Monthly Archives: August 2013
Overview of the artificial sweeteners in the US.
Overview of the artificial sweeteners in the US. Artificial sweeteners are regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. As of 2013, only five artificial sweeteners are approved on the USA market. Approximately 15% of the total United States population above the age of 2 years use artificial sweeteners, knowingly or not (From: NIH.gov). Artificial […]
GMO and Antibiotic resistance
What on earth would GMO have to do with Antibiotic Resistance? Here is the answer. When a gene X is needed to be inserted into the target organism cell, it is done by tossing the isolated desired gene X into the pool of the target organism cells. Next, this pool is “shocked” by various methods (with […]
The tale of the Atlantic Salmon
We’ve recently looked at the situation with the pacific salmon and how it is affected by the Fukushima disaster. A natural question is – what’s a salmon eater to do? As an alternative, some have switched to the Atlantic salmon without giving it a second thought. Here is what we know about the Atlantic Salmon. […]
Finding safe pacific salmon
Since the Fukushima disaster in Japan, ensuring the salmon (and other seafood) is safe has been an ongoing concern. In order to know if a certain fish species are exposed to the radiation, we need to learn about two things that can affect it: Salmon’s migration routes Ocean currents that are move around the radioactive […]