Environment
How Plastic We’ve Become
Uncle Sam has confirmed it: Our bodies carry residues of kitchen plastics.
By Janet Raloff
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- Health & Medicine
No Peanuts for Your Peanut
Youngsters are developing peanut allergies earlier because of exposures in babyhood.
- Health & Medicine
Canadians Advocate Boosting Vitamin D in Pregnancy
Higher vitamin D intake is recommended for pregnant women and nursing moms in Canada than for those in the United States.
- Agriculture
Cleaning Up after Livestock
Manure collection system sanitizes cattle wastes and makes hay—literally—while the sun shines.
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Tag! You’re It
Biologists catch and tag big sawfish in Florida waters.
- Health & Medicine
Troubling Meaty ‘Estrogen’
High temperature cooking can imbue meats with a chemical that acts like a hormone.
- Health & Medicine
Diminishing Obesity’s Risks
Mouse data suggest that, properly managed, obesity can be benign.
- Health & Medicine
Fattening Carbs—Some Promote Obesity and Worse
Easily digestible carbohydrates induce obesity and liver disease in a test on rodents.
- Earth
Don’t Bite the Dust
Several studies show that children and adults accumulate substantial amounts of the flame retardants called PBDEs—from food, breast milk, and probably house dust.
- Health & Medicine
Measuring Soft Drinks’ Jolt
Researchers report what most soft-drink labels don't: how much caffeine your refreshments contain.