Toxic chemical found in most meat, dairy
(NEWSER) - The EPA is set to release guidelines this month warning the public not to ingest too much of a class of poisonous chemicals. Sound reasonable? Well, farmers and the food industry beg to differ, because the chemicals in question are dioxins—a ubiquitous byproduct of paper, metal, and cement production that often finds its way into food, especially meat and dairy. They say the EPA’s preliminary guideline is much too low, and will needlessly alarm the public, the Wall Street Journal reports. More»
