New Research On Environmental Pollutants
...stingsolution. He has analysed dioxins and PCBs in meat from almost the entire century, bylocating old army food parcels. The oldest sample is a 1908 "Emergency Ration"of beef and ground wheat, one of the first tinned foods available. A total of 14samples from beef, pork, chicken and a type of bacon snack...Commercial Fish: Eat Up, Despite Low Levels Of Mercury
...se findings may be relevant topeople who eat whale meat but are not convinced they apply topeople eating fish and not whale. Whale meat contains othertoxins and pollutants, like PCBs, and is higher in mercury thanfish. Another key diffe...Data Support Idea That Zinc Plays Key Role In Fight Against Anorexia
...mineral readily accessible by eating red and white meat and shellfish. In addition to leading to anorexia, chronic zinc deficiency can result in reduced growth and sexual development, a weakened immune system, hair loss and skin lesions. "For people trying to recover from anorexia, or those who are havi...Cattle Diets Could Control E. Coli Danger
...slaughter "should not affecteither carcass size or meat quality," and the diet change could be implemented...he cattle in the United States are carriers. When meat iscontaminated with cattle feces at slaughter or fruit and vegetables arefertilized with manure, "E....Cattle Diet Implicated In Harmful Human E. Coli Infection As Reported In Science Magazine
...thought to be theculprit behind infected hamburger meat as well as produce, since it is virtuallyimpossible to prevent all fecal contamination of meat at slaughter, and fruitsand vegetables can be contaminated when fertilized with cattle manure. In th...New Evidence From Dinosaur Footsteps Show Massive Herds Once Roamed Northern Alaska
...insula. "This summer, we found dinosaurtracks from meat and plant eating, duckbilled and armored dinosaurs," said Roland Gangloff, curator ofearth sciences at the UA Museum. "Now we know dinosaurs flourished in Alaska even earlier than ourprevious work had indicated," he said. The largest track is 18 in...Children need their own dietary guidelines, say experts
...ower fat diets that eliminated or severely limited meat and milk might not supply adequate energy or nutrients such as iron, zinc and calcium to support normal growth and development during childhood. Unfortunately, says Dr. Miller, that appears to be the message thats going out. The 1995 Food, Physical......e may have developed the disease by eating tainted meat in the 1980s. But the insights the test offers into the biology of the prion proteinare consuming much of the researchers' attention. Previous research has revealedthat all mammals examined contain normal, benign prion protein, and it isbe...More Than Half Of Children Eat Too Much Fat
... "undesirable" saturated fats found in butter, red meat and cheesethat can lead tohigh cholesterol. In addition, about half of the children fell short of thesuggested levels of"desirable" monounsaturated fats found in canola and peanut oils. Very fewchildren consumedenough of the polyunsaturated fats fo...Garlic Perfumes Poultry Houses
...farmers must find creative solutions to producethe meat and eggs suburbanites want in their grocery stores but not intheir backyards. Clemson scientists are conducting a variety of studies toaddress livestock waste management as part of an initiative funded by theSouth Carolina General Assembly through th...Clemson Researchers Turn Crabshells Into New Product Lines
...op system that extracts the remainder offood-grade meat from the shells, then reduces the shells to their ...stem toprocess food-grade chitin, calcium and crab meat from the shells. The system iscurrently undergoing testing and refinements, with the possibility of ...Native Gray Ants Play Positive Role In Valley Peach Orchards
... can be a serious pest because it will eat the nut meat and protect aphids andscales from natural enemies. But the article's co-authors, Daane and former UCBerkeley graduate student Jeffrey Dlott, found that it is the most importantpredator of peach twig borer larvae in peaches and nectarines. Pe...Study: Calcium Supplements Appear To Protect Against Colorectal Cancer
...lowerrisks, while diets high in animal fat and red meat seem to boost the chance ofcancer. Patients, three-quarter of whom were men, averaged just over age 60. TheNational Institutes of Health supported the new study....Rare Fossil Shows Theropod Dinosaurs Are Fast, Dangerous 'Turbocharged' Reptiles
...ry condition of this fossil allows us to'hang some meat on the bones' of these animals and bring them back to life abit. It's almost like a dinosaur dissection." What that analysis reveals, Geist said, is an animal that had the bestof both worlds. Like other cold-blooded animals, theropod dinosa...Rare Fossil Shows Dinosaurs As Fast, Dangerous
...nary condition of the fossil allows usto hang some meat on the bones of these animals and bring them back to life alittle bit. It's almost like a dinosaur dissection." What that analysis reveals, Geist said, is an animal that had the bestof both worlds. Like other cold-blooded animals, these thero...Emu Meat Not A Popular Choice Among Consumers, Study Shows
...t their taste buds a bit before trying the low-fat meat of emu,a flightless bird native to Australia. ...said. "Sometimes consumers, if they know a meat is healthy, will choose it andgive priority to its health benefits, even if they don't like the tast...Compounds From Fruits, Vegetables And Grains Slow The Growth Of Human Tumor Cells
...an diet. "I don't think that it's the presence of meat in diets that leads to healthproblems, but the lack of enough fruits, grains and vegetables. The people whoeat a lot of animal products are often the same individuals that don't eatenough fruits and vegetables," he says. Writer: George Gallepp, 608-2...Striking A Healthy Balance For The Elderly
...ional supplements. Consuming iron exclusively from meat as opposed to plant sources for prolongedperiods of time, can place older adults at risk for toxicity, which is onereason why adults should consume a diverse diet rich in varied mineral sources,Kannan said. "It's not the diet by itself, but it's what...In Logged Forests, Hunting of Wildlife Becomes Deadly 'Second Harvest'
... one thousand tons per year,with almost all of the meat coming out on logging roads. "Logging has pulled the plug on tropical forest wildlife," says thestudy's lead author, Dr. John Robinson, WCS vice president for internationalprograms. "Animals are now being sucked out along the newly constru......ly proportioned legs and using stonetools to strip meat and scrape marrow from the bones of antelopes and ...dswere apparently also using stone tools to fillet meat and pull marrow from thebones of large animals that thrived in the open, grassy plains once surround...