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Beneath the hyperbolic talk of Frankenfoods and Superweeds, even proponents of agricultural biotechnology agree, lie a number of real concerns. To begin with, all foods, including the transgenic foods created through genetic engineering, are potential sources of allergens. That's because the transferred genes contain instructions for making proteins, and not all proteins are equal. Some--those in peanuts, for example--are well known for causing allergic reactions. To many, the possibility that golden rice might cause such a problem seems farfetched, but it nonetheless needs to be considered...
Topping the list was ginseng, the root of a Chinese plant that some believe will do everything from boosting energy to combating immune-system disorders like colds, flu and respiratory infections. Eight of the 21 brands tested were found to contain high levels of pesticides, and some also harbored significant amounts of lead. Unfortunately, ConsumerLab did not name the brands that had problems, although it did list nine brands that passed its review (see www.consumerlab.com...
...website also reports on problems found in vitamin C, saw palmetto, gingko biloba and several arthritis formulas. Nearly a quarter of the gingko brands tested did not contain the advertised levels of the active ingredient GBE, which is believed by some to increase blood flow to the brain and improve cognitive functions. In the case of glucosamine-chondroitin, a combination supplement used increasingly to treat arthritis, nearly half the brands tested had lower than claimed chondroitin levels...
...inconceivable: Jerusalem's importance to each side, after all, is first and foremost symbolic. And in the language of symbolism, the same place can have a profoundly different meaning for each side. Therein lies the problem of Jerusalem for Israeli-Palestinian peace. But that duality of meaning may also contain the seed of a solution...
...information. But Idris's complaint notes that U.S. officials steadily backed away from some of the allegations about the factory and its owner made in the weeks following the strike, eventually basing their justification for the attack primarily on the claim that a soil sample collected near the plant contained traces of EMPTA, a chemical compound used in the manufacture of VX nerve gas. That's why Idris's lawyers commissioned research institutes in Boston and the Netherlands to independently examine samples taken from the ruins of the plant, which experts agree would likely still contain substantial evidence of chemical...