it is that dogs can be so remarkably good at tuning
into the feelings of their human owners.
“This method offers a totally new way of investigating
neural processing in dogs,” Andics says. “At last we
begin to understand how our best friend is looking at
us and navigating in our social environment.”
Food packaging chemicals may
be harmful to human health
over long term
Synthetic chemicals used in the packaging,
storage, and processing of foodstuffs might be
harmful to human health over the long term, warn
environmental scientists in a commentary in the
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. This
is because most of these substances are not inert and
can leach into the foods we eat, they say. Despite
the fact that some of these chemicals are regulated,
people who eat packaged or processed foods are
likely to be chronically exposed to low levels of these
substances throughout their lives, say the authors.
And far too little is known about their long term
impact, including at crucial stages of human
development, such as in the womb, which is “surely
not justified on scientific grounds,” the authors claim.
They point out that lifelong exposure to food contact
materials or FCMs - subst [