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Day: January 15, 2025

Microplastics in Tea Bags Work Their Way Deep into the Human Body, Study Shows

People who drink loose leaf tea might be on to something: scientists in Spain have found evidence of plastic pollution getting into human cells after being leached from tea bags. Published in the journal Chemosphere, the research by a team from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Sohag University in Egypt and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Leipzig, Germany, found that...
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NUTRITIOUS SCHOOL MEALS

How Italy Invests in Children’s Health & Education In Rome, Italy children are served healthy school lunches that focus on fresh, nutritious ingredients and balanced meals. Food served is organic, meals are made with fresh fruits and vegetables that are in season, and ingredients come from local farms and producers. Children’s school meals follow the Mediterranean diet, which emphasises...
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Tip the scales in consumers’ favour

It’s a fairly common practice – you go to the supermarket and buy some chicken breast slices or salmon fillets, which are neatly packed on a plastic tray with cling wrap and an absorbent pad. The label would state the weight and price. Most buyers would not spare this much thought, but the weight of the fresh produce would likely include the packaging weight, which then impacts the final...
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