World’s Largest Spice Company to Go Organic and Non-GMO by 2016

If you are familiar to cooking at home, then you have to be familiar with the leading spice company, McCormick, who pledges that most of their products with be organic and GMO-free by 2016. 80% of their products will meet the new standards. This is a great victory for everyone who prefers cooking with organic ingredients. We, the consumer, are doing a great job of telling our food companies that we will not stand for GMO food products anymore, by voting with your dollar. Although McCormick is not perfect, this shift is just more proof that we are winning the war on GMO’s.

Scientists Want To See Microbeads Banned

Microbeads are something you probably haven’t heard about, but if you use a body scrub, facial scrub or even toothpaste, you could be unknowingly harming the environment. Microbeads are micro-sized fragments of plastic that are used in some hygiene products to create an abrasive scrub for your skin. Why are they so harmful you ask? When they are washed down your drain and released into the ocean they absorb pollutants and can easily be mistaken for fish eggs, or other forms of food by wildlife. These microbeads destroy their digestive system, and in turn could potentially harm the human beings who ingest these marine animals. California is taking the first steps to ban these microbeads in a new legislation that could end the use of microbeads for good.

Chinese Companies are Mass Producing Plastic Rice

It has been found out that China has been producing and selling this fake rice for at least 4 years. The “rice” is made from potatoes and poisonous plastic. More than 9 million tons of rice produced in China is fake, eating 3 bowls of it is the equivalent to about 1 plastic bag. Eating plastic can be fatal if consumed on a regular basis, not to mention the digestive issues that come with eating it on occasion. The truth about this rice has been coming to light when they started exporting it to other countries. It has been reported to have been found in India, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Singapore.

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