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May 21, 2013

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7:00 AM | Progressive Mythology
In their book Science Left Behind: Feel-Good Fallacies and the Rise of the Anti-Scientific Left, Alex Berezow and Hank Campbell counter allegations of a Republican war on science by pointing out how political progressives are equally anti-science. According to Berezow and Campbell, progressives hold opinions that are not based on physical reality, and claim that their [...]

April 22, 2013

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3:28 AM | A Moment in the Sun for Biomimicry
Already inspired by botany, solar panels imitate photosynthesizing plants with t...

Dang, X., Yi, H., Ham, M., Qi, J., Yun, D., Ladewski, R., Strano, M., Hammond, P. & Belcher, A. (2011). Virus-templated self-assembled single-walled carbon nanotubes for highly efficient electron collection in photovoltaic devices., Nature Nanotechnology, 6 377-384. DOI:

Barr, M., Rowehl, J., Lunt, R., Xu, J., Wang, A., Boyce, C., Im, S., Bulović, V. & Gleason, K. (2011). Direct monolithic integration of organic photovoltaic circuits on unmodified paper., Advanced Materials, 23 3500-3505. DOI:

Shockley, W. & Queisser, H. (1961). Detailed balance limit of efficiency of p-n junction solar cells., Journal of Applied Physics, 32 510. DOI:

King, R., Law, D., Edmondson, K., Fetzer, C., Kinsey, G., Yoon, H., Sherif, R. & Karam, N. (2007). 40% efficient metamorphic GaInP∕GaInAs∕Ge multijunction solar cells., Applied Physics Letters, 90 183516. DOI:

Krogstrup, P., Jørgensen, H., Heiss, M., Demichel, O., Holm, J., Aagesen, M., Nygard, J. & Fontcuberta i Morral, A. (2013). Single-nanowire solar cells beyond the Shockley–Queisser limit., Nature Photonics, 7 306-310. DOI:

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3:28 AM | A Moment in the Sun for Biomimicry
Already inspired by botany, solar panels imitate photosynthesizing plants with t...

Dang, X., Yi, H., Ham, M., Qi, J., Yun, D., Ladewski, R., Strano, M., Hammond, P. & Belcher, A. (2011). Virus-templated self-assembled single-walled carbon nanotubes for highly efficient electron collection in photovoltaic devices., Nature Nanotechnology, 6 377-384. DOI:

Barr, M., Rowehl, J., Lunt, R., Xu, J., Wang, A., Boyce, C., Im, S., Bulović, V. & Gleason, K. (2011). Direct monolithic integration of organic photovoltaic circuits on unmodified paper., Advanced Materials, 23 3500-3505. DOI:

Shockley, W. & Queisser, H. (1961). Detailed balance limit of efficiency of p-n junction solar cells., Journal of Applied Physics, 32 510. DOI:

King, R., Law, D., Edmondson, K., Fetzer, C., Kinsey, G., Yoon, H., Sherif, R. & Karam, N. (2007). 40% efficient metamorphic GaInP∕GaInAs∕Ge multijunction solar cells., Applied Physics Letters, 90 183516. DOI:

Krogstrup, P., Jørgensen, H., Heiss, M., Demichel, O., Holm, J., Aagesen, M., Nygard, J. & Fontcuberta i Morral, A. (2013). Single-nanowire solar cells beyond the Shockley–Queisser limit., Nature Photonics, 7 306-310. DOI:

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3:28 AM | A Moment in the Sun for Biomimicry
Already inspired by botany, solar panels imitate photosynthesizing plants with t...

Dang, X., Yi, H., Ham, M., Qi, J., Yun, D., Ladewski, R., Strano, M., Hammond, P. & Belcher, A. (2011). Virus-templated self-assembled single-walled carbon nanotubes for highly efficient electron collection in photovoltaic devices., Nature Nanotechnology, 6 377-384. DOI:

Barr, M., Rowehl, J., Lunt, R., Xu, J., Wang, A., Boyce, C., Im, S., Bulović, V. & Gleason, K. (2011). Direct monolithic integration of organic photovoltaic circuits on unmodified paper., Advanced Materials, 23 3500-3505. DOI:

Shockley, W. & Queisser, H. (1961). Detailed balance limit of efficiency of p-n junction solar cells., Journal of Applied Physics, 32 510. DOI:

King, R., Law, D., Edmondson, K., Fetzer, C., Kinsey, G., Yoon, H., Sherif, R. & Karam, N. (2007). 40% efficient metamorphic GaInP∕GaInAs∕Ge multijunction solar cells., Applied Physics Letters, 90 183516. DOI:

Krogstrup, P., Jørgensen, H., Heiss, M., Demichel, O., Holm, J., Aagesen, M., Nygard, J. & Fontcuberta i Morral, A. (2013). Single-nanowire solar cells beyond the Shockley–Queisser limit., Nature Photonics, 7 306-310. DOI:

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3:28 AM | A Moment in the Sun for Biomimicry
Already inspired by botany, solar panels imitate photosynthesizing plants with t...

Dang, X., Yi, H., Ham, M., Qi, J., Yun, D., Ladewski, R., Strano, M., Hammond, P. & Belcher, A. (2011). Virus-templated self-assembled single-walled carbon nanotubes for highly efficient electron collection in photovoltaic devices., Nature Nanotechnology, 6 377-384. DOI:

Barr, M., Rowehl, J., Lunt, R., Xu, J., Wang, A., Boyce, C., Im, S., Bulović, V. & Gleason, K. (2011). Direct monolithic integration of organic photovoltaic circuits on unmodified paper., Advanced Materials, 23 3500-3505. DOI:

Shockley, W. & Queisser, H. (1961). Detailed balance limit of efficiency of p-n junction solar cells., Journal of Applied Physics, 32 510. DOI:

King, R., Law, D., Edmondson, K., Fetzer, C., Kinsey, G., Yoon, H., Sherif, R. & Karam, N. (2007). 40% efficient metamorphic GaInP∕GaInAs∕Ge multijunction solar cells., Applied Physics Letters, 90 183516. DOI:

Krogstrup, P., Jørgensen, H., Heiss, M., Demichel, O., Holm, J., Aagesen, M., Nygard, J. & Fontcuberta i Morral, A. (2013). Single-nanowire solar cells beyond the Shockley–Queisser limit., Nature Photonics, 7 306-310. DOI:

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3:28 AM | A Moment in the Sun for Biomimicry
Already inspired by botany, solar panels imitate photosynthesizing plants with t...

Dang, X., Yi, H., Ham, M., Qi, J., Yun, D., Ladewski, R., Strano, M., Hammond, P. & Belcher, A. (2011). Virus-templated self-assembled single-walled carbon nanotubes for highly efficient electron collection in photovoltaic devices., Nature Nanotechnology, 6 377-384. DOI:

Barr, M., Rowehl, J., Lunt, R., Xu, J., Wang, A., Boyce, C., Im, S., Bulović, V. & Gleason, K. (2011). Direct monolithic integration of organic photovoltaic circuits on unmodified paper., Advanced Materials, 23 3500-3505. DOI:

Shockley, W. & Queisser, H. (1961). Detailed balance limit of efficiency of p-n junction solar cells., Journal of Applied Physics, 32 510. DOI:

King, R., Law, D., Edmondson, K., Fetzer, C., Kinsey, G., Yoon, H., Sherif, R. & Karam, N. (2007). 40% efficient metamorphic GaInP∕GaInAs∕Ge multijunction solar cells., Applied Physics Letters, 90 183516. DOI:

Krogstrup, P., Jørgensen, H., Heiss, M., Demichel, O., Holm, J., Aagesen, M., Nygard, J. & Fontcuberta i Morral, A. (2013). Single-nanowire solar cells beyond the Shockley–Queisser limit., Nature Photonics, 7 306-310. DOI:

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April 02, 2013

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1:23 PM | To Label or Not To Label
I love a good dystopian novel where technology has gotten out of hand and changed some futuristic society into a place none of us would want to live – think Brave New World, 1984, Cat’s Cradle, or Oryx and Crake. I think these fictional stories are great thought experiments, revealing the importance of science done [...]

March 23, 2013

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1:23 AM | Clean Coal Gets a Sponge
Over the course of hundreds of millions of years, the combustible, black rock we...

Lyndon R, Konstas K, Ladewig BP, Southon PD, Kepert PC & Hill MR (2013). Dynamic photo-switching in metal-organic frameworks as a route to low-energy carbon dioxide capture and release., Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), PMID:

Baxter PJ, Kapila M & Mfonfu D (1989). Lake Nyos disaster, Cameroon, 1986: the medical effects of large scale emission of carbon dioxide?, BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 298 1437-1441. PMID:

Ahern MM, Hendryx M, Conley J, Fedorko E, Ducatman A & Zullig KJ (2011). The association between mountaintop mining and birth defects among live births in central Appalachia, 1996-2003., Environmental research, 111 838-46. PMID:

Hendryx M, Wolfe L, Luo J & Webb B (2012). Self-reported cancer rates in two rural areas of West Virginia with and without mountaintop coal mining., Journal of community health, 37 320-327. PMID:

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1:23 AM | Clean Coal Gets a Sponge
Over the course of hundreds of millions of years, the combustible, black rock we...

Lyndon R, Konstas K, Ladewig BP, Southon PD, Kepert PC & Hill MR (2013). Dynamic photo-switching in metal-organic frameworks as a route to low-energy carbon dioxide capture and release., Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), PMID:

Baxter PJ, Kapila M & Mfonfu D (1989). Lake Nyos disaster, Cameroon, 1986: the medical effects of large scale emission of carbon dioxide?, BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 298 1437-1441. PMID:

Ahern MM, Hendryx M, Conley J, Fedorko E, Ducatman A & Zullig KJ (2011). The association between mountaintop mining and birth defects among live births in central Appalachia, 1996-2003., Environmental research, 111 838-46. PMID:

Hendryx M, Wolfe L, Luo J & Webb B (2012). Self-reported cancer rates in two rural areas of West Virginia with and without mountaintop coal mining., Journal of community health, 37 320-327. PMID:

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1:23 AM | Clean Coal Gets a Sponge
Over the course of hundreds of millions of years, the combustible, black rock we...

Lyndon R, Konstas K, Ladewig BP, Southon PD, Kepert PC & Hill MR (2013). Dynamic photo-switching in metal-organic frameworks as a route to low-energy carbon dioxide capture and release., Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), PMID:

Baxter PJ, Kapila M & Mfonfu D (1989). Lake Nyos disaster, Cameroon, 1986: the medical effects of large scale emission of carbon dioxide?, BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 298 1437-1441. PMID:

Ahern MM, Hendryx M, Conley J, Fedorko E, Ducatman A & Zullig KJ (2011). The association between mountaintop mining and birth defects among live births in central Appalachia, 1996-2003., Environmental research, 111 838-46. PMID:

Hendryx M, Wolfe L, Luo J & Webb B (2012). Self-reported cancer rates in two rural areas of West Virginia with and without mountaintop coal mining., Journal of community health, 37 320-327. PMID:

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1:23 AM | Clean Coal Gets a Sponge
Over the course of hundreds of millions of years, the combustible, black rock we...

Lyndon R, Konstas K, Ladewig BP, Southon PD, Kepert PC & Hill MR (2013). Dynamic photo-switching in metal-organic frameworks as a route to low-energy carbon dioxide capture and release., Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), PMID:

Baxter PJ, Kapila M & Mfonfu D (1989). Lake Nyos disaster, Cameroon, 1986: the medical effects of large scale emission of carbon dioxide?, BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 298 1437-1441. PMID:

Ahern MM, Hendryx M, Conley J, Fedorko E, Ducatman A & Zullig KJ (2011). The association between mountaintop mining and birth defects among live births in central Appalachia, 1996-2003., Environmental research, 111 838-46. PMID:

Hendryx M, Wolfe L, Luo J & Webb B (2012). Self-reported cancer rates in two rural areas of West Virginia with and without mountaintop coal mining., Journal of community health, 37 320-327. PMID:

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February 21, 2013

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2:17 AM | Species Invaders: Assessing Pest Tech
Lately in the Land of 10,000 Lakes , Minnesota legislators have been heatedly d...

Laws, E. & Weisburd, R. (1990). Use of silver carp to control algal biomass in aquaculture ponds., The Progressive Fish-Culturist, 52 1-8. DOI:

Hobbs, R., Hallett, L., Ehrlich, P. & Mooney, H. (2011). Intervention ecology: Applying ecological science in the twenty-first century, BioScience, 61 442-450. DOI:

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2:17 AM | Species Invaders: Assessing Pest Tech
Lately in the Land of 10,000 Lakes , Minnesota legislators have been heatedly d...

Laws, E. & Weisburd, R. (1990). Use of silver carp to control algal biomass in aquaculture ponds., The Progressive Fish-Culturist, 52 1-8. DOI:

Hobbs, R., Hallett, L., Ehrlich, P. & Mooney, H. (2011). Intervention ecology: Applying ecological science in the twenty-first century, BioScience, 61 442-450. DOI:

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January 30, 2013

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3:21 PM | reverse auctions for the television spectrum and graph coloring problems
Karla Hoffman from George Mason gave an nice talk at the 2013 INFORMS Computing Society Conference about reverse auctions to buy back the TV spectrum. It is an issue if you still use an antenna to watch TV (see the bottom of this post if you are shocked that people still use antennas). Here is [...]

December 18, 2012

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4:43 PM | the exit polling supply chain
A WSJ Washington Wire blog post describes the Presidential election exit polling supply chain in New York in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The Washington Wire blog post highlights the polling firm Edison Research, based in New Jersey. Edison provided the questionnaires used by pollsters who would collect information about the ballots cast. As you [...]

December 15, 2012

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1:00 PM | A coordinated national strategy for wildlife conservation
Starting and maintaining the conversation A guest post by Vicky Meretsky, associate professor at Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs Meretsky and colleagues propose a national conservation-support program to help knit together state level efforts and larger federal programs, such as the recently established Landscape Conservation Cooperatives delineated here, and prevent species from [...]

Vicky J. Meretsky, Lynn A. Maguire, Frank W. Davis, DavId M. Stoms, J. Michael Scott, Dennis Figg, Dale D. Goble, Brad Griffith, Scott E. Henke, Jacqueline Vaughn & Steven L. Yaffe (2012). A State-Based National Network for Effective Wildlife Conservation, BioScience, 62 (11) 970-976. DOI:

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November 30, 2012

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10:07 PM | ESA Policy News: November 30
Here are some highlights from the latest ESA Policy News by Science Policy Analyst Terence Houston.  Read the full Policy News here. BUDGET: FISCAL CLIFF TALKS CONTINUE, NO SOLUTION IN SIGHT As the fiscal cliff negotiations continue, leaders in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives and the Democratic-controlled Senate have sketched out their broad goals. Included in [...]

November 16, 2012

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5:35 PM | The Disposable Dilemma
Expendable objects were not innovated recently. Although washi are now linke...

Liu, Q., Shi, S., Du, L., Wang, Y., Cao, J., Xu, C., Fan, F., Giesy, J., & Hecker, M. (2012). Environmental and health challenges of the global growth of electronic waste,, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 19 2460-2462. DOI:

Lubick, N. (2012). Shifting mountains of electronic waste., Environmental Health Perspectives, 120 DOI:

Wang, F., Huisman, J., Meskers, C., Schluep, M., Stevels, A., & Hagelüken, C. (2012). The Best-of-2-Worlds philosophy: Developing local dismantling and global infrastructure network for sustainable e-waste treatment in emerging economies., Waste Management, 32 2134-2146. DOI:

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September 26, 2012

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7:23 PM | Social science in action
By Nadine Lymn, director of public affairs Social scientists have been weathering repeated attacks lately from congressional leaders deriding  the value and validity of their work. The scientific community has responded.   The Ecological Society of America is one of several scientific societies serving as a collaborator to show support for social science and its contributions [...]

September 17, 2012

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1:53 AM | Leafy Green Power
Ever since his debut in the comic strip Thimble Theatre in 1929, Popeye has lo...

Hernández, A., Schiffer, T. A., Ivarsson, N., Cheng A. J., Bruton, J. D., Lundberg, J. O., Weitzberg, E., & Westerblad H. (2012). Dietary nitrate increases tetanic [Ca2+]i and contractile force in mouse fast-twitch muscle., The Journal of Physiology, 590 3575-3583. PMID:

Leblanc, G., Chen, G., Gizzie, E. A., Jennings, G. K. & Cliffel, D. E. (2012). Enhanced photocurrents of Photosystem I films on p-doped silicon., Advanced Materials., PMID:

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August 31, 2012

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12:30 PM | What Do Hurricanes Mean For Dolphins?
Hurricanes are typically associated with loss of life, loss of property, and economic devastation. Hurricane Katrina, which blew through the gulf coast in summer 2005, brought all those things and more. It also brought lots of baby dolphins. Hurricanes and other major storms tend to be related to increased strandings of marine mammals, so why [...]

Lance J. Miller, Angela D. Mackey, Tim Hoffland, Moby Solangi & Stan A. Kuczaj II (2010). Potential effects of a major hurricane on Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) reproduction in the Mississippi Sound, Marine Mammal Science, 26 (3) 707-715. DOI:

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August 06, 2012

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11:27 AM | Suicide, Guns and Free Speech
I live in Florida. Land of the profoundly weird and frequently stupid. Like the guy charged with illegally feeding an alligator after the gator bit off his hand. Or an image of the Virgin Mary appearing on a grilled cheese sandwich. We have wild pythons big enough to eat deer and a wanna-be plastic surgeon [...]

July 26, 2012

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5:23 PM | Coral Reef Relief?
When it is this hot outside, there really is no place I'd rather be than at th...

Roemmich, D., Gould, W.J. & Gilson, J. (2012). 135 years of global ocean warming between the Challenger expedition and the Argo Programme., Nature Climate Change, 2 425-428. DOI:

Toth, L. T., Aronson, R. B., Vollmer S. V., Hobbs, J. W., Urrego, D. H., & Cheng, H., Enochs, I. C., Combosch, D. J., van Woesik, R. & Macintyre I. G. (2012). ENSO drove 2500-year collapse of eastern Pacific coral reefs., Science, 337 81-84. PMID:

Selig, E. R., Casey, K. S., & Bruno, J. F. (2012). Temperature-driven coral decline: the role of marine protected areas., Global Change Biology, 18 1561-1570. DOI:

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June 24, 2012

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12:56 AM | S.O.S. Save Our Seagrass
As this year's United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development concluded in...

Fourqurean, J. W., Duarte, C. M., Kennedy, H., Marbà, N., Holmer, M., Mateo, M. A., Apostolaki, E. T., Kendrick, G. A., Krause-Jensen, D., McGlathery, K. J. & Serrano, O. (2012). Seagrass ecosystems as a globally significant carbon stock., Nature Geoscience,, DOI:

Lewis, S. L., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Sonké, B., Affum-Baffoe, K., Baker, T. R., Ojo, L. O., Phillips, O. L., Reitsma, J. M., White, L., Comiskey, J. A., Djuikouo K, M. N., Ewango, C. E. N., Feldpausch, T. R., Hamilton, A. C., Gloor, M., Hart, T., Hladik, A (2009). Increasing carbon storage in intact African tropical forests. , Nature, 457 1003-1006. DOI:

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June 07, 2012

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2:36 AM | How Italy Ate Up All Its Sharks
As dramatically imperfect as U.S. fisheries management can be, I still stand by my stance that we have the best-managed fisheries in the world.  Fishermen gripe about it being too restrictive and quick to change, conservationists complain about it being … Continue reading →

Dell'Apa, A., Kimmel, D. & Clo, S. (2012). Trends of fish and elasmobranch landings in Italy: associated management implications, ICES Journal of Marine Science, DOI:

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May 30, 2012

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5:28 PM | a gun offender registry: everyone wants one but the costs and benefits are a mystery
Prince George County in the Washington DC is weighing a bill requiring a gun offender registry, and a vote is expected in early June. If it passes (and it is expected to do so), the county would allow/require police to monitor gun offenders. I think this is akin to the sex offender registries.  Prince George [...]

May 08, 2012

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3:56 AM | Buzz Kill? Bee Populations and Pesticides
A swarm of studies have recently been released concerning Colony Collapse Disor...

Henry, M., Béguin, M., Requier, F., Rollin, O., Odoux, J.F., Aupinel, P., Aptel, J., Tchamitchian, S., & Decourtye, A. (2012). A common pesticide decreases foraging success and survival in honey bees., Science, 336 348-350. PMID:

Whitehorn, P.R., O'Connor, S., Wackers F.L., & Goulson, D. (2012). Neonicotinoid pesticide reduces bumble bee colony growth and queen production., Science, 336 351-2. PMID:

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April 28, 2012

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5:40 AM | Banned antibiotics in feather meal – A discussion with an author of the study
Following my recent post where I examined an article from Johns Hopkins that found multiple contaminants in commercial feather meal (including fluoroquinolones, a class of antibiotics that have been banned from use in poultry since 2005), I was honored to be contacted by one of the Authors, Dr. David Love. Dr. Love offered to continue [...]

Love, D., Davis, M., Bassett, A., Gunther, A. & Nachman, K. (2010). Dose Imprecision and Resistance: Free-Choice Medicated Feeds in Industrial Food Animal Production in the United States, Environmental Health Perspectives, 119 (3) 279-283. DOI:

Love, D., Halden, R., Davis, M. & Nachman, K. (2012). Feather Meal: A Previously Unrecognized Route for Reentry into the Food Supply of Multiple Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs), Environmental Science & Technology, 46 (7) 3795-3802. DOI:

San Martín B, Cornejo J, Iragüen D, Hidalgo H & Anadón A (2007). Depletion study of enrofloxacin and its metabolite ciprofloxacin in edible tissues and feathers of white leghorn hens by liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry., Journal of food protection, 70 (8) 1952-7. PMID:

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April 20, 2012

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7:12 PM | Newsworthy: Banned antibiotics found in feather meal at Johns Hopkins – How did they get there, and why does your press release contain different conclusions?
An article recently published in Environmental Science and Technology details a study conducted at Johns Hopkins where when examining samples of commercially available feather meal (used as a protein supplement feed or fertilizer) they found trace amounts of fluoroquinolones, a class of antibiotics that have been banned for use in animal feed for 6 years. [...]

D.C. Love, R.U. Halden, M.F. Davis & K.E. Nachman (2012). Feather Meal: A Previously Unrecognized Route for Reentry into the Food Supply of Multiple Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs), Environmental Science and Technology, 46 3795-3802. Other:

Kolpin, D., Furlong, E., Meyer, M., Thurman, E., Zaugg, S., Barber, L. & Buxton, H. (2002). Pharmaceuticals, Hormones, and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in U.S. Streams, 1999−2000:  A National Reconnaissance, Environmental Science & Technology, 36 (6) 1202-1211. DOI:

Kolpin, D., Furlong, E., Meyer, M., Thurman, E., Zaugg, S., Barber, L. & Buxton, H. (2002). Pharmaceuticals, Hormones, and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in U.S. Streams, 1999−2000:  A National Reconnaissance, Environmental Science & Technology, 36 (6) 1202-1211. DOI:

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