The battle has been raging back and forth ever since pesticides and synthetic fertilizers were introduced into agriculture. Is organic produce safer and more nutritious than the conventional...
Mention genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and watch the brows wrinkle. People just don鈥檛 want the genes in their meals modified, even if they are not quite sure what genes are. Better just...
Homeopathic products.聽They are safe enough, no doubt about that.聽Millions of people around the world swear by them.聽 No doubt about that either.聽 Furthermore, their label features the term 鈥淒IN-HM,...
鈥淭ake a dose of seaweed or burnt sea sponge twice a year!鈥� That was the ancient Chinese remedy for goiter. Almost four thousand years ago Chinese medical writings described the troublesome swelling...
In June the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning about some Zicam products based on having received over 130 reports of a decreased sense of smell, often after single use of one of...
鈥淲atermelon has ingredients that deliver Viagra-like effects to the body鈥檚 blood vessels and may even increase libido.鈥� When a major university, such as Texas A&M, puts out a press release with...
If you care for a real exercise in label reading, just take a peek at a standard supermarket ice cream. You would think that the list of ingredients should be pretty short. After all, traditional...
Just mention 鈥淜ool Aid鈥� and my memories flop back to summer camp. That was the beverage we were served with every meal. And it was the same with my kids. They used to tell me about the "bug juice"...
I don鈥檛 think I would want to work in a rubber processing plant. Too many nitrosamines in the air, and it鈥檚 better not to inhale them. Nitrosamines after all are known carcinogens, first identified...
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