A new study is causing fresh doubts about the safety of genetically modified crops. The research found Bt toxin, which is present in many GM crops, in human blood. Bt toxin makes crops toxic to pests, but it has been claimed that the toxin poses no danger to the environment and human health; the argument… Read More: Study Found Toxin from GM Crops is Showing up in… »
Hepatic steatosis, or fatty infiltration of the liver, can also occur, and is an indicator of malnutrition in children. The changes could involve the part of the brain that controls appetite, or they could increase the feelings of anxiety and guilt that become associated with eating. These tools and the EAT are culturally based and… Read More: Where are anorexia found »
Persistent inflammation of the pancreas (chronic pancreatitis) is a known risk factor for developing pancreatic cancer, the third-deadliest cancer in the United States. Tuft cells — cells sensitive to chemical (chemosensory) changes typically found in the intestines and respiratory tract — had previously been discovered in the pancreas, but their function has largely remained a… Read More: Mysterious tuft cells found to play role in pancreatitis »
The food chain is an ordered series of organisms, each dependent on the previous as a source of food. In other words, herbivores eat plants to survive and carnivores eat herbivores and other carnivores. In the water, small fish eat plankton, and are then eaten by slightly larger fish, finally eaten by larger fish and… Read More: 40 Kilos of Plastic Found in Guts of Whale »