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Tag: Food Contamination and Poisoning

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California Wants to Ban ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Pans. These Chefs Say Don’t Do It.

September 12, 2025September 13, 2025HIROKO TABUCHIComments Off on California Wants to Ban ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Pans. These Chefs Say Don’t Do It.

Rachael Ray and other food celebrities are speaking up in defense of nonstick pans. The actor Mark Ruffalo, who starred in a movie about the risky chemicals, is criticizing them.

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Why America’s ‘Beautiful Beef’ Is a Trade War Sore Point for Europe

May 11, 2025May 11, 2025Jeanna SmialekComments Off on Why America’s ‘Beautiful Beef’ Is a Trade War Sore Point for Europe

European officials call food safety standards a “red line,” as Trump administration officials criticize rules that keep American beef and other meats off grocery shelves.

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Texas County Declares an Emergency Over Toxic Fertilizer

February 14, 2025HIROKO TABUCHIComments Off on Texas County Declares an Emergency Over Toxic Fertilizer

Johnson County is seeking federal assistance, saying its farmland has become dangerously contaminated with “forever chemicals” from the use of fertilizer made from sewage sludge.

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The F.D.A. Upgraded a Recall of Some Lay’s Potato Chips. Here’s What to Know.

January 29, 2025January 30, 2025Claire MosesComments Off on The F.D.A. Upgraded a Recall of Some Lay’s Potato Chips. Here’s What to Know.

The Food and Drug Administration is using its most severe notice in a recall of more than 6,000 bags of chips in two states because of “undeclared milk.”

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The Citizen Scientists of Fukushima

January 29, 2025January 29, 2025Martin Fackler and Noriko HayashiComments Off on The Citizen Scientists of Fukushima

Armed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive fallout — and regain control of lives upended by the 2011 meltdowns in Fukushima.

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In a First, the E.P.A. Warns of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Sludge Fertilizer

January 14, 2025January 14, 2025HIROKO TABUCHIComments Off on In a First, the E.P.A. Warns of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Sludge Fertilizer

Levels of PFAS in sewage sludge used as fertilizer can pose risks that sometimes exceed safety thresholds “by several orders of magnitude,” the agency said.

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‘Forever Chemicals’ Reach Tap Water via Treated Sewage, Study Finds

January 6, 2025January 8, 2025HIROKO TABUCHIComments Off on ‘Forever Chemicals’ Reach Tap Water via Treated Sewage, Study Finds

Wastewater, even after treatment to make it drinkable, contains high levels of PFAS, according to researchers.

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In South Africa, Food Poisoning Kills at Least 23 Children

November 23, 2024November 24, 2024Lynsey ChutelComments Off on In South Africa, Food Poisoning Kills at Least 23 Children

The South African government said that nearly 900 people, many children, had fallen sick since September.

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How Can I Cut PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals?’

October 7, 2024HIROKO TABUCHIComments Off on How Can I Cut PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals?’

They’re almost everywhere. And they’re bad. But there are some things you can do to avoid them.

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Did PFAS From Sewage Sludge Poison a Family Farm?

September 21, 2024September 21, 2024HIROKO TABUCHIComments Off on Did PFAS From Sewage Sludge Poison a Family Farm?

Pastures were fertilized with toxic sewage decades ago. Nobody knew, until the cows’ milk was tested.

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