FDA Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 10:46:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 FDA Warns Pregnant Women of Dangerous Levels of Mercury In Tuna https://www.greenoptimistic.com/fda-warns-pregnant-women-dangerous-levels-mercury-tuna-20140822/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/fda-warns-pregnant-women-dangerous-levels-mercury-tuna-20140822/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2014 10:45:56 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=48964 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released new recommendations on how much and what type of fish should be consumed. The new guidelines have been directed towards pregnant women and children, although it would be wise for everyone to take a look. Apparently canned tuna is a big […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/fda-warns-pregnant-women-dangerous-levels-mercury-tuna-20140822/feed/ 1 48964 Mobile Phones Causing Huge E-Waste Issue https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mobile-phones-causing-huge-e-waste-issue-20130104/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mobile-phones-causing-huge-e-waste-issue-20130104/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:54:11 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=30736 Cell phones have become ubiquitous in the modern world. They seem to be everywhere and everyone seems to have one. While hailed as a technological wonder, these cell phones are creating a massive e-waste problem. The US Center for Disease Control (CDC) found in one of its studies that over 50% of American households either […]

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