The bug that causes potentially deadly staph infections in hospitals can survive for weeks on a bed sheet or a computer keyboard, a new study finds.
Staph is the most common hospital-born infection in the United States. Consequences range from mild discomfort to death.
So says LiveScience.com. Remember when we learned that people were trying to
force Bibles out of hospitals because they might spread infection. So, are we going to organize to eliminate bedsheets as well?
A group of Colombian scientists believe they've found a way to wipe out cocaine production: unleash an army of hungry moth caterpillars.
According to FOXNews, some people are
bugged by this idea though.
Ricardo Vargas, director of the Colombian environmental group Andean Action, contended that while the moths may be native to this region, there's nothing natural about releasing thousands of them into small areas. The tropics have the world's most diverse plant life, he said, so the moths would likely threaten other plants as well.
"With a plan like this, the chance for ecological mischief is very high and very dangerous," Vargas said.
Oh no, we can't risk saving
people from a hideous addiction if some plants might suffer. Priorities people, priorities.
# posted by John Schroeder @ 6/10/2005 05:05:00 AM
