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Is the brain damage associated with milk consumption due to the banned pesticide heptachlor or the milk sugar galactose? Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative brain disorder that affects millions of people. What causes it? Well, if you look at lifestyle factors associated with Parkinson’s disease, dairy consumption is the strongest dietary factor associated with an …
Trump just reclassified dairy as steel. That is not satire. That is policy. On August 18, the administration dropped 407 new tariff codes with no exemptions and no grace period. “Many of these new HTS provisions would not normally be considered aluminum or steel derivative products … at least not by any reasonable understanding of …
Lab-grown “UnReal Milk” is being developed by Brown Foods using mammalian cells in bioreactors. It’s marketed as environmentally friendly despite lacking comprehensive safety testing Other companies like Perfect Day are creating synthetic dairy alternatives that also lack long-term safety data while making questionable environmental claims Raw milk from grass fed cows contains essential nutrients like …
Milk is milk—until a label convinces you otherwise. That’s the quiet trick behind America’s grocery shelves. The same white liquid flowing through Walmart’s Great Value jug might be identical to what Meadow Gold sells for a dollar more. Both products could come from the same factory, same cows, same trucks, same tanks. The only real …
Dairy farming is under increasing pressure for its environmental impact, consuming vast resources and emitting methane— a greenhouse gas far more potent than CO. As the food industry searches for lower-carbon alternatives, Boston-based startup Brown Foods is preparing to showcase UnReal Milk, the world’s first lab-grown whole cow’s milk— produced without a single cow. https://www.forbes.com/sites/daphneewingchow/2025/02/24/first-lab-grown-whole-cows-milk-to-debut-in-the-us/ …
Agency says milk supply is safe, but acknowledges a lack of testing. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is not sure whether any intact highly pathogenic avian influenza is present in milk sold in grocery stores, an FDA official told a conference on April 25. “Does any live virus survive the pasteurization process? … …