Word: nitrogen
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...Since viruses are so good at hacking into the human body, scientists figure they can be used as packaging material for whatever gene the patient lacks. In Jesse's study, all 18 participants had the same disease: ornithine transcarbamoylase (OTC) deficiency, which slows the liver's ability to metabolize nitrogen and releases deadly ammonia into the bloodstream. So Wilson's team harnessed the adenovirus (a cause of the common cold), neutralized harmful elements and used the virus to send in normal copies of the gene that was defective in Jesse...
...without a price. To get big yields, farmers rely on pesticides and nitrogen fertilizers, which can seep below the surface and taint groundwater. That's why Seacrest, 45, launched the Groundwater Foundation, a group that uses everything from publications to educational festivals to teach people about threats to drinking water. Started on a shoestring in 1985 in Lincoln, the foundation has built a national network of activists to protect the fountains of life...
Once groundwater is contaminated, it is hard to clean up. In 1,345 shallow wells sampled by the U.S. Geological Survey, about 15% exceeded drinking-water standards for nitrate (a nitrogen compound), which at high levels can lead to the potentially fatal "blue baby" syndrome in infants. Many suspect aquifers were in California, the Great Plains and the Mid-Atlantic region. Pesticides have shown up in more than half of shallow wells the USGS studied in agricultural and urban areas. "Is it right that people in rural communities should have to buy bottled water?" Seacrest asks. "What kind...
...caller reported to HUPD a loud noise coming from the area of the Chemistry Labs. an officer was dispatched to investigate, and upon arrival stated that the noise was coming from a truck that was filling up its nitrogen tank. The truck driver was reprimanded...
FARMS Cattle waste produces nitrogen runoff that poisons streams. Farmers must keep cows away from rivers, reduce cattle populations and treat waste before using it as fertilizer...