A Single Slushie Can Exceed the Safe Limit for This Additive in Kids

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Published on: 15/09/2026

One slushie. That's all it took, in documented hospital cases, for some young children to end up with dangerously low blood sugar, loss of consciousness, and symptoms severe enough to initially be mistaken for a rare inherited metabolic disorder.

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Australia Just Proposed Allowing 500x More "Forever Chemical" Residue on Berries

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Published on: 26/07/2026

Australian regulators have proposed allowing up to 500 times more residue of a pesticide called isocycloseram on some berries. The pesticide is classified as a PFAS "forever chemical" by international bodies, and its label is required to carry one of

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The EU Just Banned "Forever Chemicals" From Food Packaging — Where Does Australia Stand?

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Published on: 20/07/2026

If you've ever wondered why your takeaway box doesn't go soggy, or why a bakery bag doesn't leak butter, the answer is often PFAS — a family of thousands of synthetic chemicals used for decades to make packaging grease-, oil- and water-resistant.

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New Zealand Just Restricted Glyphosate on Wheat, Barley and Oats — What About Australia?

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Published on: 14/07/2026

In our last post on glyphosate, we covered why oats, wheat and barley carry some of the highest glyphosate residues of any food — not because of genetic modification, but because of a pre-harvest spraying practice called desiccation.

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A Single Slushie Can Exceed the Safe Limit for This Additive in Kids

Australia Just Proposed Allowing 500x More "Forever Chemical" Residue on Berries

The EU Just Banned "Forever Chemicals" From Food Packaging — Where Does Australia Stand?

New Zealand Just Restricted Glyphosate on Wheat, Barley and Oats — What About Australia?

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