What the controversial parliamentary report on glyphosate really contains, 116 nails removed from a stomach and the number of daily cups of coffee to be consumed: this is the news of the day.
Glyphosate: what the controversial parliamentary report really contains
In an interview given last Sunday to The Midi Dispatch, Senator UDI from Haute-Garonne and Vice-President of the Parliamentary Office for the Evaluation of Scientific and Technological Choices (OPECST) has created controversy. And for good reason: he is also one of the rapporteurs for a report on glyphosate commissioned by the Economic Affairs and Sustainable Development Committees. More info in our article.
He has 116 nails removed from his stomach: what is acuphagia?
Bhola Shankar, a 43-year-old gardener living in northwest India (Rajasthan), presented to hospital on May 13 with stomach aches. The caregivers not finding any clinical sign that could be linked to a classic pathology, they decided to take an x-ray. Stunned, they then discovered 116 iron nails lodged in the patient’s stomach, each 6.5 centimeters long. Learn more
Coffee: how many cups can you safely drink a day?
Good news for lovers of a little black coffee, a bowl of coffee in the morning or a strong espresso: drinking coffee is not as bad as we have long thought. Better: this consumption is associated with a reduction in mortality and an extension of up to two years in life expectancy, provided that it is not abused. More info in our article
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