Tuesday, May 3, 2011

May 3, 2011

“Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.”
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832)

Police: Charges in order in deaths of 2 Pa. men killed by carbon monoxide 
Greenfield Daily Reporter
Police say that criminal charges are in order in the accidental deaths of two men killed by carbon monoxide outside Philadelphia. Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood says the men lived above a grocery store that used a generator to power ...

Ireland's industrial pollutant output falls 
Environmental Data Interactive
Overall, the data shows a continued downward trend, since 2007, in emissions of key substances or pollutants to air (carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, methane and non-methane volatile organic carbons). ...

Sickle-cell may blunt, not stop, malaria 
Science News
The sickle-cell mutation leads to higher production of a protein called heme oxygenase-1, which makes carbon monoxide gas. The gas helps reduce inflammation and protects against death in mice with malaria infection in their brains, the team reports in ...