As well as plastic bottles, the chemical BPA, which has been shown to interfere with reproductive development in animals and has been linked with cardiovascular disease and diabetes in humans, is also found in dentistry composites and sealants and in the lining of aluminium food and beverage cans.
Los Angeles Unified School District is an anti-junk-food pioneer, but the obstacles it faces show how difficult it is to change habits shaped by decades of unhealthy eating promoted by the mammoth fast-food industry.
Traces of cocaine found in a Red Bull soft drink may lead to the beverage's ban in Germany, although not necessarily for health reasons. The miniscule amounts of the drug wreak havoc with German food law.
A person decided to cut out all animal products and go vegan for a month because she felt she couldn't cover the topic without having the experience. But later realized that she might actually continue on it, especially since she wants to continue feeling as good as she does now.
Just two years ago it seemed inconceivable that significant numbers of western Europeans would be ready to down their steak knives and graze on vegetation for the sake of the planet. The rapidity with which this situation has changed is astonishing.
The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) has just issued a call for an immediate moratorium on Genetically Manipulated (GMO) Foods.
A student has designed a way of using bananas to produce cooking fuel, which he hopes could be a boost to the Third World.
Disease resistance in corn can be more effectively created by smart breeding, not direct genetic modification.
U.S. Senate Resolution 84 passed on May 7th calls for an immediate end to the Canadian commercial seal hunt.
An Australian scientist claims that the swine flu may have 'accidentally' evolved in eggs scientists use to grow viruses and drugmakers use to make vaccines.
250 delegates from 28 countries recently met to call for a complete ban on dangerous frankenfoods.
It is vastly more efficient to convert biomass into electricity than into ethanol.
A new study shows that dissolving polystyrene in biodiesel actually increases the power output of the fuel.
Caves on state properties in a number of states will temporarily close as a precaution against the uncontrolled spread of white-nosed syndrome (WNS), which is killing bats in record numbers in the eastern United States.
Contrary to the lies of the agro-chemical industry, genetically modified crops aren't more product and aren't part of any solution for world hunger.
May 24th in London, esteemed biologist and consciousness researcher Rupert Sheldrake will speak at the Breath of Life Conference.