Category: Quality Control (Page 14 of 74)

      Food Safety Tips For Worry Free Memorial Day Celebrations!

      May 25, 2012 /

      Warm sunny skies, lazy weekends and friends and family around for celebrating good times could be a recipe for food poisoning as we prepare for summertime cookouts.

      Meat on the grill, potato salads, seafood, dairy products and veggies are summer food staples that can become spoiled, cross-contaminated and rancid in the summer heat.

      Safe handling, cleanliness, proper storage and proper temperature management are keys to safe celebrations.

      48 million people in the U.S. will contract a foodborne illness this year and many of these cases will happen this summer.

      Follow a few simple safe handling techniques to keep your family and friends safe and healthy.

      Quality Control, Wellness

      Water Pollution From Birth Control Poses A Problem

      May 24, 2012 /

      The active ingredient in most birth control pills is ending up in the drinking water supply in most countries around the world.

      The damage to wildlife can be readily seen and the broader concern, of course, is whether or not there is an effect on human biology, as well.

      Ecological systems may be at risk along with the health of people everywhere.

      The problem is effectively removing ethinyl estradiol can be quite costly. Governmental estimates put the cost of upgrading about 1,360 wastewater treatment plants across England and Wales so they can comply with a proposed limit at between $41 billion and $47 billion (€32 billion and €37 billion), according to Richard Owen, a professor at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom.

      Quality Control, Research, Resources, Wellness

      Summer Alert: Leading Cause Of Death For Toddlers Is Drowning

      May 21, 2012 /

      The Center for Disease Control reports that the leading cause of death for toddlers is drowning.

      Summer is the time to relax and enjoy the sun but pool safety should never be overlooked.

      Water survival skills, knowing CPR, fences around pools and life jackets and floating devices are no substitute for adult supervision of little ones.

      Death rates were highest for children between ages 1 and 4. In this age group, about 2.5 deaths occurred for every 100,000 children in the population, the report said. Overall, there were 1.3 deaths per 100,000 people in the United States. More than half of all people treated in emergency rooms for near drowning were less than 4 years old, the report said.

      Quality Control, Research

      Good Fats Benefit Your Brain

      May 18, 2012 /

      When it comes to our bodies we all know that the good fats are best.

      But what about our brains?

      The results published online May 18 in the journal Annals of Neurology has shown that the cognitive function of older women who ate monounsaturated fats was better than those who ate saturated and trans fats.

      Compared with those women who ate the lowest amounts of saturated fats, women in the highest saturated-fat category showed worse overall cognition and memory over the four years of testing. Women who ate the most mono-unsaturated fats, which can be found in olive oil, had better patterns of cognitive scores over time. Trans fats weren’t associated with changes in cognition over time, the researchers reported.

      With diseases such as Alzheimer’s and dementia on the rise, the benefits could be greater that simply better memories and improved cognition.

      Preventive measures to stem the increase of debilitating brain illness could benefit millions.

      Nutrition, Quality Control, Research, Wellness

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