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Compounds released from the putrefaction of flesh can cause a common form of seafood poisoning.

There are neurotoxins in certain fish that can survive cooking and cause unusual symptoms.

What percentage of restaurant workers comply with the federal Food Code guidelines for hand washing?

Chicken from seven fast food outlets were tested to see which had the highest levels of carcinogenic heterocyclic amines.

If there are carcinogens created when you roast chicken, what about roasted coffee beans?

Our bodies are less efficient at detoxifying heterocyclic amines—carcinogens formed from cooked muscle tissue—than once believed.

Researchers use laser imaging to determine the proportion of retail chicken contaminated with fecal matter.

Using an argon laser to measure human antioxidant levels in real time, researchers uncover how fast stress can deplete the body and how slowly it takes to restore antioxidant levels

Fat is needed to maximize the absorption of certain important phytonutrients.

There are two superfood classes of vegetables most adept at blocking human cancer cell growth in a petri dish.