Healthier food can contain more contaminants – but there's a simple way to stay safe
A new study shows high-fibre brown rice also contains more arsenic than white rice – so which is better for you?
Ruth Fairchild, Senior Lecturer in Nutrition, Cardiff Metropolitan University •
conversation
June 17, 2020 • ~7 min
June 17, 2020 • ~7 min
These toxic chemicals steal IQ points from American kids
Exposure to toxic chemicals, especially flame retardants and pesticides resulted in more than a million cases of intellectual disability in the US between 2001 and 2016, research finds.
NYU Langone Medical Center •
futurity
Jan. 14, 2020 • ~6 min
Jan. 14, 2020 • ~6 min
Climate change pushing up levels of methylmercury in fish
A new study concludes that while the regulation of mercury emissions have successfully reduced methylmercury levels in fish, spiking temperatures are driving those levels back up and will play a major role in the methylmercury levels of marine life in the future.
Leah Burrows
• harvard
Aug. 7, 2019 • ~8 min
Aug. 7, 2019 • ~8 min
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