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  • Ranchers devastated by side effects of commonly used fertilizer: 'It's destroying our lives'

    03/07/2025 10:49:16 AM PST · by Red Badger · 28 replies
    www.thecooldown.com ^ | March 03, 2025 | Zachary Ehrmann
    "You never know what you're going to get every day when you get down here." ================================================================= Texas ranchers are facing devastating losses after fertilizer contaminated with dangerous per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances poisoned their livestock and land. A recent article in The Texas Tribune highlighted growing concerns about these toxic chemicals entering the food supply. What's happening? Multiple Texas farming families have discovered that their land and animals were poisoned by fertilizer containing PFAS, human-made chemicals found in everyday products. The fertilizer, made from processed sewage sludge called biosolids, was promoted as an environmentally friendly option for years. "This is destroying...
  • Can coronavirus spread through food or packaging?

    03/25/2020 6:53:32 AM PDT · by antidemoncrat · 102 replies
    Fox News ^ | 3/25/2020 | Brie Stimson
    The virus also can’t live on imported food packaging, the FDA says, adding it could only survive on a surface for a short period of time, which, depending on the surface could be from a few hours to a few days.
  • Vanity Post (Now with 2 extra scoops!)

    08/31/2013 3:58:13 PM PDT · by Rodamala · 24 replies
    Bi Lo grocery store | August 31, 2013 | self
    Food packaging and pricing... we all know the game... breakfast cereals, orange juice, candy bars, coffee, ice cream... they kept the price the same and shrank the packaging and reduced the amount you purchased...