http://goldbamboo.com/ Hydrogen cyanide News from GoldBamboo.com en-us © 2005, Gold Bamboo LLC, All Rights Reserved http://goldbamboo.com/news-a213766.html A new method for detecting cyanide in drinking water and other sources offers numerous advantages over cumbersome existing technology, scientists report in an article scheduled for the Jan. 1 issue of ACS' Analytical Chemistry, a semi-monthly journal.Idaho State University's Jeffrey J. Rosentreter, Yegor G. [click link for full article] Wed, 03 Jan 2007 12:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a213369.html The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved Cyanokit (containing the drug hydroxocobalamin, intravenous tubing and a sterile spike for reconstituting the drug product with saline) for the treatment of known or suspected cyanide poisoning. [click link for full article] Fri, 29 Dec 2006 08:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a212081.html EMD Pharmaceuticals and Dey, LP, U.S. Affiliates of Merck KGaA of Darmstadt, Germany, jointly announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Cyanokit(R) (hydroxocobalamin for injection), for the treatment of known or suspected cyanide poisoning. [click link for full article] Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a215629.html Engineers have developed a system that uses a simple water purification technique that can eliminate 100 percent of the microbes in New Orleans water samples left from Hurricane Katrina. The technique makes use of specialized resins, copper and hydrogen peroxide to purify tainted water. [click link for full article] Mon, 15 Jan 2007 06:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a206346.html Medical professionals and emergency personnel are not prepared to respond to the significant health and safety issues that cyanide poisoning poses to communities across the country, according to a study by RTI International.The study, being presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, was funded by EMD Pharmaceuticals, the U.S. [click link for full article] Sun, 12 Nov 2006 08:00 EST