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Food: Mercury Rising
- 2006-02-27
Is your dinner fishy? There might be reason to worry. A recent study from the University of North Carolina at Asheville found that one in five women of childbearing age tested for mercury had levels that could cause neurological damage in babies. The culprit: fish--eaten by many of the 6,600...
Food pantry that lost its funding
- 2005-05-01
* Faith-based initiatives won't be prejudicial? Tell that to Loaves and Fishes, a North Carolina food pantry that lost its funding from the evangelical Central Church of God, which said it would "abstain from any ministry that partners with or promotes Catholicism." The Central Church also will no longer support...
Finger points at fast food.
- 2003-01-27
Jan 27, 2003 (The West Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) A US study has identified a correlation between obesity and an increase in the size of portions served in fast food restaurants and at home. University of North Carolina researcher Barry Popkin said that the...
Fat kids denied.
- 2003-01-24
Jan 23, 2003 (Herald Sun - ABIX via COMTEX) A US District Court has dismissed a lawsuit against McDonald's Corporation. Judge Robert Sweet ruled on 22 January 2003 that the fast food chain could not be held responsible for obesity in children. She said...
Bigger the fast-food serve, bigger the gut.
- 2003-01-24
Jan 23, 2003 (The Mercury - ABIX via COMTEX) US researchers say the "supersizing" of fast food meals is a key factor in the increasing incidence of obesity. The larger-sized meals are offered by chains such as McDonald's and Burger King. A study by...
Americans get a big serve over those big serves.
- 2003-01-22
Jan 22, 2003 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) New research confirms that US servings in restaurants are getting bigger. University of North Carolina researchers have found that from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s, food portions increased in size by about 60 per...
Oil still musseling into food chain
- 1993-02-13
The more volatile - and generally toxic - constituents of crude oil tend to evaporate out of petroleum quickly. As oil continues to "weather," it turns progressively tarrier, eventually becoming biologically inert. Surprisingly, some of the Exxon Valdez oil appears to have escaped weathering by hiding out beneath mussel beds,...
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