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Gov. McDonnell signs bill expanding list of banned synthetic drugs
Governor Bob McDonnell issued the following statement today after signing HB1941 which adds several new compounds to the list defined as synthetic cannabinoids and synthetic stimulants. “Illegal drugs continue to infect our communities. Drug...
Tags: Agriculture, Regional Authority, Science and Technology, Politics, Bob McDonnell
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Robinson to lead Petoskey Plastics film operations
PETOSKEY -- Todd Robinson has been named director of film operations at Petoskey Plastics. Robinson will oversee the manufacturing, engineering and quality functions for the company's facilities located in Petoskey and in Morristown, Tenn.; and...
Tags: Agriculture, Science and Technology, Material Science, Atlantis Plastics Incorporated, Todd Robinson
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Doubts surface about safety of common food additive, carrageenan
Sara Baker says the light went on in her head after a cup of hot cocoa set off a storm in her stomach. "I went back and looked at the package, and there it was: carrageenan," said Baker, a career services coordinator from Bloomington, in central...
Tags: Consumers, Organic Foods, Consumer Goods Industries, Diabetes, University of Chicago
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Natural Products Expo lays out the latest, with an emphasis on what's real and what's absent
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.Things seemed simpler this year at the enormous annual trade show for the natural products industry. There was a bit of a back-to-the-old-days vibe among the thousands of things to eat or drink, to use to clean your person or your house, to improve your...Tags: Herbal Medicines, Health and Beauty Products, Banking, Genetic Engineering, Investment Service
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Michael Moss on 'Salt Sugar Fat'
In his Pulitzer Prize-winning 2009 expose on pathogens in America's meat, New York Times investigative reporter Michael Moss described in chilling detail the dangers of bacteria in the American meat supply. But in the course of interviewing food experts...
Tags: Consumers, Consumer Goods Industries, Coca-Cola, Food Industry, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Agriculture: The Grand Challenge - and Opportunity
Barry Dunn is the South Dakota Corn Utilization Council Endowed Dean of Agriculture and Biological Sciences at South Dakota State University, and Director of SDSU Extension. Spring is a season of hope. It is appropriate that the first day of spring...Tags: Colleges and Universities, South Dakota State University, Research, Education, Droughts
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Safety program shown to reduce child deaths and injuries on U.S. farms
FORT COLLINS, Colo.-An independent five-year review by members of the National Academies of Science has given the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Program (AgFF) the highest score for...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Consumer Goods Industries, Career and Workplace, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Research
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Vegetable-based plastics
PHILADELPHIA - With all his talk about sugar cane, corn, casaba and fungi, Jeff White sounded like someone with a food obsession. But the ingredients he enumerated during an interview had to do with manufacturing, not a meal. His is an unconventional...Tags: Consumers, Material Science, Chemical Industry, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Petroleum Industry
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Ginseng, once widespread in Maryland, now dwindling
Ginseng, one of the most sought-after medicinal herbs in the world, once flourished across much of Maryland. It has nearly vanished now, though, from all but the westernmost counties, prompting officials to ponder banning commercial harvest of the...
Tags: Agriculture, Science and Technology, Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Garrett County
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NDSU hires crop protection specialist
Venkataramana Chapara has joined North Dakota State University as the Extension Service's area crop protection specialist at the North Central Research Extension Center near Minot. He will be working on integrated pest management systems for all crops...Tags: Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), Agriculture, Colleges and Universities, Science and Technology, Medical Specialization
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Bills would require labels on genetically engineered food in Minnesota
Minnesota could become the next battleground in the fight over mandatory labels for genetically modified food. Bills were introduced on Feb. 28 in the Minnesota Legislature that would require food manufacturers to label their products to indicate...Tags: Consumers, Hormel Foods Corporation, Consumer Goods Industries, Food Industry, Genetic Engineering
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For Florida citrus crop, it's been a tough year
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Florida's citrus crop has suffered huge losses this year, with fruit falling from trees and the overall forecast declining about 10 percent, but the problems shouldn't translate to a price increase at the breakfast table - yet....Tags: Agriculture, Science and Technology, Consumers, Prices, Oranges
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