Pesticides found in kale but at low-risk levels jhu.edu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jhu.edu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
<p style="text-align:start">Kale fans can rest easy knowing pesticides used to grow the hearty greens are unlikely to end up in their salads or smoothies, a new chemical analysis of the superfood suggests. Conducting novel tests that provide the most complete picture to date of a crop’s chemical makeup, the Johns Hopkins–led team found several pesticides and compounds in Maryland-farmed kale—but no cause for alarm.</p>
Scientists calculated how much climate change humans will cause if we keep eating and producing food the way we do now. Fortunately, they also laid out solutions.
A United Nations agency is expected to call on Western countries, including the US, to reduce meat consumption to combat climate change at its global summit starting this week.
Alternative proteins offer myriad potential solutions to curb the effects of climate change and public health risks, while creating space for partnerships with corporate meat producers, panelists said during the Good Food Conference last week in a session titled, “Leaning into the personal and public health benefits of alternative proteins."