Category: Niche Market

Microplastics Are in Our Food, Too. How Worried Should We Be?

Thanks ; Erin Bunch Published ; Jun,14 Microplastics Are in Our Food, Too. How Worried Should We Be?© Michael Houtz; Getty Images Earlier this year, headlines screamed scary stats around just how much microplastic makes its way into the water we drink out of plastic bottles, and it’s a lot. (An average of 240,000 particles per liter,…

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New study supports eating less to increase lifespan and slow brain aging

Thanks ; Soniya Published ; Feb,12 Eat less, increase lifespan and keep your mind sharp? Sounds a bit out there, right? Scientists, though, have made a ground-breaking discovery suggesting that cutting back on food consumption could do wonders to slow down the brain’s aging process and extend our lifespan. Here’s what the study says. Why…

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Inhalable Particulate Matter and Health (PM2.5 and PM10)

Thanks; CALIFORNIA Air Resources Board Published; Jan,30 What is Particulate Matter? Airborne particulate matter (PM) is not a single pollutant, but rather is a mixture of many chemical species. It is a complex mixture of solids and aerosols composed of small droplets of liquid, dry solid fragments, and solid cores with liquid coatings. Particles vary widely…

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Pfizer Drops as Obesity Drug Halted on Safety Concerns

Thanks ; Matthew Griffin Published ; June,27 Pfizer© Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — Pfizer Inc. shares fell after it halted early development of an oral drug for weight loss on safety concerns, raising investor anxiety about an alternative therapy the company is still developing.   The drugmaker will stop work on lotiglipron based on data from phase 1…

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A plastic chemical you can’t escape is linked to cancer in children

Thanks ; Matthew Rozsa  Published; March,25 The word “phthalate” is ludicrously difficult to spell for something that is absolutely ubiquitous. Because phthalates make plastic products more consistent and durable, the chemical can be found everywhere: in plumbing pipes and medical tubing, in soap and cosmetic products, in wood finishing and countless adhesives. Since the start of the century, at…

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Scientists Found Microplastics in People’s Blood for the First Time

Thanks ; Ed Cara  Published ; March,25 New evidence indicates that tiny bits of plastics can reach our bloodstream. A small study detected microplastics in about 80% of the people tested. For now, the health implications of this exposure are still unclear. The findings were first reported by the Guardian and published in the journal Environment International. Researchers examined…

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Your New Favorite Healthy Snack: Sweet Potato Toasts (3 Ways)

Thanks ; Stephanie Holmes Published ; Sep 26 Ingredients For the base: 2 sweet potatoes Olive oil Fine sea salt Freshly cracked black pepper For the goat cheese, zucchini radish toast: 1/2 cup goat cheese 1 zucchini 6 radishes 6 sprigs of chives For the tomato-avocado toast: 1 avocado 8 cherry tomatoes 1 large handful…

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