Chicken is not a safe food

Here is a bad news for 'chicken-lovers' - According to a lab study report released by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Wednesday, antibiotic residues have been found in 40% of chicken samples bought from outlets in Delhi and NCR. The experts, while adding that the amount of residues found were small, warned regular consumers of such meat as they could be in danger of developing antibiotic resistance, said a TOI report. CSE said that they had recieved evidence of large scale use of … Read more at candidshare.com

Mothers transfer fear to their babies through odors

A phenomenon that has long baffled researchers is how the traumatic experience of a mother can affect her child - even when the event occurs before the baby is born. Inching closer to an explanation, a team of investigators studied mother rats and discovered how they transferred their fears to their pups during their early days of life - through odors released during distress. The team, from the University of Michigan (U-M) Medical School and New York University, published their results in the … Read more at candidshare.com