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trouble gets modified: Researchers from the National Centre for Compositional Characterisation of Materials, Hyderabad, have found that mercury can accumulate in the environs in various forms. They studied mercury present in lichen and moss growing in the vicinity of Hindustan Lever Limited's thermometer factory in Kodaikanal. Both the lichen and moss samples had a different form of the metal than what was emitted from the factory. As per the researchers, the magnitude of environmental contamination can only be gauged if the modification is considered.
cancerous connection: Frequent antibiotic use can lead to breast cancer, indicates a study of thousands of Americans. "Our findings are worrisome; we don't know why this connection exists,' says John Potter of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre, USA. In 2000, Finland scientists had also found that women who had taken antibiotics for urinary tract infections had an elevated risk for the disease.
disease-free rice: Researchers from Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology and the Directorate of Rice Research have developed a new line of Samba masuri
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