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Heavy metals and food choice
The overwhelming food choice (Photo: Cailin Lowry) Most of us are less adventurous when it comes to food choice. Not you, I hear you say, but think again. You go into the big supermarket and it has be… more →
Focus on food safety
Heavy metals and food choice
wrote 1 month ago: The overwhelming food choice (Photo: Cailin Lowry) Most of us are less adventurous when it comes to … more →
Food Choices: Making Educated Decisions for Your Family
wrote 1 month ago: Hi, folks. Annemarie has asked me to write a post on what I think is important in our food purchases … more →
Big issue - hormone disrupting chemicals
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wrote 2 months ago: Make no mistake, you will soon hear more about hormone disrupting chemicals, or endocrine disruptors … more →
Nasty Chemicals and Pacifism
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wrote 2 months ago: Are all chemicals nasty? Can a pacifist ever be an activist? Can you teach a dog to pick up his own … more →
The hard working bee
wrote 2 months ago: Bee collecting pollen and nectar (Photo: Wikimedia Bees are hard at work collecting pollen and necta … more →
Beware of marine biotoxins
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wrote 2 months ago: Marine biotoxins in shellfish (Photo: Food Safety News) I am putting fish and seafood in the spotlig … more →
Not So Fresh and Clean ~ How to avoid hidden toxins in your home!
wrote 3 months ago: More and more people are starting to educate themselves on what they perceive to be healthy. With in … more →
Judgement day for bisphenol A
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wrote 3 months ago: Judgement over bisphenol A (Photo: walknboston) Scientific efforts to prove or disprove harmful effe … more →
The "epi" thingy - new genetics
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wrote 3 months ago: You are what you eat, right? This is the notion that to be fit and healthy you need to eat foods tha … more →
2013 Resolutions - Kicking The Habit Of Breaking Them
wrote 4 months ago: (Photo from selfhatinghipster.com) It’s 2013! A new year, a new chance for us to make resoluti … more →
Mercury in fish a concern
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wrote 4 months ago: Methylmercury a hazard in fish (Photo: Gordon). Just in time for Christmas 2012, the European Food S … more →
Lead in the spotlight
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wrote 6 months ago: Lead in old paint (Photo: Cookiemonster) Lead has again come into the spotlight, this time in Austra … more →
Caught in the Healthy Marketing Trap? Air Fresheners
wrote 6 months ago: Have you ever stopped to think what is in the air fresheners that make our homes, offices, and gyms … more →
Acrylamide - nothing seems to help
wrote 7 months ago: French fries a large contributor to acrylamide exposure (Photo: freephotouk) Acrylamide is a chemica … more →
Up in flames
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wrote 7 months ago: Flame retardants are supposed to stop fires On 19 October 2012, the European Food Safety Authority ( … more →
Di…di…dioxins
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wrote 7 months ago: Dioxins are persistent organic pollutants (Photo: avlxyz – Flickr) The title might be slightly … more →
Arsenic - not a dead issue
wrote 7 months ago: Arsenic in rice a current issue (Photo: tamaki – Flickr) If you thought that arsenic was just … more →
All "oils" ain't "oils"
wrote 7 months ago: Black oil refined for food use (Photo credit: alexpgp – Flickr) There is a plethora of vegetab … more →
The safety of bisphenol A
wrote 8 months ago: Bisphenol A can be found in many canned food products (Credit: andrivete – Flickr) Let’s … more →
