Chemicals in paper food containers linked to osteoarthritis
Exposure to two common perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) was found to be associated with higher prevalence of osteoarthritis, particularly in women, according to a new study. PFCs are used in more ...
View ArticleArgentine Community Debates Detention Versus Rehabilitation for Juvenile...
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA A woman in her 40s walks around her house, packing rice, noodles, cookies and bread into black bags to bring to her son in prison. In between packing, she sits down and ...
View ArticleGovt. has some compulsions Tariq Anwar on hike in diesel petrol prices
Amid sharp criticism from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Left Parties over the move to hike the prices of petrol and diesel, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries ...
View ArticleEvolution to be blamed for bad backs and tooth aches
Evolution may have put humans at the top of the food chain but it also landed us with bad backs, dropped arches and impacted wisdom teeth, scientists have claimed. While the process of natural ...
View ArticleA bionic eye that gives limited vision to blind
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a "bionic retina", called Argus II, the nation's first implanted device for the blind which allows some patients to see well enough to read ...
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UN warns of approach food crisis in CAR
BANGUI - The Central African Republic (CAR) is on the brink of a food crisis with prices for staples such as corn having doubled after a month-long insurgency, according to surveys conducted by the ...
View ArticleHammour off menu at some UAE restaurants
A number of UAE-based hotels and restaurants have opted to take Hammour off the menu due to concerns about overfishing of the species, but many continue to offer the endangered ...
View ArticleYuanxiao made as traditional food for Lantern Festival
Combo photo shows cooks making Yuanxiao, glutinous rice flour dumpling with sweetened stuffing, at a food shop in Taiyuan, capital of north China's Shanxi Province, Feb. 16, 2013. Yuanxiao is a ...
View ArticleAfter the horsemeat scandal are you still a meat-lover
vegetarianism the way I treat particle physics; no matter how many times the basic tenets were explained to her, she still got a bewildered, vaguely threatened look on her face whenever it was ...
View ArticleHarvest for All food donations hit record
Young farmers and ranchers in California donated more than 10 million pounds of food to Golden State families in 2012, topping all states with participation in the "Harvest for All" ...
View ArticleCentral African Republic UN Assessment Warns of Potential Food Crisis in...
An assessment conducted by the United Nations and its partners has found that the recent conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) could trigger a food crisis in the country, the world body said ...
View ArticleSafety Regulations Should Include Masked Mold Toxins In Food
Government limits on mold toxins present naturally in grain crops should be expanded to include so-called "masked mycotoxins" that change from harmless to potentially harmful forms in the ...
View ArticleMassive fraud Europes horse meat scandal widens
disturbing DNA test results were disclosed last month , horse meat has been found masquerading as beef in countries including the U.K., France, Germany, Sweden and Norway. A small amount of horse ...
View ArticleEuropean officials order GM food to be healthy
Authoritative European institutions denied the information that GMO foods cause malignant tumors. However, this was done without any real tests - not so much in the spirit of modern science but, ...
View ArticleFSA unveils horse meat test results
JUST when you thought it was safe to look at beef products and assume they were what they said on the packet, things went from bad to worse for the red meat supply chain this ...
View ArticleThree bailed amid horse meat probe
Three men who were arrested by police investigating the horse meat mis-labelling scandal have been released on bail, as officials continued to examine evidence from three more plants. The Food ...
View ArticleFrench food processing Co. denies role in horsemeat scandal
(MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Management at a French meat processing plant here, which has been temporarily closed on accusations of having peddled horsemeat for beef, on Friday denied any ...
View ArticleBurger King reports USD48.6m profit in Q4
(MENAFN) Miami-based fast food chain giant Burger King has nearly doubled its quarterly profit on higher sales, Fox Business reported.The company said it made USD48.6 million net profit during the ...
View ArticleEcoFacts Composting Food Scraps
So we generate a lot of food waste. It’s pretty heavy stuff, and going to the landfill it is charged by the ton. Landfills are filling up. Here in Santa Barbara, our local one will close in 15 ...
View ArticleStill more horse meat found in European beef products
DNA tests of beef products for the presence of unlabelled horse meat, more European countries have reported traces. In Britain it has been revealed that three more sites have been raided. Earlier, ...
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