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05/17/2024
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By Lance D Johnson
Europe is being flooded with hundreds of food products that are contaminated with heavy metals, pesticides, fungus and salmonella
Over the last five years Europe has been flooded with food and spice products that are heavily contaminated with heavy metals, aflatoxins and food borne pathogens like salmonella. The European Union (EU) has intercepted over 400 food products that are heavily contaminated with heavy metals, pesticides, unauthorized substances, adulterated substances, food borne pathogens and fungal […]
05/13/2024
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By Olivia Cook
Consumer Reports reveals certain food items carry high risk of PESTICIDE contamination
Consumer Reports (CR) has unveiled alarming findings indicating that one out of every five tested foods available in the United States carries a high risk of pesticide contamination. The report, released on April 18, highlighted the presence of banned pesticides in certain foods, with green peas being cited as an example. To assess the current […]
05/01/2024
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By Zoey Sky
Latest EWG consumer’s guide reveals 2024’s DIRTY DOZEN and CLEAN FIFTEEN
The latest edition of the Environmental Working Group (EWG) annual consumer’s guide has found that almost three-fourths of the non-organic fruits and vegetables they sampled contained traces of toxic pesticides. The EWG’s 2024 “Dirty Dozen,” which include strawberries and spinach, tested at levels closer to 95 percent. In the EWG researchers’ report titled “2024 Shopper’s Guide to […]
12/29/2023
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By Ava Grace
Health Research Institute finds 92 unknown molecules and fungicides in synthetic milk
An Iowa-based laboratory has discovered 92 unknown compounds in an alternative dairy product produced using a “precision fermentation” process that involves the use of genetic engineering. Health Research Institute (HRI) tested a Bored Cow product, which is described as “a milk alternative made with milk protein from fermentation instead of cows.” Using full spectrum molecular analysis […]
04/05/2022
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By Ramon Tomey
Scientists link chemicals used on apples to the rise of a DRUG-RESISTANT pathogen that’s plaguing healthcare facilities
A group of scientists claimed that chemicals sprayed on apples to keep them fresh may be responsible for the rise of a drug-resistant pathogen. Researchers from India and Canada put forward this possibility in a study published March 31 in mBio. They wrote that since apples and other fruits “are treated with fungicides to prevent post-harvest […]
04/07/2019
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By Mike Adams
MEDICAL ALERT: Hospitals are releasing deadly superbug fungi into the open air, “colonizing” the population with dangerous pathogens that have a 41% – 88% fatality rate
Imagine a dystopian science-fiction future where hospital ventilation systems are pumping out a deadly superbug, right into the open atmosphere, where winds carry it to local communities and farms, infecting crops and foods with chemical-resistant fungal strains that have a reported 41% – 88% fatality rate in humans. And imagine the CDC knew about it, […]
11/12/2018
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By Ethan Huff
Landmark study describes the link between pesticide levels in expectant mothers and autism risk in their infants
Science has provided yet more clues as to why autism rates in children continue to skyrocket throughout the Western world. A groundbreaking new study recently published in the American Journal of Psychiatry found that pesticide exposure in pregnant women is directly correlated to increased autism risk in children, pointing to industrial agriculture as a major […]
09/18/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Verifying the potential of essential oils in treating crop diseases
Brazilian researchers examined 17 essential oils for their potential ability to inhibit the growth of the pathogenic fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. They identified 11 candidates that might be able to protect valuable food crops from the devastating fungal disease white mold. The research was supported by the Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR). The findings were published […]
07/27/2018
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By Rhonda Johansson
Farming for healthier cucumbers? Using potassium phosphite as part of your organic fertilizer helps them grow stronger
With more stories being published on the dangers of pesticide-ridden crops, most of us are trying to adopt a more natural lifestyle. While a complete conversion to an all-organic eating plan may be hard, the least we can do is to not eat or avoid vegetables that are laden with toxic chemicals. Most of us, […]
01/11/2018
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By Jhoanna Robinson
Grape growers can increase the nutrients in their wine by removing leaves early, though it does decrease crop size
A recent study concerning the effects of early leaf removal on grape yield has uncovered that wine that is derived from early defoliated grapes tend to have more nutrients than those that were not. The negative side of this is, grapes that have encountered early leaf removal tend to be smaller in size. In the […]
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