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Canada: Thousands of IKEA USB charges recalled due to burn

Published on: January 10, 2024
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Ottawa, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) Swedish furniture giant IKEA has recalled a popular charger sold in Canada as it poses a burn and electric shock hazard.

Third-hand smoke may harm children – UC Study

Published on: January 8, 2024
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Washington, Jan 8 (Prensa Latina) University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers says that third-hand smoke can harm children, since toxic substances remain on surfaces, even in homes that ban indoor smoking, a specialized magazine published Monday.

IUCN warns on danger of extinction of freshwater fishes

Published on: January 2, 2024
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Bern, Jan 2 (Prensa Latina) Climate change threatens a growing number of species, from freshwater fishes to Atlantic salmon and green turtles, according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species released today at COP28. The IUCN Red List now includes 157,190 species, of which 44,016 are threatened with extinction.

DPRK academics improve tech for agricultural outputs

Published on: December 24, 2023
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Pyongyang, Dec 24 (Prensa Latina) Academicians of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) have strengthened scientific research and increased technologies for crop protection and fertilizer production, ACNC agency reported Sunday.

Nearly 40M women experience lasting health issues after childbirth

Published on: December 7, 2023
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London, Dec 7 (Prensa Latina) Every year, at least 40 million women are likely to experience a long-term health problem caused by childbirth, according to a new study published today in The Lancet Global Health.

Cuba: Microscope installed to study pollution by microplastics

Published on: November 17, 2023
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Cienfuegos, Cuba, Nov 17 (Prensa Latina) Professionals from the Center for Environmental Studies (CEAC) in Cienfuegos, 250 kilometers east of Havana, have installed a Confocal Raman Microscopy, and are training the personnel who will operate it.

Mobile phone use linked to low sperm count in young men

Published on: November 7, 2023
17:51

Washington, Nov 7 (Prensa Latina) Male sperm count has fallen by over 50% globally in the last 50 years, leaving researchers scrambling to understand why. Could it be pollution, PFAS and other potential toxins in our food and water, an increase in obesity and chronic disease, or even the ever-present mobile phone?

Marijuana use increases risk of heart attack, heart failure – Study

Published on: November 7, 2023
17:35

Washington, Nov 7 (Prensa Latina) Older adults who don’t smoke tobacco but do use marijuana were at higher risk of both heart attack and stroke when hospitalized, while people who use marijuana daily were 34% more likely to develop heart failure, according to two new non-published studies presented Monday at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in Philadelphia.

4.1 million hectares of tropical forests to disappeared in 2022

Published on: November 1, 2023
17:19

Washington, Nov 1 (Prensa Latina) Stopping deforestation and forest degradation is vital objective to achieve the survival of ecosystems, according to the Global Forest Watch platform of the World Research Institute.

High level of disinformation detected in social network X

Published on: September 27, 2023
00:15

Brussels, Sep 27 (Prensa Latina) The social network X, formerly Twitter, has the highest proportion of disinformation among its peers, according to study by the European Commission (EC) in Spain, Poland and Slovakia.

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