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09/05/2018 / By Ralph Flores

How environmental pollution increases human exposure to marine biotoxins

Much is needed to address the threat of human exposure to marine biotoxins. An article in Global Food Security compiles current scientific literature on the matter, especially the risk posed by seafood consumption. The authors have recorded thousands of poisonings caused by marine biotoxins between 2001-2015. However, these are still underreported. These biotoxins are usually caused […]

04/07/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

We’re all gobbling down 100 pieces of plastic with every meal

You wouldn’t dream of ordering a side of plastic with your meal, but you’re already eating 100 pieces of plastic each day without even realizing it, according to an alarming new study. When scientists from Edinburgh’s Heriot-Watt University placed Petri dishes with sticky dust traps on tables near dinner plates in people’s homes at meal […]

03/08/2017 / By Vicki Batts

Contaminated seafood from China is flooding the United States, are you safe?

Do you really know what is going to be on your plate when you purchase seafood? There’s a good chance you don’t — and maybe you don’t want to know. Seafood laced with antibiotics is flooding the marketplace here in the U.S., and if that isn’t disturbing enough, most of this seafood is coming from […]

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