Are Organic Foods Safer?
Organic food consumption appears to reduce exposure to pesticide residues and antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
View ArticleHow to Make Your Own Fruit & Vegetable Wash
Commercial fruit and vegetable washes fail to work better than tap water, but there is a cheap do-it-yourself solution that may completely eliminate certain pesticide residues.
View ArticleAre Organic Foods Healthier?
Test tube studies show advantages of organic produce, such as better cancer cell growth suppression, but what about in people, not Petri dishes?
View ArticleAre the Benefits of Organic Food Underrated or Overrated?
If we increased our consumption of conventionally-produced fruits and vegetables, how much cancer would be prevented versus how much cancer might be caused by the additional pesticide exposure?
View ArticleLead Contamination of Tea
How much green, white, black, and oolong tea can we consume before the benefits of tea start to be countered by the risks of lead contamination for children, pregnant women, and adults in general?
View ArticleBerries vs. Pesticides in Parkinson’s Disease
Berries counteract the neurotoxic effects of pesticides in vitro, potentially explaining why berry consumption is associated with lower risk of developing Parkinson’s disease.
View ArticleCould Lactose Explain the Milk and Parkinson’s Disease Link?
Neurotoxin contamination of the dairy supply doesn’t explain why the association between Parkinson’s and skim milk consumption is as strong as the disease’s association with whole milk.
View ArticleParkinson’s Disease and the Uric Acid Sweet Spot
The link between Parkinson’s and dairy may not be explained just by the pesticides and lactose.
View ArticlePlants with Aspirin Aspirations
Should the active ingredient in aspirin be considered an essential vitamin?
View ArticleDangers of Dietary Supplement Deregulation
The majority of dietary supplement facilities tested were found noncompliant with good manufacturing practices guidelines.
View ArticleWhere Does the Arsenic in Chicken Come From?
What was the National Chicken Council’s response to public health authorities calling for the industry to stop feeding arsenic-based drugs to poultry?
View ArticleWhere Does the Arsenic in Rice, Mushrooms, & Wine Come From?
What happens when our crops are grown in soil contaminated with arsenic-based pesticides and arsenic drug-laced chicken manure?
View ArticleCancer Risk from Arsenic in Rice & Seaweed
A daily half-cup of cooked rice may carry a hundred times the acceptable cancer risk of arsenic. What about seaweed from the coast of Maine?
View ArticleWhich Brands & Sources of Rice Have the Least Arsenic?
Arsenic levels were tested in 5,800 rice samples from 25 countries.
View ArticleThe Role of Pesticides and Pollution in Autism
What are the effects of smoking, pesticides, vaccine mercury, and air pollution on autistic spectrum disorder risk?
View ArticlePesticides in Marijuana
The biggest barrier to reducing toxic pesticides in cannabis is, not surprisingly, the cannabis industry itself.
View ArticleAvoiding Fish for 5 Years Before Pregnancy
The problem with fish advisories that tell pregnant women to cut down on fish is that it may be too late for certain persistent pollutants.
View ArticleAre Weight-Loss Pills Safe?
Why don’t more people take the weight loss medications currently on the market?
View ArticleThe Effects of Hormones in Milk on Infertility in Women
Dairy consumption is associated with years of advanced ovarian aging, thought to be due to the steroid hormones or endocrine-disrupting chemicals in cow milk.
View ArticleWhich Diets Have the Lowest Carbon Footprint?
Why don’t environmental groups advocate climate-friendlier diets?
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