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1. We all can play a role in improving water quality in N.J.
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... applied to lawns in New Jersey's coastal zone ends up polluting streams, bays and the ocean. And nine out of ten New Jersey beach closures are due to high fecal coliform bacteria levels from contaminated ...

2. Kombucha tea pulled at Whole Foods due to alcohol concerns
(Life/Style)

... can brew your own Kombucha, but you have to have a starter blob of live, beneficial bacteria. You can order a Tea Fungus Pad (neat!) from places like gemcultures.com. It is, in fact, not a fungus at ...

3. Bankruptcy
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... that someone else lived in first--imagine the bacteria she'll be exposed to! I just hope they do whatever they can to repay their creditors and then change their lifestyle and stick to a budget so they ...

4. N.J. DEP bans shellfish gardening in Jersey waters
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... to look at the larger issue of DEP's lack of efforts to improve water quality in the harbor by reducing combined sewer outfalls and contaminated stormwater runoff that is contributing to bacteria loads ...

5. Obama's timid two-dimensional approach to banking reform won't work
(Money/Economy)

... to enforce safe drilling practices in the Gulf of Mexico to lax food inspections fostering E. coli bacteria outbreaks, from 29 coal mining deaths from failure to crack down on hundreds of safety citations ...

6. Report: N.J. beaches open 99.8 percent of time
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... to a report made public Thursday by the New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium. Ocean beaches were closed just nine times for elevated levels of bacteria --- six times in Monmouth County related to runoff ...

7. Bacteria?
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Is that bacteria that's created the dead zone in the gulf of Mexico? Is that bacteria now washing up on gulf shores? Is bacteria depleting fish populations? Is bacteria causing sea level rise, ...

8. Princeton scientist Thomas Gregor solves mystery of coordination in nature
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... population doubles in a few hours. Once they have consumed all of their favorite food — all the bacteria in the vicinity — they will begin to gather at a central collection point. So many come together ...

9. Jersey shore gets perfect score on preseason test
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... a DEP spokesperson. Once a week, water samples are collected at 188 sites along the coast, then laboratory-tested. If a sample tests positive for bacteria called enterococcus, second samples are ...

10. Nor'easter causes state to halt shellfishing in Monmouth and Middlesex waters
(N.J./State)

... public health from the adverse water-quality effects of last weekend's nor'easter. The closure is effective immediately. In the storm's aftermath, bacteria levels exceed national criteria for safe harvesting. ...

11. Misunderstood with a bad reputation: Jersey vultures are marvelous creatures
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... vulture's diet ) that it kills bacteria. Now if that isn't a ringing endorsement for the value of vultures, then I don't know what is. But Wenonah would prefer that you were not fooled by a vulture's ...

12. Treating mild burns with hyperbaric oxygen therapy
(Health/Healthquest)

... flow and creating new blood vessels. This increased oxygen delivery to all tissues improves the ability of the white blood cells to kill bacteria and helps boost the body's own natural healing process. ...

13. New Jersey bids good riddance to the 2000s
(N.J./State)

... and containing anthrax bacteria were mailed to several U.S. senators and prominent journalists. The letters set off a major manhunt in Mercer County. Nationally, five people died and 22 people developed ...

14. Environmentalists praise new state water protection proposal
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... importantly, more chlorine byproducts in our water. When algae and bacteria growth are killed by chlorine, it creates trihalomethanes, which are carcinogenic and can cause birth defects. "We the applaud ...

15. Food poisoning cases increase during Thanksgiving
(Health/Healthquest)

... — Wash hands, surfaces and utensils often to avoid spreading bacteria when preparing food. Hand washing is one of the best ways to prevent the spread of foodborne illness. Separate — Use different cutting ...

16. New techniques issued to prevent H1N1 swine flu from leading to death
(Health/Healthquest)

... in breathing and a high fever that lasts more than three days. Dr. Shindo says the third recommendation is that people who have developed pneumonia should be given antivirals and antibiotics because bacterial ...

17. Study: Antibiotic-resistant infections cost the U.S. over $35 billion annually
(Health/Healthquest)

... of those infected. Antibiotic resistance is fueled by misuse and overuse of antibiotics. Bacteria become resistant to the very medicines developed to treat and cure the infection they cause. ARIs ...

18. Manure could be turned into a clean alternative energy source
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... — manure in this case — must be the result of anaerobic bacteria, microorganisms that live and reproduce without oxygen. This controlled process can capture a biological fuel that is rich in methane. When ...

19. New Jersey schools preparing to battle swine flu
(Health/Healthquest)

... hospital-grade disinfectant into a micro-mist capable of killing any bacteria or virus in an enclosed space, according to Wayne Lutz of Manasquan, chief executive of Safe Air Corp. He brokered the sale ...

20. Princeton team discovers why some drugs work so well
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Swiss researchers have uncovered how some antibiotics in common use for 50 years — tetracycline and chloramphenicol — can be so lethal against certain strains of bacteria. Simply put, these drugs plug ...