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Carbadox, the Carcinogenic Drug Fed to U.S. Pigs but Banned in Other Countries
Carbadox, with its 97.9 percent likelihood of causing cancer in humans, is still being fed to pigs bound for the supermarket in the United States.
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Longer Life Within Walking Distance
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Fruits, Veggies, and Longevity: How Many Minutes Per Mouthful?
The first study to gauge how much longer we live based on the number of...
Magic Bullets vs. Promiscuous Plants
The pharmaceutical industry is starting to shift away from designing single target drugs to trying...
Plants as Intellectual Property – Patently Wrong?
Barriers to patent natural commodities, such as the spice turmeric, keeps prices low—but if no...
Xenohormesis: What Doesn’t Kill Plants May Make Us Stronger
A new concept in biology tries to explain why the consumption of certain natural compounds...
