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• Some schools use local farms for healthy menus
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The buffet offers a variety of pizzas, with whole wheat crust, organic toppings and hormone-free cheese. The salad bar includes some greens and vegetables grown without pesticides in a nearby garden. And the chef even takes special ...
• Never too cold for (organic) ice cream
I expect my ice cream to be 100 percent natural, made from organic milk and cream — from cows that have not been exposed to artificial growth hormones or antibiotics and that have not eaten feed that has been exposed to pesticides — and free from ...
• 'Microplastics' eyed as marine pollutants
Plastic specks in the oceans appear to adsorb poorly water-soluble pollutants, such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and persistant pesticides like DDT . This might give creatures that ingest pellets a superdose of toxins that can accumulate up ...
• Bee killers? Pesticides are a probable cause
LEWISBURG, Pa. - Scientists investigating a mysterious ailment that killed many of the nation's honeybees are concentrating on pesticides and a new pathogen as possible culprits, and some beekeepers are already trying to keep their colonies away from ...
• Australian eatery puts moths on the menu
I'd probably recommend only 10 a day, but 10 is plenty," Robinson said, warning that the insects could be covered in pesticides. Bogong moths have a wing span of up to 2 inches, and generally migrate to cooler areas, traveling up to 1,900 miles to ...