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The Frivolous Costco Chicken Lawsuit

4 Feb 2026

Talk about a frivolous lawsuit! These two ladies claim that they have been misled by the information on the label of Costco’s famous rotisserie chicken that states “no preservatives.” Why? Because...

“Food Preservative Linked to Cancer,” Shrieked Many a Headline

22 Jan 2026

It isn’t surprising that a paper published in the prestigious British Medical Journal linking food preservatives to cancer roused much media attention. After all, preservatives in food are not rare...

Facial Creams and Lotions Offer Hope in a Jar

14 Jun 2024

This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette....

California Sees Red

18 Oct 2023

The state of California is planning to ban brominated vegetable oil (BVO), potassium bromate, propylparaben and Red Dye No. 3 from use in foods by 2027. BVO prevents citrus oils from separating in...

Let's preserve rational thinking when it comes to preservatives

20 Mar 2017

Open a box of old crackers or potato chips and a smell emerges. It isn’t pleasant. The same goes for that bottle of oil that’s been sitting in the cupboard for months. It’s the smell of rancid fat....

3D Makeup Printers are Making it Up

20 Mar 2017

Several people have sent me this video of a Harvard student "inventing" a 3-D printer that cranks out cosmetics at home. She starts out by telling us that the cosmetics industry, a $55 billion...

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