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NEWS ABOUT: mold

mold stories: 3 news summaries
OPINION

Pay for Soup, Enjoy Insects, Mold Free

FDA's classification
of food 'defects'
a slippery slope

Feb 13, 09 1:33 PM CST
(Newser) - If you're eating, stop reading now: The FDA's rules on foreign matter in food products are a veritable entomology lesson. Maggots, fly eggs, rodent droppings, grit, mold, burlap, cigarette butts, and parasites are all OK with the agency in limited quantities, writes EJ Levy in the New York Times, adding,... More »

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food • parasites • FDA • food contamination • insects • mold

Ike Returnees Battle Chronic Mold Outbreak

Earlier return may have curbed fungus on Galveston Island

Sep 30, 08 3:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Initial relief that their Texas property survived Hurricane Ike quickly dissipated for many returning to Galveston Island who discovered colorful mold breeding wildly on virtually everything left standing. Damp, hot buildings were left sealed for two weeks when residents evacuated, giving the fungus plenty of time to nestle into the... More »

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hurricane season • evacuation • Galveston • mold • disaster • Hurricane Ike

Mold Ravages Da Vinci Codex

Damage wrought for lack of restoration funding

Dec 22, 07 8:04 AM CST
(Newser) - An onslaught of red, black, and purple mold has turned the Codex Atlanticus, the largest collection of writings and drawings by Leonardo Da Vinci, into a "precious sick patient," the Times of London reports. The mold, discovered by an American scholar, is attacking 12,000 codex sheets at... More »

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Italy • libraries • Milan • restoration • Leonardo da Vinci • mold

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