Archives for July 16, 2009

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‘Metallic’ pine nut mystery stumps food analysts

By Jess Halliday

The UK’s Food Standards Agency is investigating curious reports of a lingering metallic taste in the mouth of people who have eaten pine nuts, sometimes lasting as long as two weeks.

Views canvassed on GM in Europe

By Guy Montague-Jones

The spectrum of opinions on genetically modified organisms is to come under new scrutiny in a European consultation project to assess EU legislation governing the controversial crops.