China consumes 4.7 billion chickens per annum, with most of the chicken raised in battery conditions. However, owners of small-scale factories, are often happy to buy chickens that die prematurely and process them.
As seen on news.163.com in 2006 undercover photos were captured, one early morning in China.
Be warned some of the images are very disturbing…
Numerous environmental activists firmly insist that BP’s Deepwater Horizon impact on food is dangerous as shrimp from the Gulf of Mexico goes on sale. However, it is believed the far greater danger comes from imported seafoods.
Read just how imported seafoods coud be a serious threat to your health…
The vast majority of people are being led, to believe, through a well circulated email, that the first three digits of the bar code on food packets, shows the country of origin, of the contents. This would unfortunately appear to be another ‘urban legend’.
Read how the barcode only refers to the origin of the packager or processor, not the actual product…
A Belgium man has become the first victim of a antibiotic drug-resistant superbug, which originated in South East Asia.
Fears are the bug has spread worldwide, as cases discovered in Australia…
The top 10 fast-food restaurants in the US offer lines loaded with stomach-stuffing, artery-clogging saturated fat, sodium and calories, according to a study by ‘Men’s Health’ magazine. read more…
An outbreak of plague has killed a 14-year-old boy and infected at least 31 people, in a northern coastal province, says Peru’s health minister. The boy was not diagnosed in time.
This is not the first time Peru has had to fight the bubonic plague…
Carole Brayne, British professor, says her research reveals that for ‘each additional year of education’, there is a decreased risk of dementia development by 11%, as reported in the medical journal Brain.
Read more…
The overuse of antibiotics in food animals is an argument that has raged since the early 2000s. In 2001 it was estimated that food animals received 20m pounds of antibiotics per year, compared to humans consuming only 3m pounds.
Read how America is about to ban all but the use of 7 antibiotics in food animals…
Every time a couple returned home, after being out for a few hours, they found the pool furniture and deck around their pool covered with water.
Find out just who the guilty party was and how they managed to catch them…
Aspartame, a sugar substitute, is the most controversial food additive in history and its approval for use was the most contested in FDA history. The artificial sweetener was approved because of strong financial and political pressure, not on scientific grounds. It was originally listed by the Pentagon as a biochemical warfare agent.
Read how the effects mimic other common ailments…
