Andrew Schneider writes about public health and worker safety issues. His stories run the gamut from investigations of corporate and government cover-ups of toxic perils, to stories about gutsy federal , medical and industry workers doing what's right, to what makes the shrimp in your refrigerator glow at night and why white truffles might be worth $4,000 a pound.
Yearly Archive for 2008
Everyone seems to have a different villain in mind over man who’s suing because popcorn butter flavoring damaged his lungs.
Another popcorn loves says he had “popcorn lung” from the four to six bags he micro-waved and ate each night. [Read More]
People in Washington and Oregon have been infected with salmonella after eating raw alfalfa sprouts.
Reports of 13 cases of Salmonella Typhimirium infection in Oregon and Washington have been inked to the consumption of raw alfalfa sprouts. [Read More]
Popcorn blamed for ruining lungs of man who ate several bags of ActII every day; Suit filed in federal court against many.
For the second time in this country, a popcorn eater claims his lungs were destroyed by the fumes from butter flavoring released when he microwaved several bags of popcorn each day. [Read More]
Do you care where your food came from? [Read More]
Apparently, Pepsi and Coca-Cola may be introducing new beverages sweetened with an extract from a Latin American plant that the locals call sugar leaf, but the PhDs say is stevia. Those selling it commercially have named it Rebiana and claim it’s between 200 to 300 times sweeter than sugar. [Read More]