cancer, known as non-small cell lung cancer.

Premier Wall pitches made-in-Saskatchewan carbon capture technology to U.S.

The Canadian PressMay 14, 2013 16:45
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says the province has game-changing carbon capture technology and he's trying to sell the idea to the world. Wall spoke today at an annual carbon capture conference in Pittsburgh. The premier says there was keen interest in a project at the Boundary Dam power station near Estevan. The plan there is to capture up to 90 per cent of CO2 emissions. Most of the CO2 captured from Boundary is to be used to push more oil out of the ground in what's called enhanced oil recovery.

Bankrupt $200M Columbia River ethanol plant in Oregon now used to store, ship North Dakota oil

The Canadian PressMay 14, 2013 10:46
PORTLAND, Ore. - An ethanol plant on the Columbia River that was built with the help of $36 million in Oregon state loans and tax credits is now being used to store and ship crude oil from North Dakota. The Oregonian reports (http://bit.ly/12xgC1M ) the plant's switch came with little public notice. It was built at a cost of $200 million for Cascade Grain at the Port of St. Helens' Port Westward Industrial park near Clatskanie. The owner filed for bankruptcy in 2009, less than a year after startup. It produced little ethanol and is mothballed except for the storage tanks.

Platinum output dives 13% in 2012

Agence France-PresseMay 13, 2013 12:45
Platinum production sank last year by 13 percent, hitting a 12-year low due to unrest in key producer South Africa, but output is forecast to recover slightly in 2013, industrials group Johnson Matthey said on Monday. Platinum output slumped in 2012 to strike 5.64 million ounces, Johnson Matthey said in its closely-watched annual market review. That was the lowest level in 12 years and compared with 6.48 million ounces in 2011. Total platinum demand dipped 0.6 percent to 8.05 million ounces last year, while recycling of platinum stood at 2.03 million tonnes.

Watch your breath megacities: Project aims to track greenhouse gases from LA, Paris

The Canadian PressMay 13, 2013 05:30
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Every time Los Angeles exhales, odd-looking gadgets anchored in the mountains above the city trace the invisible puffs of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases that waft skyward. Halfway around the globe, similar contraptions atop the Eiffel Tower and elsewhere around Paris keep a pulse on emissions from smokestacks and automobile tailpipes. And there is talk of outfitting Sao Paulo, Brazil, with sensors that sniff the byproducts of burning fossil fuels.

Altitude sickness? Try a mug of Bolivian coca beer

Agence France-PresseMay 12, 2013 14:15
A Bolivian brewer has come up with an innovative solution for quenching thirst and coping with altitude sickness: coca beer, based on the same leaf used to make cocaine. Coca has only recently acquired its nefarious reputation: for millennia, people living along the Andes mountains have chewed coca leaves. The juice from the leaves has a mild stimulant effect, easing stomach pain and helping people from the lowlands cope with altitude sickness, known locally as soroche.

Altitude sickness? Try a mug of Bolivian coca beer

Agence France-PresseMay 12, 2013 14:00
A Bolivian brewer has come up with an innovative solution for quenching thirst and coping with altitude sickness: coca beer, based on the same leaf used to make cocaine. Coca has only recently acquired its nefarious reputation: for millennia, people living along the Andes mountains have chewed coca leaves. The juice from the leaves has a mild stimulant effect, easing stomach pain and helping people from the lowlands cope with altitude sickness, known locally as soroche.

Altitude sickness? Try a mug of Bolivian coca beer

Agence France-PresseMay 12, 2013 13:48
A Bolivian brewer has come up with an innovative solution for quenching thirst and coping with altitude sickness: coca beer, based on the same leaf used to make cocaine. Coca has only recently acquired its nefarious reputation: for millennia, people living along the Andes mountains have chewed coca leaves. The juice from the leaves has a mild stimulant effect, easing stomach pain and helping people from the lowlands cope with altitude sickness, known locally as soroche.

Carbon dioxide level crosses milestone at Hawaii site

May 12, 2013 12:46
By Environment Correspondent Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The amount of climate-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere topped 400 parts per million at a key observing station in Hawaii for the first time since measurement began in 1958, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Friday.

Watch your breath megacities: Project aims to track greenhouse gases from LA, Paris

The Canadian PressMay 12, 2013 11:16
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Every time Los Angeles exhales, odd-looking gadgets anchored in the mountains above the city trace the invisible puffs of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases that waft skyward. Halfway around the globe, similar contraptions atop the Eiffel Tower and elsewhere around Paris keep a pulse on emissions from smokestacks and automobile tailpipes. And there is talk of outfitting Sao Paulo, Brazil, with sensors that sniff the byproducts of burning fossil fuels.
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