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Posted: 15 Aug 2014 08:00 PM PDT
Banned food products of other countries are sometimes approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). American supermarket shelves are filled with food products the FDA claims are safe for consumption.
However, other countries find the same foods unworthy and ultimately ban them for the benefit of public health and safety. Perhaps, the FDA has not got around to inspecting the foods other countries consider unsafe. Or, maybe they are in the process of doing followup reviews on suspected food additives. Nonetheless, the following are food products to avoid for a variety of reasons.  Read Entire Article »  |
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Posted: 15 Aug 2014 07:00 PM PDT
Ninety three percent of wild medicinal plants used for making ayurvedic medicines are endangered and efforts are being made to relocate them from their usual habitat to protect them.
The threat to the plants came to the fore in an assessment exercise in different states carried out by the Botanical Survey of India. Researchers have recently found that extinction rates are currently 1000 times higher than normal due to deforestation, changes in climate, and the depletion of ocean fisheries. The assessments were done for a total of 359 prioritized wild medicinal plant species. Out of this, 335 have been assigned Red List status ranging from critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable to near-threatened.  Read Entire Article »  |
