First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
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Terror stricken
Even the womb fails to protect
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Book review: Toxicity
The Dirty Dozen: Toxic Chemicals and the Earth s Future By Bruce E Johansen Praeger Publishers, 2003
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No sweat
Botulinum toxin, a poison used in many chemical weapons, might prove to be a boon for people who perspire excessively. Scientists claim that the chemical can cure excessive perspiration. A disorder
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Safe recipe
Edible oils can replace toxic solvents
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Inhaling death
The brutal face of modern day terrorism bared its fangs recently on a busy subway system in Tokyo. On March 20, a vicious nerve gas spewed through subway cars and stations during the morning rush
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Baby food contaminated with endocrine disruptor bisphenol A
baby food is contaminated with a chemical that could possibly lead to cancer or neurobehavioural disorders. Invest-igations by Environ-mental Working Group (ewg), a us -based public interest
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FOLLOW UP
Coca Cola Enterprises (CCE), the exclusive bottler for Coke in northern Europe, have said that there has been a 70 per cent drop in second-quarter profits due to the recent recall of Coke
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Toxic threat
An endocrine disrupter is a synthetic chemical which, when absorbed by the body, interferes with normal hormone function. This undermines intelligence, decreases resistance to disease and impairs
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Self control for EU chemical industry
The regulations governing the European Union s chemical industry are set to undergo a drastic change, with special emphasis being laid on self regulation. This shift in focus was apparent in the draft of the EU s new chemical legislation, which was releas
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Monitoring the killer
A national Referral Centre for Lead Poisoning, India's first facility to test for lead poisoning, has come up in Bangalore. The St John's National Academy of Health Sciences and The George