Whether absurd or merely inevitable, the idea of healthier tippling has started to catch on among those who have embraced things like organic food and low-sugar diets. That this bounty was found not tableside but at the bar, where the restaurant's menu of organic cocktails has been steadily expanding, only heightened the appeal. Always ready to pounce on a fad, mixologists at trendy bars, restaurants and clubs in New York and the Los Angeles area have begun creating concoctions from...

personal care and cosmetic products contain a wide range of avoidable toxic ingredients, notably multiple carcinogens, hormones and allergens, which remain unregulated by the FDA. These exports include personal care products, such as toothpaste contaminated with the anti-freeze diethylene glycol, honey contaminated with dangerous antibiotics, and food contaminated with banned drugs, pesticides and carcinogens. milk from cows injected with Monsantos genetically engineered recombinant bovine...

The MoD said last night it was not the troops' role to destroy crops but to provide security so farmers could be encouraged to grow alternatives. Dramatic film shot has revealed that British troops in Afghanistan are told to leave heroin-producing opium crops untouched - contradicting Government claims it is committed to wiping out the drug. The footage shows soldiers fighting the Taliban in a field of opium poppies. SI is used when the patient's condition "gives cause for immediate...

and European governments to strengthen food and export regulations after a series of scares ranging from contaminated toothpaste to seafood containing drugs banned in the U. Food quality awareness in Hong Kong, a wealthy city of almost 7 million people, is higher than in poorer mainland regions, retail analyst Mavis Hui said. DBS Vickers's Hui said measures such as the barcode tracking system are ''comfort campaigns'' to help shoppers feel safer when buying food imported from the mainland....

Stocks poised for higher open The News & Observer NEW YORK - Stock futures rose Tuesday as Wall Street awaited a government report on personal spending and earnings data from such corporate heavyweights as General Motors corp. Both the Commerce Department. Stocks poised for higher open The News & Observer NEW YORK - Stock futures rose Tuesday as Wall Street awaited a government report on personal spending and earnings data from such corporate heavyweights as General Motors corp. Both the...