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Hand blenders used for cooking can emit persistent chemicals

January 17, 2021 by Captain Organic Planet Leave a Comment

Eight out of twelve tested models of hand blenders are leaking chlorinated paraffins when used according to the suppliers’ instructions. This is revealed in a report from Stockholm University where researchers analyzed a selection of hand blenders which are available on the Swedish market. Chlorinated paraffins are included in the subject group of persistent organic […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: chemicals, chlorinated paraffins, Food, hand blender

Gen Z not ready to eat lab-grown meat

October 10, 2020 by Captain Organic Planet Leave a Comment

Gen Z are the new kids on the block. As a cohort of 5 million people born between 1995-2015 encompassing 20 percent of the Australian population and 2 billion people globally — they’re consumers to be reckoned with. New research by the University of Sydney and Curtin University to published on 8 September in Frontiers in […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Food, Gen Z, meat

Pesticides and food scarcity dramatically reduce wild bee population

October 9, 2020 by Captain Organic Planet Leave a Comment

The loss of flowering plants and the widespread use of pesticides could be a double punch to wild bee populations. In a new study, researchers at the University of California, Davis, found that the combined threats reduced blue orchard bee reproduction by 57 percent and resulted in fewer female offspring. The study was published in […]

Filed Under: Environment Tagged With: agriculture, bee, flowers, Food, insecticide, orchard, pesticides

FDA Releases ‘Feed Your Mind’ initiative on genetically engineered foods

October 2, 2020 by Captain Organic Planet Leave a Comment

In an effort to educate consumers on genetically engineered, aka genetically modified (GMO), foods, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has compiled a packet of messages on what GMOs are and where you can find them. “GMOs are a common part of today’s food supply,” the FDA says on its website. “Most GMO crops are […]

Filed Under: GMO's Tagged With: crops, Food, genetically engineered, gmo

Hot particles in Japan: what does this mean for the Olympics and beyond?

November 28, 2019 by Captain Organic Planet Leave a Comment

Hundreds of thousands of people – athletes and spectators – will flood into Japan for the 2020 Olympics. But exposure dangers from the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe have not ended since the meltdowns and explosions spread radioactive contamination over large areas reaching down to Tokyo and beyond.  Soon after the start of the meltdowns, experts began […]

Filed Under: Fukushima Tagged With: Food, japan, nuclear, Olympics, radiation, radiocesium, Tokyo

Photoinitiators detected in human breast milk

November 21, 2019 by Captain Organic Planet Leave a Comment

Photoinitators (PIs) are compounds used in the ink of many types of food packaging. The substances have been shown to migrate into food and, when consumed, show up in human blood serum. Now, for the first time, researchers report they have detected PIs in human breast milk, although they say the levels consumed by breastfeeding […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: breast milk, Food, food packaging, photoinitiators

Too much ultra-processed food linked to lower heart health

November 16, 2019 by Captain Organic Planet Leave a Comment

Researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that for every 5% increase in calories from ultra-processed foods a person ate, there was a corresponding decrease in overall cardiovascular health. Adults who ate approximately 70% of their calories from ultra-processed foods were half as likely to have “ideal” cardiovascular health, as […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: disease, Food, health, heart, processed food

Fried food linked to heightened risk of early death among older US women

February 26, 2019 by Captain Organic Planet Leave a Comment

Regularly eating fried food is linked with a heightened risk of death from any cause and heart-related death, among postmenopausal women, finds a US study in The BMJ today. Foods such as fried chicken and fried fish/shellfish were associated with a higher risk of heart-related death, particularly among younger women in the study (aged 50-65 […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Food, fried food, heart, women

Pediatricians issue warning for parents not to microwave your kids’ food in plastic

February 16, 2019 by Captain Organic Planet Leave a Comment

Pediatricians have issued a warning for parents: don’t microwave your kids‘ food in plastic. Doctors say chemicals in the plastic pose health risks to children. The American Academy of Pediatrics say – in a statement published online – “that growing evidence that some chemicals found in food colorings, preservatives, and packaging materials may harm children’s health.” The Academy says […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: bpa, children, Food, microwave, plastic

Pesticide Levels in Children and Adults Drop Dramatically After One Week of Eating Organic

February 13, 2019 by Captain Organic Planet Leave a Comment

A groundbreaking peer-reviewed study published today in the journal Environmental Research found that switching to an organic diet significantly reduced the levels of synthetic pesticides found in all participants – after less than one week. On average, the pesticide and pesticide metabolite levels detected dropped by 60.5% after just six days of eating an all-organic diet. The study, Organic Diet […]

Filed Under: Organic Foods Tagged With: cancer, children, disease, Food, organic, pesticides, produce

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