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...when it comes to food allergies, many American parents - as well as the government and the food industry - prefer to play it safe. The Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act, which went into effect in 2006, calls for a zero-tolerance policy, meaning that manufacturers must declare whether their products contain even the tiniest amounts of allergens. Given that modern food flavorings and additives contain so many components, it's unusual to find a food product that has no trace amounts of allergens, even if the main ingredients do not contain them. "Nearly 30% to 40% of food recalls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Peanut Allergies Be Cured by ... Eating Peanuts? | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

Natural disasters - earthquakes, storms and floods are not acts of God, they are natural disasters, period [Feb. 8]. What is an act of God is the generous help that is pouring into Haiti from all over the world. As your article clearly points out, "... Haiti's history of corruption and turmoil has helped keep the country poor ... unscrupulous contractors take kickbacks and building codes go unenforced." Let us just not put the blame on God for this tragedy, or it may very well happen again. George A. de Beer, RANDBURG, SOUTH AFRICA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti's Recovery | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

Even big man Kyle Casey got into the act. Trailing in transition, the freshman hit a straight-on triple as time expired, giving Harvard a 54-33 advantage at the break...

Author: By Dennis J. Zheng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Long-Range Effort Sparks Offense | 2/27/2010 | See Source »

...photograph was first published in last January’s issue of Science as part of a paper detailing the properties of a self-assembling polymer, whose tiny hair-like fibers can act as an adhesive...

Author: By Helen X. Yang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Scientific Image Wins Photo Prize | 2/26/2010 | See Source »

Other Western leaders previously admitted that their countries failed to adequately respond to the genocide, most notably former U.S. President Bill Clinton's solemn apology in 1998. So why was Sarkozy's relatively mild mea culpa so significant - especially when it stopped short of an actual act of contrition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France's Belated Mea Culpa on Rwanda | 2/26/2010 | See Source »

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