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NEWS ABOUT: oranges

oranges stories: 4 news summaries

All That Folic Acid May Give You Cancer

Fortified cereals, breads, vitamins could overwhelm your liver

Aug 29, 09 6:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Health experts once trumpeted folic acid, but now warn against taking too much of a good thing, the Economist reports. For more than 10 years, aspiring mothers have been told to down double the recommended dose with vitamin pills, and some countries have added folic acid to grain products. It's... More »

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European Union • spinach • oranges • folic acid • pregnant women • fortified

 Disease Threatens 
 Florida Oranges 

Scientists search for solutions to citrus greening disease

Jul 28, 09 5:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Florida’s orange growers face a powerful adversary in a disease know by its shorthand of HLB that causes citrus trees to “green”—produce only sour, misshapen fruit, Scientific American reports. With every county in the state affected, the citrus industry has dedicated $10 million this year... More »

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Florida • trees • disease • harvest • insects • oranges • fruit and vegetables • citrus greening disease

Fla. Growers Fight Record Cold

State of emergency as
temperatures plummet

Jan 3, 08 8:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Florida shivered last night  last night as a cold snap set new lows—35 degrees in Ft. Lauderdale—and threatened serious damage to crops. Farmers spent the night in the fields, spraying strawberries and oranges with water to create a protective glaze of ice. In  Plant City, dubbed the winter... More »

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Florida • crops • farmer • oranges • cold snap

Florida Juicer Puts Squeeze
on Foreign Oranges

Company launches anti-import ad campaign

Nov 9, 07 8:15 PM CST
(Newser) - A Florida orange juice producer is starting an ad campaign to put the squeeze on imported citrus. The campaign by Florida's Natural is aimed primarily at major juice makers such Tropicana and Minute Maid, which rely heavily on Mexico and Brazil for oranges, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The latter nation... More »

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Florida • international trade • advertising • Brazil • imports • fruits and vegetables • oranges

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