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This week’s roundup of the most interesting reads on the interwebs.
1) Are Starches Really Safe? | Nora Gedgaudas
2) Battle over genetically engineered food heading to voters
3) Would You Eat Super-Healthy Cornmash Used to Make Ethanol? <—Vegan version of pink slime?
4) Brain cancer cured by Dr. Burzynski? (via @DrRonEhrlich)
5) Severe drought in the U.S. spurs grass-painting trend
6) A Mobile Restaurant That Chases Down Farm-Fresh Ingredients
7) The Molecular Basis for Oat Intolerance in Patients with Celiac Disease
8) Exposure to light at night may contribute to depression, study says
9) Seafood Fraud: Oceana Study Finds 31% Mislabeled In South Florida
10) 10 Simple Things to Make You Happier at Home
11) India’s radiation limits will soon be much lower than North America’s
From September 1 this year, India will lower the level to one tenth of the prevailing standard – from 9.2 w/m2 (watt per square metre) to 0.92 w/m2.
“India’s current radiation exposure limit (9.2 watt/m2) for mobile towers is higher than countries like Russia (0.2 w/m2) and China (0.4 w/m2). In USA, Canada and Japan, however, the radiation exposure limit is much higher (12 w/m2),” he said.
12) Might Food Become a Vehicle for Tropical Disease?
“It’s highly unlikely, but if high in an African mango tree a bat dropped its guano on fruit and it was harvested and went unwashed on a 747 to America, you could end up with a deadly tropical foodborne illness characterized by bleeding through the eye socket.”
13) Your Airport Is a Petri Dish
