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Cancer alert over salad rocket: Trendy leaves exceed safe levels of nitrates in one-in-ten samples

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Cancer alert over rocket: Trendy salad leaves exceed safe levels of carcinogenic nitrates in one in EVERY ten samples One-in-ten British grown rocket samples were over permitted limit for nitrates   Research suggests that rocket is a ‘hyper-accumulator’ of nitrates from soil Evidence suggests consuming nitrates above threshold can pose health risk By Sean Poulter Consumer … Read more

Genetic testing sites could store millions of DNA samples after death 

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Unwanted life after death: Experts warn personal data from fashionable genetic testing kits and social media accounts may be hijacked after a customer dies How genetic testing companies store DNA after death is ‘unclear’  experts warn  Powerful companies hold ‘our digital data, our private data, after our lifetime’ DNA testing via saliva samples is now … Read more