Researchers, patients optimistic in fight against alpha-gal syndrome
A support group and a lab in the St. Louis area provide resources for people with the allergy to mammal products — and evidence that its effects can be reversed.
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Destroying ‘forever chemicals’ is a technological race that could become a multibillion-dollar industry | By Chloe Johnson, Star Tribune – Feb. 1, 2023

Farmers are still waiting for CBD product regulation 5 years after U.S. legalized hemp | By Eva Tesfaye, Harvest Public Media -- Feb. 8, 2023
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A cancer-causing chemical has been on EPA’s radar for years. Why is it still there?
By Keely Brewer, Daily Memphian – Jan. 29, 2023
High input costs might turn more farmers to regenerative practices | By Ag & Water Desk expert journalist/advisor Chris Clayton, DTN/The Progressive Farmer
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