Tag: research
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Study: Pollination Down With Bee Decline
A decline in the world’s bee population has been accompanied by a drop in pollination critical to the world’s food supplies, a Canadian researcher says.
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junk food-addicted rats rather starve than eat healthy food
from natural news: A diet including unlimited amounts of junk food can cause rats to become so addicted to the unhealthy diet that they will starve themselves rather than go back to eating healthy food, researchers have discovered. In a series of studies conducted over the course of three years and published in the journal…
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Choosing Healthy Foods Now Called Mental Disorder
In its never-ending attempt to fabricate “mental disorders” out of every human activity, the psychiatric industry is now pushing the most ridiculous disease they’ve invented yet: Healthy eating disorder.
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Food Prices to Rise By Up To 40% Over Next Decade, UN Report Warns
Food prices are set to rise as much as 40% over the coming decade amid growing demand from emerging markets and for biofuel production, according to a United Nations report today which warns of rising hunger and food insecurity.
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TV Promotes Poor Diet, Study Says
Letting television ads choose your food will lead to an imbalanced diet, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.
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Global Food Reserve Needed to Stabilize Prices
A global crop reserve system is needed to reduce price volatility, curb speculation and prevent a food crisis, said researchers from Germany and France. Centralized global stocks could bring “peace and quiet” to world food markets…
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3/18 Binge & Purge: Pitchforks, Seeds & Weed Killer
Pitchfork event on the horizon? // Camp Lejeune contaminated water investigation heats up // Rising seed prices pressure farmers, draw attention of Obama administration // Legislature OK’s personal collection of rainwater in Utah // Illinois cities sue over Atrazine in water // Study finds Arsenic in apple juice
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Germs May Blow the Whistle On Crooks One Day
Warning to criminals: Rubbing out your fingerprints may no longer be enough. Your germs could still give you away. It turns out the colonies of bacteria that live on people’s hands are highly personal to each individual.
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New Software Shows US One of Top Five Food Safety Offenders
A new global monitoring tool identifies the United States as one of the top five worst food safety offenders, along with China, Turkey, Iran, and Spain. The findings are based on food contamination data collected between 2003 and 2008.
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large hadron collider ‘performing well’
from ria novosti: A detailed check of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) running at a low energy has showed that it is “performing well,” the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on its website Thursday. The world’s most powerful atom smasher was restarted Saturday. The first protons were injected into the LHC following a…
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Bio/Drugwar Updates: Contamination, Collapse & Fighting Back
New research from Natl Academy of Sciences: Atrazine, common weedkiller, turns male frogs into females // Georgia has glut of swine flu vaccine // Chinese fluoride is a Homeland Security matter // Glaxo pays out $1B in birth defect cases with 600 lawsuits to go
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Internet Overtakes Print in US News Consumption
The Internet has surpassed newspapers as a primary way for Americans to get news, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project. That makes the Internet the third most popular news platform overall, with many connected users taking advantage of social media postings, personalized news feeds, and getting their news on-the-go.
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Rethink Your Drink: Studies Show Fecal Matter In Soda Fountains
Studies find that some soda fountain machines and lemon wedges in restaurants contain fecal matter. A study conducted in Roanoke Valley, Virginia reveals that nearly half of all sodas dispensed from a sample of 30 machines contained coliform bacteria.
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new york’s hungry kids: 1 in 5 rely on emergency food
from nbc new york: One in eight Americans needed emergency food help in 2009 – one of five children in New York City are relying on emergency food. These sad statistics come from Feeding America and the Food Bank for New York City. “Food insecure” is the bureaucratic term for hungry people – and New…
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one quarter of US grain crops fed to cars – not people
from guardian: One-quarter of all the maize and other grain crops grown in the US now ends up as biofuel in cars rather than being used to feed people, according to new analysis which suggests that the biofuel revolution launched by former President George Bush in 2007 is impacting on world food supplies. The 2009…