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Health officials warn of seasonal poisoning risk from certain plants

By News Desk on December 25, 2020

A French agency has warned people of the risks of eating berries or leaves from decorative plants.

The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES) seasonal message focused on holly, mistletoe…
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Getting Out the Word on the Hudson's Fish

By Amy Halloran on April 4, 2011

Polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, were first discovered in Hudson River fish in 1975.  General Electric had used the chemical mixtures in manufacturing capacitors at two upstate factories, and discharged approximately 1.1 million pounds of PCBs…
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Researchers Find PCBs, Other Chemicals in Food

By Joy Paley on September 15, 2010

Scientists with the University of Texas School of Public Health have released a study on persistent organic pollutant (POP) levels in the U.S. food supply. The study, published in Environmental Health Perspectives in June, showed…

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EFSA Releases Study on PCBs in Food, Feed

By Alexa Nameth on August 31, 2010

Polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, are a widespread class of persistent organic chemicals that accumulate in the environment and humans and are associated with a broad spectrum of health effects.  PCBs were widely used as dielectric…

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