Pine Nut Festival
It feels like fall....these pine nuts are literally falling , flying down on their papery wings everywhere!!! pine needles everywhere as well!stripped pine cone cobs as well as heavy green sap coated 20 pound pine...
Olive Oil Ingredient Reduces Hunger
An ingredient found within olive oil and other unsaturated fats has been found to prolong the time between meals."A new study in the October Cell Metabolism, a publication of Cell Press, reveals that once this...
created by Terri Potratz | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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1116 views | 8 recommendations | 15 comments
Alfalfa Sprouts Contaminated with Salmonella Typhimiriumis
More cases of Salmonella outbreaks, this time in Oregon and Washington states. The culprit this time around: Alfalfa Sprouts. It is believed that the infected sprouts were contaminated by farm animals grazing the...FDA Requests Recall of Xiadafil VIP Tabs
"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today requested that SEI Pharmaceuticals, of Miami, Fla., recall all Xiadafil VIP Tabs sold in 8 tablet bottles (Lot # 6K029) or blister cards of 2 tablets (Lot #...Wanted: 150 female diabetic chocolate eaters
Participants in a study testing the health effects of chocolate are required to eat a modified sample of the stuff every day. Sounds like they're still looking for participants too..."LONDON, England (CNN) --...Girl Scouts boycott cookies to save apes
Some plucky Girl Scouts have decided to take a stand on the cookies that group is famous for. They've learned the production of palm oil, an ingredient in the cookies, is bad for the habitat of endangered...Chinese Counterfeiting may be linked to heparin deaths
"Food and Drug Administration’s center for drug evaluation and research, have identified a contaminant in batches of the blood thinner heparin associated with 19 deaths and is at the point in concluding that the US might be the latest victims of lethal Chinese drug...Top Soup Trends for 2008
This press release from Campbell's Soup forecasts top soup trends for 2008 cclassified as 'emerging' or 'embraced' trends in soup. I'm ok with mum's chicken rather than rhubarb or fig soup."Beets, Farro, Fig...Canada: $6 a Gallon? Washer fluid price set to soar !
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorAnd we complain about the price of a gallon of gas?Vancouver, British Columbia is Canada's leading supplier of Winterized Windsheild Washer fluid, a key ingredient...
created by Barry Artiste | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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2380 views | 10 recommendations | 2 comments
Honey 'is better for children's coughs'
New research shows that honey is more beneficial than commercially produced cough remedies."Honey is better at treating children's coughs than an ingredient used in many over-the-counter medicines, according to...Childrens Cough Medicine Lawsuit Filed
Mother Sues Over 4-Month-Old's Cough Medicine Death"CHICAGO — A mother whose 4-month-old son died after taking over-the-counter cough and cold medicines sued two distributors of the drugs, saying they should have known the dangers of a key ingredient and warned...
miamipress Health Watch: Lipstick Lead
Not to pile on the problems parents already have, girls at a very young age want to use lipstick and sometimes boys too. Sometimes it seems we need to put our children in a bubble."Parents worried about the...
Concrete from wood? Yes, thanks to pine beetle
The pine beetle has become the foremost threat to North American forests, and particularly within the Lodgepole lumber-dependent BC forest industry. Millions of dollars in research money has been set aside... Herbicide banned to protect compost
Hopefully people will not use the intervening 12 months to stock up their garden sheds."A group of councils and "green waste" companies has succeeded in persuading an environmental regulator to block householders'...Food Poisoning at Chicago Festival
I've met many who refuse to eat from street vendors for this very reason, but events such as the one described below are very rare."More than 120 people who ate from the same booth at the Taste of Chicago food...
created by Jordan Yerman | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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899 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
