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Imported Spices Contain 'Filth,' Insects, FDA Reports
(Thinkstock/Digital Vision) About 12 percent of spices imported to the United States are contaminated with insect parts, whole insects, excrement, rodent hairs, feathers and other things, according to a new analysis from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The findings, which were released Wednesday, are part of a comprehensive food-safety report by the administration. Microbial pathogens such as salmonella were found in about 7 percent of imported spices, the report found. From 1973 to 2010, 14 spice-linked foodborne-illness outbreaks occurred...
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Sugary Beverage Tax Could Hit San Francisco
Added sugar is everywhere, padding your waistline and upping your risk for a host of diseases. In the following photos, each cube of cane sugar equals one teaspoon, meaning that each time you eat the listed serving size of these foods, you’re consuming that many teaspoons of sugar. (Edecio Martinez and Camille Mann/Weather.com) As we head into the holiday season, some people will start watching their sugar intake a little more closely. (After all, Americans consume more candy on Halloween...
Stronger Football Helmets Don't Stop Player Concussions
10. High school sports can cause serious injuries and even death. For example, from 1982 to 2011, boy’s cross-country had a fatality rate of .36 per 100,000 children, according to data from the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research. Here’s a countdown to the deadliest high school sport. (Thinkstock/Jupiterimages) Few things can stop football teams from competing. Despite rain, snow and injuries, players tend to play all four quarters. In recent years, one previously ignored hazard has prevented players...
Chinese Bats Likely Responsible for SARS
((Thinkstock)) The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) virus — which caused a pandemic in 2002 and 2003, killing more than 750 people worldwide — likely originated in horseshoe bats in China, according to a new study. The researchers identified two new SARS-like viruses (called coronaviruses) in the bats that are very similar to the SARS virus that infects people. (MORE: 10 Illnesses that Flourish in Fall) Although SARS-like coronaviruses have been isolated from bats in the past, which suggested the...
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