Food and Agriculture

Court Rules EPA Failed to Fully Consider Glyphosate’s Risk to Humans and Wildlife

Court Rules EPA Failed to Fully Consider Glyphosate’s Risk to Humans and Wildlife

A federal court ruled Friday that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must reconsider whether glyphosate — the active ingredient in Bayer’s Roundup weedkiller — poses a health risk to humans and endangered species.  Environmental groups had challenged the Trump administration’s 2020 interim registration for the chemical, which concluded that it did not cause cancer […]

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    5 of the Most Healthy Peanut Butters

    5 of the Most Healthy Peanut Butters

    Peanut butter is a beloved childhood staple that is just as tasty whether you are five, 50 or 105. However, not all peanut butters have the same nutritional value.  Unfortunately, many manufacturers include additives that are unnecessary and negatively affect the nutrition you should be getting when eating a healthy peanut butter. Below, we’ll guide […]

    6 Herbs With Impressive Antiviral Activity

    6 Herbs With Impressive Antiviral Activity

    The human virome is made up of an estimated 380 trillion viruses, some of which harm the body and others that may benefit the body by coexisting within it. As much as half the stuff in your body, such as viruses and bacteria, may not be your own biological matter. From birth, viral infections serve […]

    Unlabeled Gene-Edited Food to Be Sold in UK

    Unlabeled Gene-Edited Food to Be Sold in UK

    This week, the UK government introduced a Genetic Technology Bill to Parliament proposing the relaxation of regulations on genetically-edited products, like tomatoes enriched with vitamin D and wheat with reduced levels of the amino acid asparagine, which turns into carcinogenic acrylamide during the process of baking or toasting bread, according to The Guardian and UK […]