The Providentia blog describes one of first great court clashes between a modern foodstuff manufacturer and modern food safety advocates. The case, known as the U.S. vs. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca Cola case, featured (in its records) the phrase “…Mr. Elliott Cheatham for plaintiff in error.” Providentia says: It was quite a […]
Tag: caffeine
A blooming, buzzing conclusion
This week’s That’s One Way of Looking At It conclusion appears in a press release from the University of Haifa. (Thanks to investigator Scott Langill for bringing this to our attention). It says: Bees prefer nectar with small amounts of nicotine and caffeine over nectar that does not comprise these substances at all, a study […]
Caffeine Through Ten Camels
This is one of the few formal studies involving both caffeine and camels: “The Pharmacokinetics, Metabolism and Urinary Detection Time of Caffeine in Camels,” I.A. WASFI, N.S. Boni, M. Elghazali, A.A. Abdel Hadi, A.M. Almuhrami, I.M. Barezaig, and N.A. Alkatheeri, Research in Veterinary Science, vol. 69, no. 1, August 2000, pp. 69–74, DOI 10.1053/rvsc.2000.0389. [AIR […]