“One of our biggest nightmares is the fact that 2010 is going to be held in June when there is a possibility of another bout of H1N1.”

South Africa’s health minister Aaron Motsoaledi frets over the possibility of H1N1 hitting the 2010 football world cup (Reuters).

“There’s growing public pressure but also lobbying to weaken or delay state efforts.”

Fran Pavley, a Democrat politician in California, comments on pushes for state legislation to ban bisphenol A from food and drink containers (USA Today).

“He reported that it smelled like ‘dead fish’ and nauseated him.”

Researchers writing in Annals of Internal Medicine note that drug metformin smells atrocious to some patients, in their paper Metformin Stinks, Literally. Patients may put their health at risk by refusing to take it (Reuters).

“What they don’t realize is the economic impact this is going to have. What about the guy who sells rats? Who’s going to buy jumbo rats?”

Tom Crutchfield, a Florida reptile breeder, comments on proposed laws that would restrict trade in snakes in the US (WSJ).