Stricter Controls Of Wastewater Reuse On Crops Needed To Meet WHO Guidelines

Wastewater used to irrigate agricultural crops in countries where water is scarce may contribute to significant public health risks such as diarrheal disease in children from rotavirus. A new study of these risks found that wastewater used to irrigate vegetable plots in Asian countries poses...
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New Technique Allows Frequent Water Quality Monitoring For Suite of Pollutants

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique that uses existing technology to allow researchers and natural resource managers to collect significantly more information on water quality to better inform policy decisions.
“Right now, incomplete or infrequent w...
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Banana Plant Fights Off Roundworms

The banana variety Yangambi km5 produces toxic substances that kill the nematode Radopholus similis, a roundworm that infects the root tissue of banana plants – to the frustration of farmers worldwide. The finding by an international team of researchers that includes professors Rony Swennen a...
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Beet Juice, A Solution For Icy Roads

Beet juice is currently used as a supplement by public works to reduce ice accumulation on roads. Many towns are running low on road salt, while other towns are concerned about the harmful effects of salt accumulating in soil and waterways.
Salt lowers the freezing/melting temperature of ice....
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Regardless Of Where You Live Allergy Prevalence Is the Same

In the largest, most comprehensive, nationwide study to examine the prevalence of allergies from early childhood to old age, scientists from the National Institutes of Health report that allergy prevalence is the same across different regions of the United States, except in children 5 years...
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Global Food Security Expert To Become Chief Scientific Adviser To FSA

Professor Guy Poppy, one of the UK’s leading experts on food systems and food security, has been appointed by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) as its Chief Scientific Adviser.
Professor Poppy will take up his part-time role with the FSA in August this year. He will continue with his research in g...
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Remote Sensing Moisture Model Could Aid Farmers

Global farmers could get better decision-making help as refinements are made to North Alabama soil moisture modeling research being done by an atmospheric science doctoral student at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH).
The models indicate how much added moisture would be needed in a...
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Bath Products Pollute The Great Lakes

Following the introduction of legislation to ban the sale of products containing plastic microbeads in New York State, Motoko Mukai, a veterinarian and toxicologist at Cornell University comments on the negative impact the tiny plastic pellets, found in many bath products, have on the Great...
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Lange Lümmel Frischgereifte Rohwurst Recalled

GERMANY – Reimann Wurstliebhaber GmbH is recalling  Lange Lümmel Frischgereifte Rohwurst (freshly ripened raw sausages), loose sale (service counter) because some of the batches may be contaminated with Salmonella.
Salmonella, the name of a group of bacteria, is one of the most common c...
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New Gas-Phase Compounds Form Organic Particle Ingredients

Scientists made an important step in order to better understand the relationships between vegetation and climate. So-called extremely low-volatility organic compounds, which are produced by plants, could be detected for the first time during field and laboratory experiments in Finland and...
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Fancy Hot Peppers? Now Even Spicier

The new genome, detailed in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could pave the way for even more mouth-numbingly hot peppers.
“The findings will provide foundation for further developing molecular makers and [incite] research on related pepper agronomy traits, ...
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Pulses Of Light Could Make Leafy Vegetables More Nutritious

Exposing leafy vegetables grown during spaceflight to a few bright pulses of light daily could increase the amount of eye-protecting nutrients produced by the plants, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder.
One of the concerns for astronauts during future...
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Canned Fruit And Vegetables Better Than Fresh?

A new study published in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine addresses the common call to action from public health experts to improve access to and consumption of fruits and vegetables. Findings from the Michigan State University (MSU) study show that canned foods deliver on nutrition,...
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High Consumption Of Fish Oil May Benefit Cardiovascular Health

Eating fish in amounts comparable to those of people living in Japan seems to impart a protective factor that wards off heart disease, according to an international study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and led by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public...
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Mood Impacts How Much Food You Eat

Looking to loose weight? Think a happy thought before you eat. A new study has found that mood and food do more than just rhyme – your mood impacts what kind and how much food you eat.
“People use food to either maintain a good mood or regain a good mood, and if you’re already in a good mood, y...
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Plants Convert Energy At Lightning Speed

A new way of measuring how much light a plant can tolerate could be useful in growing crops resilient to a changing climate, according to scientists from Queen Mary University of London.
“This is the first time we have been able to quantify a plant’s ability to protect itself...
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Increasing Homogeneity Of World Food Supplies Warns Of Serious Implications For Farming And Nutrition

New study: Worldwide spread of a standard globalized diet is putting more food on the dinner table, but at the expense of diverse local crops; global uniformity heightens the risk of food crises due to climate change


A comprehensive new study of global food supplies confirms and thoroughly...
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Fruit And Vegetable Consumption Increased By New School Meal Standards

Concern from lawmakers and the public regarding possible food waste unfounded, according to new data published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine


With nearly 32 million American students receiving government-subsidized meals every day, getting children the nutrition they need is a...
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Plants Are Able To Make Complex Decisions

Plants are also able to make complex decisions. At least this is what scientists have concluded from their investigations on Barberry (Berberis vulgaris), which is able to abort its own seeds to prevent parasite infestation. Approximately 2000 berries were collected during this study from...
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Innovative Food Safety Management System Developed By Students

Sandeep Sharma, who is currently completing a Master’s degree in Advanced Computer Science with Industry at the University of Leicester, has successfully completed a graduate internship with the European Safety Bureau (ESB), helping to develop an online food management system.
The ESB is an i...
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