Pabst triples capacity for cannabis-focused beverages with new factory opening
Mar 30, 2022 00:00 am UTC| Health Business Life Economy
Pabst Labs is opening a new manufacturing facility and distribution center dedicated to cannabis beverages in Desert Hot Springs, California. The cutting edge facility will allow the company to more than triple its...
Singapore to lift restrictions for all vaccinated travelers
Mar 28, 2022 23:58 pm UTC| Health Economy Business Law
Singapore will lift restrictions for all vaccinated travelers beginning April 1. Travelers need not undergo a quarantine, as long as they take a pre-departure test. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong hailed the...
Study shows McDonald's, Burger King food packaging contains cancer-causing chemical PFAS
Mar 28, 2022 23:56 pm UTC| Health Economy Business Science
An investigation from Consumer Reports revealed that the packaging used for food at many major fast-food chains including McDonalds, Burger King, Chick-Fil-A, and Sweet Green contain a cancer-causing called PFAS, or per-...
Artificial sweeteners in Coke Zero, other soft drinks linked to cancer risk: study
Mar 28, 2022 06:58 am UTC| Health Science Economy
Consuming artificial sweeteners used in many soft drinks, including Coke Zero, could increase the risk of developing cancer, according to a study by NutriNet-Sante. The study analyzed data of over 103,000 French peoples...
Sweeteners may be linked to increased cancer risk – new research
Mar 27, 2022 14:16 pm UTC| Health
Sweeteners have long been suggested to be bad for our health. Studies have linked consuming too many sweeteners with conditions such as obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. But links with cancer have been...
Pandemic vaccine passports in Canada: A brief history and potential future
Mar 27, 2022 14:08 pm UTC| Health
The simple idea of tracking and requiring proof of vaccination created some of the most disruptive protests in Canadian history, and the declaration of a national emergency. How did this happen? Its complicated. Its...
Scientists find microplastics in blood in 80% of humans
Mar 25, 2022 23:59 pm UTC| Nature Health Science
Scientists in the Netherlands have discovered microplastics in human blood for the first time from nearly 80 percent of 22 anonymous, healthy volunteers, warning that the ubiquitous particles could also be making their way...
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