Arizona schools are implementing the Healthy Schools Act, banning highly processed foods containing specific additives like potassium bromate and artificial dyes from student meals and celebrations. This marks the first year districts must comply, leading to recipe reformulations and changes in food offerings.
Chinese scientists suggest coal waste could be a significant source of critical metals, leveraging existing industrial infrastructure. However, challenges remain due to fluctuating coal quality affecting metal content in fly ash.
A new study from the University of Chile suggests that common artificial sweeteners may trigger biological changes that are passed down to future generations. The research focused on sucralose and stevia, two of the world’s most widely used non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS). The additives could alter gut microbiota, gene expression and metabolism in mice, with some effects persisting in their first- and second-generation offspring, even in offspring who were never directly exposed to the...
Initial food adulteration suspicions in the Dokadia family's tragic deaths have been largely dismissed by FDA reports, which found no artificial additives in collected samples. While bacterial contamination and other toxins remain possibilities, forensic tests are now underway to pinpoint the exact cause of the sudden demise of the four family members after a Saturday night feast.
