News tagged with food containers

Gray jays' winter survival depends on food storage, study shows

A new University of Guelph study shows that gray jays hoping to survive and reproduce through Canada's harsh winters need to be able to store food in the right kinds of trees.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 07, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Toxic BPA turning up in children's soup cans: group

Worrying levels of BPA, an industrial chemical with suspected links to cancer, lurk inside canned soups and pasta targeted at American children, the Breast Cancer Fund said Wednesday.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Weighing cancer risks, from cellphones to coffee

You're sitting in a freshly drywalled house, drinking coffee from a Styrofoam cup and talking on a cellphone. Which of these is most likely to be a cancer risk? It might be the sitting, especially if you do ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 10

IBM, Stanford cite advance in plastic recycling (w/ Video)

In a paper published in the American Chemical Society journal, Macromolecules, scientists from IBM and Stanford University detail discoveries that could lead to the development of new types of biodegradable, biocom ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 09, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Analysis of new data confirms bisphenol A link to disease in adults

Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School and the University of Exeter, UK, have found more evidence for a link between Bisphenol A exposure (BPA, a chemical commonly used in plastic food containers) and cardiovascular ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 13, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Monkey economy works

(PhysOrg.com) -- A monkey that has acquired the sole power to hand out apples is generously rewarded with grooming sessions by the other monkeys in its group. But as soon as another monkey can hand out apples ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Plastics chemical retards growth, function of adult reproductive cells

Bisphenol A, a chemical widely used in plastics and known to cause reproductive problems in the offspring of pregnant mice exposed to it, also has been found to retard the growth of follicles of adult mice ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chicago City Council approves BPA baby bottle ban

(AP) -- Chicago on Wednesday became the first U.S. city to adopt a ban on the sale of baby bottles and sippy cups containing the chemical BPA.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NY county ban on baby bottle chemical is official

(AP) -- A suburban New York county has adopted the nation's first ban on the chemical found in plastic baby bottles and sippy cups.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US lawmakers move to ban baby bottle chemical

US lawmakers on Friday introduced legislation to ban the toxic chemical Bisphenol-A, suspected of harming human development, from all food and beverage containers.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bisphenol A, chemical used to make plastic, lingers in body, study finds

A study released Wednesday finds that bisphenol A, a chemical widely used to make plastic and suspected of causing cancer, stays in the body much longer than previously thought.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0