In the News: Down in the 'Dumps'; Early Nutrition, Higher Salary; Apples vs. Alzheimer's

Posted by Emily Koh, February 2, 2008

More than 300 cases of food poisoning from China-made gyoza: China's got another mess on its hands as its dumpling scandal grows bigger in Japan. Three-hundred sixty-eight people in 30 prefectures in Japan have complained about food poisoning after consuming the same frozen gyoza dumplings imported by JT Foods Co. from China that were found to be contaminated with insecticide. [Yomiuri Shimbun]
Younger health, older wealth: A new study says there is a direct link between eating nutritious food at a young age and earning power in adulthood. [BBC]
Global warming threatens regional food supply: Climate change will have a significant impact on crop production in regions where food is already a scarcity. "In southern Africa we're talking about maize or corn... In South Asia, we're talking rice and wheat, crops like rapeseed... peanuts... which are very important locally here for the hungry populations. And then in other parts of the world, cassava in central Africa or sorghum in the Sahel." [Voice of America]

An apple a day keeps Alzheimer's away: Eating apples (as well as oranges and bananas) reduces the risk of getting Alzheimer's, thanks to their wealth of vitamins, minerals, and protective antioxidants, researchers say. [The Hindu]
Chinese snowstorms will have "catastrophic" impact on vegetation: China is finding itself severely impaired by some of its worst snowstorms in 50 years, with the weather having destroyed 3,000 square miles of crops, and some wholesalers in Beijing are saying their supply is down to nearly a fifth of normal levels. [Telegraph]
Scientists develop tear-free onion: Scientists in New Zealand and Japanese have successfully developed an onion that won't cause tears when you chop them, by removing the enzyme that causes an irritant that stimulates tears. [New Zealand Herald, via ColdMud]

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