Balsamic vinegar has been coveted by Italians for centuries. Over the past 30 or so years the popularity in the U.S. of the dark, syrupy ambrosia has soared and has become loved by foodies, used sparingly by chefs and often too liberally by home cooks.
Forgetting the exquisite culinary joy that comes with the almost magical [...]

A team of British researchers is raising new and serious questions about the health risks posed by nanoparticles.

I was in a grocery store yesterday when yells and curses drew me to the cereal aisle, where two women seemed to be having a total nut-out.  One was stomping on several brightly colored cereal boxes and the other was waving a box of the same cereal in the face of anyone who paused long [...]

Pumpkins are the universal symbols of Fall and Halloween. But now, researchers have found that the skin of that pumpkin you carved into a Jack-o’-Lantern contains a substance that could put a scare into microbes that cause millions infections in adults and infants each year.

The Coalition for Chemical Safety sounds like just the kind of group to which environmental activists would swarm.

The internet has become an open door for modern snake oil salesmen trying to profit on the public’s fear of the H1N1 flu.

The EPA is worried about drugs getting into the water supply. DEA is concerned about drugs getting into your kids. And the FDA – the agency responsible for legal drugs – has finally decided to weigh what to do with all the extra medications lying around most homes.

Government researchers have found that high-fructose corn syrup, which is used as a sweetening agent in thousands of products, creates potentially dangerous levels of a toxic substance when heated.

Here is a fact of life that will surprise no one: Those who are poor sell what they can and those who have wealth buy what they want.

Why is it taking years to protect workers and consumers from illness and death from butter flavoring used in thousands of foods?