A news report cites a survey of 4,200 U.S. consumers by a group called CivicScience that found far more concern about preservatives and chemicals in food than in saturated fats, sugar or sodium. One interpretation is that consumers and regulators have opposite concerns. The Rest of the Stories Skewed Questions: A news report cites a survey of 4,200 U.S. consumers by a group called CivicScience that found significantly more concern about preservatives and chemicals in food than in saturated fats, sugar or sodium. One interpretation is that this is the classic irony that consumers and regulators have opposite concerns. Regulators have assessed the safety of food additives and determined them safe at specified levels. By contrast, consumers...
A microlith is a small stone tool usually made of flint or chert and typically several centimeters in length and half a centimetre wide. They were made by humans from at least the Upper Paleolithic, across Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. The microliths were used in spear points and arrowhea...
Lobelia (/loʊˈbiːliə, lə-/[4][5][6]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae comprising 415 species,[7] with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions.[8] They are known g...
The Alaska marmot (Marmota broweri), also known as the Brooks Range marmot[3] or the Brower's marmot,[4] is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. Once considered to be the same species as the hoary marmot, it is now known to be unique. Alaska marmots are found in the scree slopes of the...
From WPI Consulting
Like all marmots
An adult Vancouver Island marmot typically measures 65 to 70 centimetres (26 to 28 in) from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail.