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What is that in your food? Arsenic!

What is that in your food? Arsenic!

What is Arsenic? Why do I care? By the way, why is it in my food? Arsenic (As), is a chemical element which has similar chemical properties with phosphorus (P). However, unlike phosphorus which is an essential element for life, arsenic does not play any constructive role. Itself and many of its compounds are potent [...]

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Pennies Saved, Weight Gained: The Story of HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup)

I. Basics of Sugar Human has inmate craving for sweetness. Pure sugar is very rare in the nature. Large scale sugarcane cultivation and sugar production starting in 1500s greatly increased the amount of sugar available worldwide. Abundance of sugar presented great joy to mankind, and at the same time, poses an unprecedented challenge as human [...]

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