News tagged with food residues

Testing of seafood imported into the US is inadequate

Finfish, shrimp, and seafood products are some of the most widely traded foods and about 85 percent of seafood consumed in the U.S. is imported. A new study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Feds mull regulating drugs in water

(AP) -- Federal regulators under President Barack Obama have sharply shifted course on long-standing policy toward pharmaceutical residues in the nation's drinking water, taking a critical first step toward regulating some ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Colon cancer and the microbes in your gut

A typical Western diet, rich in meat and fats and low in complex carbohydrates, is a recipe for colon cancer, Professor Stephen O'Keefe from the University of Pittsburgh, USA, told the Society for General Microbiology meeting ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0