‘Stop eating meat to save the planet from global warming’, Britons warned. Cabinet minister Hilary Benn threw his support behind a controversial report which said meat-eaters were at least partly responsible for climate change. [News Source]

Salmon as transport vectors for mercury. In a recent study, scientists discovered that about 12% of the methylmercury brought by adult salmon to spawning grounds is returned to the ocean by their progeny, called smolts. [News Source]

Beefy hormones: New routes of exposure. Dust and sediment could play a role in the complicated problem of CAFO-shed hormones or hormone-blocking pollutants affecting wildlife, researchers say. [News Source]

‘Evangelist’ for organics going against the grain in Iowa. In the midst of sprawling corn and soybean fields, industrial animal-processing plants and ethanol refineries, Woodbury County is charting an unusual course. It's trying to go whole-hog into organic agriculture. [News Source]

Intravenous vitamin C could be effective H1N1 flu fighter (Pembroke Daily Observer) A recent newspaper headline read, Researchers look to common, cheap medications to help H1N1 patients". Viral experts are wondering whether cholesterol-lowering drugs and steroids could help to save the sickest H1N1 patients.[...] [News Source]

Physicians Explore Link Between Vitamin D Deficiency and Hypertension (PhysOrg) (PhysOrg.com) -- Drs. William White and Pooja Luthra at the University of Connecticut Health Center are investigating a possible link between vitamin D deficiency and high blood pressure. [News Source]

Family Doctor: Kiwi remedies constipation problems (The Canton Repository) Kiwi fruit is rich in water-soluble vitamins, antioxidants, flavonoids and minerals. It is reported to contain more vitamin C than oranges, as much potassium as bananas and a good amount of beta carotene. [News Source]

New ingredient boosts vitamin C bioavailability: Study (Nutraingredients.com) Fast-C, developed by Scientific Food Solutions and distributed by ET Horn in partnership as Alkemy Partners, achieves faster entry of vitamin C into the blood while urinary excretion was slightly less, suggesting excellent retention by tissues, according to the study’s authors. [News Source]

Pakistan implements vitamins policy (Nutraingredients.com) He told a gathering of Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Association (PPMA) members that a committee was being established to look at the issue of vitamins on the Pakistan market. [News Source]

Asian carp invasion: Prepare for the worst. Great Lakes anglers better fish as much as possible in the next decade. Chances are that yet-another monumental government screwup has let Asian carp into the world’s biggest freshwater reservoir, auguring a potential disaster for many of our sport fisheries. [News Source]

Selenium supplementation may boost cholesterol. Taking too much selenium, an essential mineral touted for immune boosting and anti-cancer benefits, could increase cholesterol levels by 10 percent and, as a result, raise the risk of heart disease, a new study suggests. [News Source]

Soy crazy: The US consumes tons of soy — and it’s not all good. Americans are in love with soy, but not in the soy milk sipping, tofu stir-frying way you might think. [News Source]