A 12-year-old girl's death from a contaminated milkshake prompts her parents to demand stronger restaurant allergy safety ratings.
A sensitive method for the detection of legacy and emerging per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) in dairy milk
There is widespread contamination by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) across the globe, with adverse effects on human and environmental health. For human exposure, drinking water and dietary exposure have been recognized as important PFAS exposure pathway for the general population. Several documented cases of dairy milk contamination by PFAS have raised concerns over this exposure pathway in general. A sensitive method for determination of 27 PFAS in milk was hence modified and applied on raw and processed milk samples from 13 farms across the United States (U.S.). A combination of acid and basic extraction method and ENVI-Carb clean-up achieved recoveries of targeted PFAS between 70 and 141%. The method detection limits (MDL) ranged from 0.8 to 22 ng/L (for 26 PFAS) and 144 ng/L for perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA). The uniqueness of this method is considered in the targeted screening of a broad range of legacy PFAS, as well as perfluorinated sulfonamide species and fluorotelomer sulfonates. No legacy PFAS were detected in 13 milk samples from regions of concern given local use of biosolids or proximity to fire training areas. Overall, then, the uptake of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAA) from dairy milk in the U.S. is considered low.
Biofilms, unwashed hands: FDA found violations at McDonald’s ex-onion supplier
The outbreak sickened at least 104 across 14 states, killing one and hospitalizing 34.
People get “violently ill” from Soylent bars; company stumped
Online forums link bars to food poisoning, but maker suggests soy intolerance.
FDA finds little handwashing, dirty equipment at McDonald's supplier linked to E. coli outbreak
More than a hundred E. coli cases were linked to contaminated onions produced by Taylor Farms used in McDonald's burgers.
Estimated exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances during infancy and serum-adipokine concentrations in later childhood
Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are transferred through human milk and may cause elevated exposure during infancy. Given the lack of early postnatal blood samples, PFAS concentrations can be estimated to serve as predictors of subsequent metabolic toxicity.
Taste Is All That's Left | Blog
On what is left to do once the machine can make anything, and why taste is the last craft worth keeping.
What's the scariest thing in the world? Ask your teenage daughter
Disparity Games' Ninja Pizza Girl is a video game build on family.
Teenager's hand blown off during confrontation between France school protesters and riot police
The prefect of Pas-de-Calais says the 15-year-old's life is "not in danger" after the "very serious" incident.
Milk The Funk ® - Milk The Funk
Milk the Funk (MTF) began as a Facebook group to get home brewers interested in more advanced and “funky” topics talking on March 6, 2013. Since its inception, Milk the Funk is becoming a communal authority on alternative yeast and bacteria fermentation with an emphasis in alternative brewing techniques. Wiki Similar to Wikipedia’s purpose to benefit Read More
PTAB Affirms § 101 Rejection of Synthetic Milk Sugar Mixture
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board recently affirmed the 35 U.S.C. § 101 rejection of patent claims for a mixture of three human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), finding the mixture to be ineligible for patenting
What I Learned About Vitamin K Deficiency From Babies’ Autopsy Reports — ProPublica
Babies have died after not receiving the vitamin K shot at birth. Their autopsy records underscore how preventable their deaths could have been.
How Well Do Product Labels Indicate the Presence of PFAS in Consumer Items Used by Children and Adolescents?
Abstract. PFAS are persistent and toxic chemicals used in many commercial and industrial applications that are often added to consumer products, including
Yayoi Kusama, who splashed polka dots across the art world, dies at 97 in Tokyo
Pioneering Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who splashed her signature polka dots on paintings, sculptures and museum installations around the world, has died. She was 97.
Clay Christensen: The Jobs to be Done Theory
NEW: Regulators have linked Mark McAfee’s raw dairy farm to more than a dozen recalls and outbreaks that left hundreds of people ill. “I’ve put a couple kids in the hospital,” McAfee said. “But here’s the thing: I’m a pioneer.”
He Profits Off Raw Milk That's Making People Sick. The Government Isn't Stopping Him.
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