Health

Israeli Study: Smog Bad For Wall Street

Two Israeli researchers have discovered a link between air pollution and stock returns. Days with poor air quality may be hurting more than merely your...

Turmeric’s Old Remedy Gives New Hope for Cancer Patients

Turmeric isn't only a spice: it may be an effective boost for anti-cancer drugs. Bright yellow turmeric root, a well-loved spice in the Middle East...

RECIPE: Potato Salad with Fresh Fava Beans

Fresh, green fava beans appear in the Middle East for just a few weeks. Eat them as they are or accent another vegetable with...

Who’s Watching Baby’s Food? Plea Bargain in Infant Formula Scandal

The death of helpless newborns makes us wonder about the quality of all manufactured foods. Haaretz reports that the Israeli court accepted a plea...

Make a cheesy, warm artichoke dip as an alternative to hummus

Spiky artichokes and bristly cardoons, to be exact. If you're looking to enrich your menus with less meat and more vegetarian food, take advantage of these thorny vegetables while they're still in season.

Wikileaks, Bahrain and Saudi: Concerns over Rising Food Prices Spread

Bahrain, which saw deadly protest this month, is eager to control the price of food according to Wikileaks Rising food prices have been at the...

Arab Protests Affect World Food Prices

You probably won’t be surprised to learn that rising oil prices is at the heart of the reason why the protest are driving up food prices.  As Tafline Laylin wrote earlier today, the price of oil has risen 6% to $95.39 per barrel following the turbulence in the MENA region.  This is apparently a six-year high.

Qatar Plans To Make Barren Land Arable To Increase Food Security

Qatar will secure 70% food security in the country by exploiting the latest technology to make its barren land arable. Roughly as large as Connecticut,...

Eating Real Food Can Save The Environment

A blooming rooftop garden, or a share in a local CSA. Individual actions add up to change for the better in our fragile world. A...

RECIPE: Chocolate-Nut Clusters

Make your own chocolate treats with this easy sweet recipe. Valentine's Day is behind us, but love of chocolate lingers (see our post on why...

Fair Trade Sweets on Valentine’s Day

Does that box of luscious chocolates bear the taint of slavery? I eat an ounce of dark chocolate daily, for its antioxidant properties. And...

Proposed Israeli Law to Reduce Organic Micro-Pollutants

The Israeli government wakes up to concerns about hormones and antibiotics in drinking water. Last week at Green Prophet, we wrote about how an increase...

RECIPE:6-Hour Skillet Tomatoes

Put up a tomato confit on your next day at home. Yes, fresh tomatoes are but a dream in  frozen Northern countries right now. But...

Are Anti-oxidants Keeping You Young and Infertile?

The latest research out of Israel hints to pregnancy prevention via antioxidants. It’s a tale with two endings, a conundrum for consumers of antioxidant-rich foods,...

RECIPE: Moroccan Carrot Salad

Carrots are fat and sweet now. Dress dinner up with this tangy Moroccan carrot salad. We're enjoying every drop of blessed rain, Arabs and Jews...

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Paris Modest Fashion Week offers style without exposure for Muslims

France is home to around 5 to 7.5 million Muslims according to estimates, and Özlem Şahin, head of the organization behind Modest Fashion Week, has described Paris as "one of the leading modest fashion capitals in Europe".

Kids are vaping. The media shock that made them stop

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Baby teeth read like tree rings paint a picture of toxins in early life

A new study from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York offers a striking insight into how the environments we are born into can quietly shape our brains years later. By analyzing naturally shed baby teeth, the ones tucked under pillows for the tooth fairy, researchers have reconstructed a detailed timeline of exposure to environmental metals during pregnancy and early infancy.

Shebara hotel Saudi Arabia – is it eco-luxury dream or desert illusion?

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Roof replacements and a changing culture of all-women teams in Canada

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Paris Modest Fashion Week offers style without exposure for Muslims

France is home to around 5 to 7.5 million Muslims according to estimates, and Özlem Şahin, head of the organization behind Modest Fashion Week, has described Paris as "one of the leading modest fashion capitals in Europe".

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On one side: aggressive anti-vaping campaigns from the FDA, Truth Initiative, and state programs, backed by over $100 million in annual spending. On the other: a public health crisis. Screenshot

Baby teeth read like tree rings paint a picture of toxins in early life

A new study from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York offers a striking insight into how the environments we are born into can quietly shape our brains years later. By analyzing naturally shed baby teeth, the ones tucked under pillows for the tooth fairy, researchers have reconstructed a detailed timeline of exposure to environmental metals during pregnancy and early infancy.

Shebara hotel Saudi Arabia – is it eco-luxury dream or desert illusion?

A new breed of luxury has landed on the Red Sea, mirrored pods floating above coral reefs, reflecting sky and sea like something not entirely of this Earth. Energy powered by solar powers, drinking water pulled from the sea using desalination. 

Roof replacements and a changing culture of all-women teams in Canada

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Poop in the East River shows the city’s rat problem and what people like to eat

New York ecology and health can be monitored by a jug of water a week.

Billie Eilish’s Mom Maggie Baird Launches “Climate Kitchen” on Public TV

Maggie Baird, best known as the mother of Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, is stepping into a much larger spotlight, this time as a climate storyteller.

Monitoring farmers’ tillage patterns from space

Tillage is one of the clearest signals of how a farm treats its soil. Intensive plowing can degrade structure, release carbon, and increase erosion. Conservation practices—no-till, cover cropping, minimal disturbance—do the opposite. They build soil, retain water, and support biodiversity. But until now, measuring these practices at scale has been slow, expensive, and often self-reported.
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