Poultry Drug Increases Levels of Toxic Arsenic in Chicken Meat

Chickens likely raised with arsenic-based drugs result in chicken meat that has higher levels of inorganic arsenic, a known carcinogen, according to a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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CDC Report on Dangers of Raw Milk No Surprise to Cornell Dairy Expert

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Soil May Harbor Answer to Reducing Arsenic in Rice

Harsh Bais and Janine Sherrier of the University of Delaware’s Department of Plant and Soil Sciences are studying whether a naturally occurring soil bacterium, referred to as UD1023 because it was first characterized at the University, can create an iron barrier in rice roots that reduces arsenic uptake.

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Research Project Studies Fungi Found in Popular Drink

A research project at Indiana State University into Capri Sun has found five types of fungus.

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U.S. A Surprisingly Large Reservoir of Crop Plant Diversity

North America isn’t known as a hotspot for crop plant diversity, yet a new inventory has uncovered nearly 4,600 wild relatives of crop plants in the United States, including close relatives of globally important food crops such as sunflower, bean, sweet potato, and strawberry.

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Expert Can Provide a Scientific Perspective and Food Safety Tips for Consumers

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Key Ingredient in Mass Extinctions Could Boost Food, Biofuel Production

In low doses, hydrogen sulfide, a substance implicated in several mass extinctions, could greatly enhance plant growth, leading to a sharp increase in global food supplies and plentiful stock for biofuel production, new University of Washington research shows.

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What You Need to Know About Egg Safety

It’s important to practice good food safety when you’re dealing with eggs. Following are some good egg safety tips to keep in mind the next time you’re buying, storing or cooking eggs.

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Major Symposium on Arsenic Contamination in Food and Water Supplies

After virtually eliminating arsenic as a useful tool for homicide, science now faces challenges in doing the same for natural sources of this fabled old “inheritance powder” that contaminates water supplies and food, threatening more than 35 million people worldwide.

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Population Boom Poses Interconnected Challenges of Energy, Food, Water

Mention great challenges in feeding a soaring world population, and thoughts turn to providing a bare subsistence diet for poverty-stricken people in developing countries. But an expert speaking here today at the 245th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society, described a parallel and often-overlooked challenge.

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