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AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- If you're like most people, losing those last few holiday pounds is high on your list of to-dos this month. Fortunately, one of the best diet aids is free, abundant and right at your fingertips: water. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110111/DA28266) According to research from Virginia Tech, dieters who started each meal with two eight-ounce glasses of water lost an average of five pounds more than those who didn't. Researchers say...
BOSTON, Nov. 09, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by the legal offices of Toriseva Law and Karon & Dalimonte LLP: An article published by the American Medical Association Archives of Internal Medicine on November 7, 2010 (http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/2010.323v1.pdf) suggests that while the G2 filter may have been approved by the FDA, there was no clinical data provided prior to approval. Editor's note: Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filters are...
Research Points to the Danger Posed by VOCs Found in Drinking Water Carlsbad, CA (Vocus) October 21, 2010 LIFE Ionizers, announces the release of their innovative Dolphin Home Filtration Systemâ„¢ which substantially reduces the presence of many toxins found in drinking water including VOCs which have been linked to many serious health problems such as damage to the liver, kidney, central nervous system and cancer. Comprehensive information concerning VOCs is provided by the EPA....
By dipping plain cotton cloth in a high-tech broth full of silver nanowires and carbon nanotubes, Stanford researchers have developed a new high-speed, low-cost filter that could easily be implemented to purify water in the developing world.Instead of physically trapping bacteria as most existing filters do, the new filter lets them flow on through with the water. But by the time the pathogens have passed through, they have also passed on, because the device kills them with an electrical...
NEWBURY, Ohio, July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- In its most recent annual report, the President's Cancer Panel (PCP) lists in-home water filtration as a way to decrease exposure to both known and suspected carcinogens as well as endocrine disruptors. Kinetico's line of in-home treatment options provides multiple resources for water filtration, in line with the PCP's recommended solution to lower in-home exposure to carcinogens. "Amid the increasing concern over water quality, it's important for...
NEW YORK, Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- As many consumers ring in 2010, resolutions will be made to start the year off on the right foot - whether to live better or keep on top of household chores. One easy habit to remember this year is to drink filtered water. Drinking filtered water from a reusable bottle is good for your family, good for the environment and good for your wallet. With just two filter changes per year, a refrigeration system can filter the equivalent of up to 3,000 bottles...
JONESBORO, Ark., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Farr Air Pollution Control (APC) has introduced an updated portable dust and fume collector that combines three-stage filtration with versatility and ease of use. The new "Zephyr® III" collector now comes with a choice of three main filters and is ideal for portable handling of industrial process contamination, source capture or periodic dust collection at various locations. Applications include welding fumes, grinding dusts, dry dusts, soldering...
NEW YORK, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue. US Filters Market http://www.reportlinker.com/p0147099/US-Filters-Market.html US demand for filters to reach $12.4 billion in 2013 Demand for filters in the US is forecast to grow 3.3 percent per year to $12.4 billion in 2013. Advances will be spurred by pending changes in environmental regulations, particularly those involving reduced emissions from power plants and...
RIVER EDGE, N.J., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nephros, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: NEPH), a medical device company developing and marketing filtration products for therapeutic applications, infection control, and water purification, today reported that it has received approval from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to expand the Company's development of new potable water filtration systems for military field use. Nephros has been awarded a new research contract from the Office of...
In biomedicine and biotechnology the smallest, complex, compound sample quantities must be reliably processed. Microsystems with new mechanisms of action for pumping, filtering and separating will manage this task with great efficiency in the future.Providing reliable evidence of viruses in human blood presently requires time- and labor-intensive molecular-biological procedures. Established methods are particularly hard pushed to produce evidence when the viral burden is very low, for example...
