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FDA Extends GRAS Approval Listex to All Food Products

...t of which it can be used in the EU in regular and organic products. EBI Food Safety's CEO, Mark Offerhaus: "Food Safety now tops the agenda of US food processing companies and consumers, who are insisting on 'green' solutions, rather than chemicals. Natural bacteriophages prove to be a unique solution, wh...

Organic Tomatoes may Be Healthier for Your Heart Than Traditionally Grown Ones

...ues for the ten-year study. The study found that organic tomatoes have almost double the amount of flavonoi...uercetin and kaempferol levels were also higher in organic tomatoes. Researchers elaborated that since flavonoids are produced as a result of nutrient defici...

DNA Sample Suggests Greenland was Much Warmer During Last Ice Age

... DNA. Scientists have, in the past, found older organic matter, but they have not found any uncontaminated DNA that is as old or older than the Greenland samples....

Organically Grown Food More Healthier

...entionally grown products. A US study reports that organic food may improve your blood pressure and lower the...disease and stroke. A ten-year study comparing organic tomatoes with standard produce found almost double the level of flavonoids - a type of antioxidant. ...

Prions Capacity can Be Aggrevated by Solid Particles

...Pedersen notes that soils are a complex mixture of organic and inorganic components that vary across the landscape and that scientists are just beginning to tease out factors in soils that may contribute to transmissibility. The new study implies, he says, "that some soils may promote the transmission of the...

Eastern Equine Encephalitis Spreading Its Tentacles in Massachusetts

... could wreak havoc on aquatic ecosystems and taint organic farms -- state officials have argued that it's worth it to protect residents from the EEE virus, which has killed six people in Massachusetts over the past three years. "I'm still not one-tenth of the person I used to be," said Colleen Phillips, wh...

Water Hyacinth is Used for Health Improvements in Africa

...control cotton bollworms, a practice still used in organic cotton farming in Uganda. Similar biocontrol programs for water hyacinth have been successfully used throughout the tropics and subtropics, as well as in the U.S., in Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Dr. Ted Center, Research Leader at the ARS/U...

Invisible Gases Form Most Organic Haze in Urban, Rural Areas: Study

...vering over the Earth's surface , form the bulk of organic haze in both urban and rural areas. Till now, th...e air were the primary culprit in the formation of organic haze. But the new study by researchers Qi Zhang and Jose-Luis Jimenez show aerosols formed chemic...

Contamination of the Environment by Antibiotics Fed to Livestock

...umed by plants may be of particular concern to the organic farming industry. Manure is often the main source of crop nutrients for organic food production, since regulations prohibit the use of synthetic fertilizers. According to the USDA,...

Organic Farming can Feed the World, U-M Study Shows

...findings which refute the long-standing claim that organic farming methods cannot produce enough food to feed...n developed countries, yields were almost equal on organic and conventional farms. In developing countries, food production could double or triple using orga...

Organic Farming Can Feed the World

...gs which refute the long-standing assumption that organic farming methods cannot produce enough food to feed...n developed countries, yields were almost equal on organic and conventional farms. In developing countries, food production could double or triple using organi...

Worms are Killing the Planet

...ms. They are used to recycle food scraps and other organic material into valuable soil worm compost, otherwis...omposing material such as kitchen scraps and other organic material but they emit nitrous oxide in the process of digestion in the gut. Frederickson told Mat...

Green Box Converts Car Fumes into Biofuel

...y modified algae. This box has been developed by organic chemist Derek Palmer and engineers Ian Houston and John Jones. They came across the idea while experimenting with carbon dioxide to help boost algae growth for fish farming, This box can be used for cars, buses, lorries. It can also be used at and bu...

Wine Woos World as Trade Fair Opens

... debate. Of note will be the increasing numbers of organic and biodynamic wines -- almost non-existent at Vinexpo 2005 -- as well as issues such as eco-friendly packaging, reducing carbon emissions and sustainable development of vineyards and winemaking. Vinexpo is held every two years, and controversies fro...

Pureed Products Unnecessary and Harmful for Babies UK Expert

... the tinned and jarred products, many of which are organic or made with fresh local ingredients to increase their appeal to parents. The pureed baby food industry in the UK is now worth more than 450 million - compared with 191 million in 1989. Mrs Rapley said: "Parents often think that their babies need s...

New Device Developed to Eliminate Superbugs Within Minutes

...rough natural reactions between airborne ozone and organic scented chemicals from plants such as pine trees, instantly kill microbes. Now, Macdonald, Elwood and collaborators claim to have recreated this effect using a customised device the size of a flower vase that constantly generates the hydroxyl radic...

Excessive Use of Cosmetics Leads to Adverse Effects on the Body

...ph quoted Bence, as saying. Bence, an advocate of organic beauty products, also said that taking in chemicals through the skin is more hazardous than gulping them down. "If lipstick gets into your mouth it is broken down by the enzymes in saliva and in the stomach. But chemicals get straight into your bloo...

Global Climate Change and Toxic Chemicals: A Potentialy Lethal Combination

...stry. The authors evaluated the effects of three organic chemicals commonly found in the environment: endosulfan, chloripyrifos and phenol. The first two are used as agricultural pesticides, and phenol is a common industrial chemical and a component in plant extracts. Four fish species, dwelling in differe...

Wine Packaging: Bag-in-box, Plastic Bottles, Cork Comeback?

... environment, and everyone using aluminium. Even organic wines are going under screw cap," he moaned. Amorim was astounded to see French supermarkets allegedly misinforming customers by telling them screw caps were an eco-friendly option, because cork meant felling trees. Also up for discussion at Vinexpo ...

Make Up Unhealthy for Skin

...rly too. Richard Bence, who advocates the use of organic beauty products, said people should question the products they put on their skin.Mr. Richard Bence, who spent three years researching conventional products, said: 'We have no idea what these chemicals do when they are mixed together, the effect could...

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