The FDA proposed to ban brominated vegetable oil. Here's how to tell if it's in your food, and why the FDA thinks it's unsafe to drink.

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Glass of fruit juice on the left next to a list of ingredients on the right including brominated vegetable oil.
Check the ingredients list for traces of brominated vegetable oil.

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NYC exterminators' new weapon has eliminated nearly 100% of rats from over 100 burrows — and they already have their next targets mapped out

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A rat scurrying across a subway platform with people standing in the background.
A rat on a subway platform in New York City.

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Cheesemakers are pushing back against France's strict rules as some say climate change is making it impossible to meet the traditional standards

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Rognaix (French Alps, south-eastern France). Company 'Les caves d'Affinage de Savoie', cheese ripener. Washed-rind Tomme cheeses ripened with beer
Rognaix (French Alps, south-eastern France). Company 'Les caves d'Affinage de Savoie', cheese ripener. Washed-rind Tomme cheeses ripened with beer.

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Dead bodies litter Mount Everest because it's so dangerous and expensive to get them down — and 2023 could be the most deadly season yet

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Mountaineers are seen making their ascent of Mount Everest on May 12, 2021.

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America's cities are vying for a hot new title: best place to ride out the coming dystopia

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Once-forgotten cities in the Midwest and Northeast are trying to win people over with the promise of fewer climate-driven floods, fires, and storms.
Once-forgotten cities in the Midwest and Northeast are trying to win people over with the promise of fewer climate-driven floods, fires, and storms.

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Sea turtles laid a record 52,500 nests in Florida but 99% are female

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Most of the baby sea turtles being born in Florida are girls.

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I dedicated my life to biology until I went on 'Naked and Afraid' and realized I could make a bigger difference doing TV instead

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Forrest Galante holding a Fernandina Giant Tortoise
This female Fernandina Giant Tortoise is nicknamed Fern.

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What happens to the thousands of dead NYC rats that are being exterminated with a wildly successful new method

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A rat climbs into a box with food in it on the platform at the Herald Square subway station in New York City on July 4 2017.
A rat climbs into a box with food in it on the platform at the Herald Square subway station in New York City on July 4 2017.

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Chunks of an alien world could be hidden deep within our planet, say scientists

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An artist's illustration shows a smaller planet, Theia, crashign into the early Earth, which looks barren and molten. Fragments of Theia are shown to migrate inside our planet.
An artist's impression shows the hypothesized collision between Theia and Earth

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Swedish architects are building skyscrapers out of wood laminates glued together. The material is shockingly sturdy.

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The view of the city of Skelleftea is pictured from the 20th floor of the Sara culture house, one of the world's tallest wooden buildings, on February 22, 2022, in the Vasterbotten county, north-eastern Sweden. - In Sweden, a new generation of wooden buildings pushes the boundaries of tradition.

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