The Ministry of Agriculture has also promised to intensify its checks on farm products at production sites, wholesale markets, and supermarkets. The one exception is foods destined for Japan China s biggest export market, which has some of the highest standards in the world for imported food. But many of China s food safety problems happen early in the production chain: the country s 200 million small farmers are still largely uneducated on using basic technology. Food safety has been a...

Diet & Health : Nutrition Copper's Heart-Healthy Effects Shown in Mice Copper helped reverse unhealthy enlargement of the heart, called cardiac hypertrophy, in laboratory mice an effect that scientists hope could also occur in humans afflicted with the condition. Diet & Health : Nutrition Copper's Heart-Healthy Effects Shown in Mice Copper helped reverse unhealthy enlargement of the heart, called cardiac hypertrophy, in laboratory mice an effect that scientists hope could also occur in...

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Rice University has been tapped to house Texas' first research center focused on predicting and planning for weather disasters such as hurricanes and tropical storms. Rick Perry created the Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disaster Center, which will organize leading universities, researchers, emergency managers and private and public entities to better address severe storm impacts from Texas to Louisiana, including major cities like New Orleans, Houston, Baton Rouge,...

Declaring "rice bomber" Yang Ju-men ( ) a "criminal of conscience," the proposal, initiated by Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) Legislator Lai Shin-yuan ( D), urges President Chen Shui-bian ( ) to grant Yang special amnesty because his bombing campaign against WTO-mandated rice imports "awakened society's conscience about the treatment of farmers. Declaring "rice bomber" Yang Ju-men ( ) a "criminal of conscience," the proposal, initiated by Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) Legislator Lai...