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4 days ago · Themes. A discovery by UC Riverside scientists could assist water providers across the nation as they face new federal standards to limit "forever chemical" concentrations in drinking water. Known by scientists as PFAS, or poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances, forever chemicals have been used in thousands of products, ranging from potato chip ...
3 days ago · Rats have been tested for GMO in food and drinking water, and even the control rats have been contaminated. Cows are also dying from the BT maize (a genetically modified maize).
1 day ago · The Kal91.3 potato can be stored in cool temperatures for long periods of time and produce healthier potato chips. The genetically engineered potato can be stored in cool temperatures for far longer than standard varieties without sucrose – the compound that stores the sugars in potatoes – converting into reducing sugars such as fructose ...
3 days ago · Nature, the UK science journal, published a survey last year that found just more than one in ten of Chinese respondents had a positive view of GM food. More than 45 percent were opposed to it. That caution has been reflected in official policy which has largely restricted the commercial use of GM varieties to non-food farming while the wider ...
4 days ago · Researchers have developed a way to repeatedly remove and reuse phosphate from polluted waters. The team's Phosphate Elimination and Recovery Lightweight (PEARL) membrane is a porous, flexible...
2 days ago · Borlaug believed that genetically modified organisms (GMO) were the only way to increase food production as the world runs out of unused arable land. GMOs were not inherently dangerous "because we've been genetically modifying plants and animals for a long time.
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4 days ago · Sway makes biodegradable, thin-film plastics from regenerative seaweed, with a significantly improved land and water footprint vs. other bioplastics made from corn, soy, or potatoes. Consistently, we’ve found that startups that design for reduced ecological impacts often outperform on other axes like nutrition and supply chain resiliency.
