Category: #FoodWorldOrder
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Sexually Transmitted Food Poisoning?
from npr.org: Twenty-five years ago, two pals went out for a seafood dinner while vacationing in the Bahamas. What could be better than some fresh grouper steaks and a night on the town without the wives? Um, plenty. A few hours after dinner, the men started having stomach pains and diarrhea. Their legs began to…
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Crazy Ant Invaders Have Acid Advantage
from nytimes.com: The crazy ant, the latest ant to invade North America, is having remarkable success at replacing its predecessor, the red fire ant, former king of the invaders. Part of the reason, according to research at the University of Texas, is that the newcomer can detoxify fire ant venom in a way not seen…
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More Gunk Spills in West Virginia, Turning Creek Black
Patriot Coal Prep Plant Spills Slurry Into WV Creek* from latimes.com: State officials in West Virginia were trying Tuesday to contain a coal slurry spill into a creek in the same general area where a toxic chemical spill last month tainted drinking water for 300,000 people in and around the state capital of Charleston. A…
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Chick-fil-A to Serve Chicken Without Antibiotics
from usatoday.com: Here’s a chicken that has surprisingly crossed the road — away from antibiotics. Chick-fil-A, the nation’s largest chicken chain in annual sales, shocked the fast-food world late Tuesday when it announced that the company plans to only sell chicken raised without antibiotics at all of its stores within five years. The move is…
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Kraft Cheese Singles to Lose Artificial Preservatives
from cbsnews.com: Kraft is removing artificial preservatives from its most popular individually wrapped cheese slices, in the latest sign that companies are tweaking their recipes as food labels come under greater scrutiny. The change affects the company’s Kraft Singles in the full-fat American and White American varieties, which Kraft says account for the majority of…
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Study Finds Spike In Coffee Consumption Among Children
from okcfox.com: It takes more change to grab a drink from a vending machine these days and what kids are reaching for isn’t just soda anymore. A study from the journal, “Pediatrics,” shows a decrease in soda and tea consumption– and a shift in caffeine culture. Researchers found more kids are reaching for energy drinks…
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Students Sent Home From West Virginia Schools Amid Fears Over Water Contamination
from nationaljournal.com: Students at a handful of schools in Charleston, W.Va., were sent home last week amid reports of potential water contamination following a chemical spill last month, The New York Times reports. Students were told to leave after students and faculty noticed the smell of licorice, a distinct odor given off by the chemical…
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Cellular Nanomotors May Make ‘Fantastic Voyage’ Possible
Tiny Rocket Robots Could Combat Cancer Cell By Cell* from sciencerecorder.com: Robots are all around us—that’s a fact of everyday life that we’ve been taking for granted for the last few decades. Now get ready for the day when robots will be within us, too. Researchers at Penn State University demonstrated the first-ever insertion of…
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‘World’s first’ farmer trial over GM crop contamination begins in Australia
from apperspective.net: A landmark legal battle between two farmers over alleged GM contamination has started in the Western Australian Supreme Court. The case is expected to determine GM farmers’ liability if their crops affect neighboring territories. The globally monitored legal battle involves local farmer Steve Marsh (pictured) who sued his neighbor Michael Baxter for negligence…
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Britain’s Eastern Coast Yields Oldest Human Footprints Outside Africa
from slashdot.com: “They were a British family on a day out — almost a million years ago. Archaeologists announced Friday that they have discovered human footprints in England that are between 800,000 and 1 million years old — the most ancient found outside Africa, and the earliest evidence of human life in northern Europe. A…
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Harvard: Fluoride Lowers Children’s Intelligence By 7 IQ Points
from washingtonsblog.com: The Harvard School for Public Health reports: In a meta-analysis, researchers from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and China Medical University in Shenyang for the first time combined 27 studies and found strong indications that fluoride may adversely affect cognitive development in children. Based on the findings, the authors say that this…
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The Amazing Healing Properties of Fermented Foods
from greenmedinfo.com: Between the hard and fast dichotomies of cooked and raw, dead and alive, is this beautiful thing called fermented. A place where many of the digestive challenges associated with raw foods (e.g. enzyme inhibitors, anti-nutrients, lectins) are overcome in favor of not just preserving their benefits (e.g. enzyme activity, vitamin content, life energy),…
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2/6 – Binge & Purge: Rarities and Discoveries
New & Extremely Rare Species of River Dolphin Discovered in Brazil Giant jellyfish found on Australian beach Rare deep-sea fish found in Toyama Rare lavender crab discovered New species of deep-diving whale discovered Rare iguanas hidden in socks found by UK customs at Heathrow New species of prehistoric spider discovered in China Rare new snowdrop…
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Pinched: Salt Supplies Dwindle After Endless Storms
from nbcnews.com: As if traffic snarls, scrubbed flights and power outages weren’t enough misery, the latest bit of winter savagery to hit the Midwest and the East is an extreme shortage of the salt used to clear snow and ice off roadways. Many cities have been forced to ration salt after weeks of above-average snowfall…
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In Congress’s Farm Bill, The Rich Get Richer
from washingtonpost.com: Congress has sent a $956 billion farm bill larded with subsidies for agribusiness to President Obama, who issued a statement Tuesday praising it. Maybe he should first have reread his fiscal 2014 budget proposal. “The farm sector continues to be one of the strongest sectors of the U.S. economy, with net farm income…