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Kids pear juices are recalled in Canada
Mar 12, 2008 |
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Canadian officials are warning against consuming President's Choice- and Beech Nut-brand pear juices because of possible arsenic contamination.
Consumption of nut products during pregnancy linked to increased asthma in children
Jul 15, 2008 |
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Expectant mothers who eat nuts or nut products like peanut butter daily during pregnancy increase their children's risk of developing asthma by more than 50 percent over women who rarely or never consume nut products during ...
Consumption of nuts, corn or popcorn not associated with increased risk of diverticulosis in men
Aug 26, 2008 |
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Contrary to a common recommendation to avoid eating popcorn, nuts and corn to prevent diverticular complications, a large prospective study of men indicates that the consumption of these foods does not increase the risk of ...
Sands of Gobi Desert yield new species of nut-cracking dinosaur
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Jun 17, 2009 |
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Plants or meat: That's about all that fossils ever tell paleontologists about a dinosaur's diet. But the skull characteristics of a new species of parrot-beaked dinosaur and its associated gizzard stones indicate ...
In India, traditional farming method helps sustain bird diversity
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Nov 07, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An agricultural method dating back millennia could be the key to species conservation. For the past 2,000 years, farming practices of the areca nut palm in southwestern India have not changed much. Surprisingly, ...
FDA eyes NY firm in pistachio recall probe
Apr 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Authorities looking into the nationwide pistachio recall said Thursday they are investigating a California nut processor's sister company in New York where officials last month found cockroaches and rodent droppings.
Canberra parents lack allergy awareness: Study
Mar 17, 2009 |
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Nearly four per cent of ACT kindergarten children have a peanut allergy and while the region's schools are well prepared to cope with this, some parents are taking inappropriate action when dealing with their child's allergy, ...
Warming climate threatens California fruit and nut production
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Winter chill, a vital climatic trigger for many tree crops, is likely to decrease by more than 50 percent during this century as global climate warms, making California no longer suitable for growing many fruit and nut crops, ...
Fear of nuts creating hysteria of epidemic proportions
Dec 10, 2008 |
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Measures imposed to reduce exposure to nuts are often based on irrational fears of nut allergies and are becoming increasingly sensationalist, according to a doctor on bmj.com today.
Pistachio warning could signal food safety shift
Apr 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- It could take weeks before health officials know exactly which pistachio products may be tainted with salmonella, but they've already issued a sweeping warning to avoid eating the nuts or foods containing ...
Macadamia nuts can be included in heart healthy diet
Apr 11, 2008 |
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Macadamia nuts included in a heart healthy diet reduced low-density cholesterol (bad cholesterol) and should be included among nuts with qualified health claims, according to researchers.
Researchers unravel ways capuchin monkeys select effective tools
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Feb 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When Tchaikovsky penned The Nutcracker, the last thing he probably had in mind was a capuchin monkey. And yet new research, co-directed by a researcher at the University of Georgia, is changing our view about ...
Tests nipped risk of tainted pistachios in bud
Apr 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A nationwide recall of 2 million pounds of pistachios in the wake of a salmonella scare has increased calls for more stringent food testing laws.
Modern behavior of early humans found half-million years earlier than previously thought
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Dec 22, 2009 |
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Evidence of sophisticated, human behavior has been discovered by Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers as early as 750,000 years ago - some half a million years earlier than has previously been estimated ...
New model explains why we overestimate our future choices
Jul 17, 2008 |
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When people make choices for future consumption, they select a wider variety than when they plan to immediately consume the products. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research examines the reasons behind this divers ...
