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Scientists: Radiation in Japan food poses low risk

Health risks to Japanese from eating foods contaminated with elevated levels of radiation are fairly low, scientists say.

Food in Japan contaminated with radiation

Japan confirmed the presence of radioactive iodine contamination in food products from near a crippled nuclear plant and ordered a halt to their sale, the U.N. nuclear body said on Saturday.

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China vows to stop restaurant reuse of cooking oil

Chinese call it "gutter oil" — a foul slop fished up from sewage drains or collected at restaurant back doors — and it's being used widely in the country's eateries.

Senh: Ok. I'm officially grossed out, and my life expectancy has probably been shortened for a couple minutes while I was in China eating from street side restaurants.

Tiny mushrooms blamed for 400 deaths in SW China

Every year during the height of the rainy season, villagers of all ages in a corner of southwestern China would suddenly die of cardiac arre ...

China may ban eating dogs, cats

Dogs bark and whine behind high chain-link fences, some of them gnawing the wire so hard they bleed at the mouths while cats packed into crowded cages cower in fear if anyone approaches.