Julian’s Bug Blog

Here’s the link to the article I read about showerheads containing the Mycobacerium Avium bacteria= http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-6487-showerheads-may-harbor-bacteria-dangerous-to-some.html My thoughts about this article is that the sample size (45 showers, 4 in rural areas) was too small and that the researchers confused correlation with causation. It seems to me that the lack of mycobacterium in rural areas [...]

Hi! This is my article from Jan. 20, a little late sorry about that! http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100114143310.htm As I read this article I noticed the lead researcher, Gladys Alexandre, emphasizing that by manipulating the receptors in bacteria that there would be all-sorts of breakthroughs in medicines to fight different bacteria. I would like all who read this [...]

Hi here the article that I discussed on Jan25thin the class. It Argues about the importance of heating up raw milk before using it which is recommended for health, how ever some people say that there are beneficial aspect to this as well. here are the link to the article : http://www.bccdc.ca/resources/news-alerts/alerts/Unpasteurized_dairy_Jan5.htm here is a [...]

The following article in Whistler’s Pique Newsmagazine discusses the recent re-development of Whistler’s wastewater treatment plant. The new technologies involve the use of microbial processing as a means of both de-toxifying wastewater, and using heat of microbial metabolism waste energy to heat surrounding areas of the municipality. This article is relevant in that it highlights [...]

Here’s the article I’m going to be presenting: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/h1n1-swine-flu/h1n1-infection-a-bigger-risk-to-fliers-in-economy-class/article1423104/ Hopefully, microbiology will save those of us who can’t afford care-free business class!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/4417051.stm http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/11/16/bc-microbes-heavy-metal-cleanup.html This link provides some information on the dangers of mine waste to the environment and our society: http://naamlp.net/hazards.htm

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/health/research/07infection.html?ref=research Okay, my thoughts on this go as follows: #1 Funding “Cost is a factor with both studies’ methods. Dr. Darouiche said chlorhexidine-alcohol costs about $12 per patient compared with $3.50 for povidone-iodine. His study was financed by CareFusion, which makes both products. It had no access to the data.” Yes it had no access [...]