Water tested for drugs
The government are to commission a pilot project where sample of water are going to be tested for pharmaceuticals, which have been flushed down the drain.
The concerns are that many drugs pass through the body unaltered and therefore end up back into water cycle. Although the actual types of drugs for the initial test have [...]
Quick foods for diets
Being on a diet is not necessarily the right way of going about losing weight, what is required is no less than an entire lifestyle change, but as bad as this may sound it does not have to be torture.
Most people decide that they need to lose weight for different reasons, how they go about [...]
Great gadgets to buy
It seems that while there may be cutbacks on certain purchases, there is such a love of gadgets and hi-tech equipment that these items are flying off the store shelves and in some cases cannot be made fast enough to keep up with the demand.
With so many new ideas being brought onto the market, just [...]
Krispy Kreme set to expand
The world’s most famous donut store is looking to expand their range of products and stores aboard too. These plans are the company’s way of addressing the fall in sales, which has been happening over the last couple of years.
Could it be that the market for the Krispy Kreme donut is not as great as [...]
Googles phone coming soon
The Apple iPhone killer is about to launched by Google sometime in the next couple of months, but have they left it too late, because the iPhone 3G is going great guns at the moment. If Google could have slipped their phone prior to the iPhone 3G launch then maybe they would have been able [...]
September 17, 2008Shop worker regrets warranty sales
It can be most annoying when you spend several hundred pounds on something only to get the sales person to ask you if you would like to spend another hundred pound or so on an extended warranty.
This business of warranties has got so bad that even the store staff are getting fed up of them, [...]
Shopping for green
Looking at the shelves at the supermarket, you would imagine that turning green is going to cost you a lot more than your regular weekly shopping does and you would probably be right. However, does going green really have to cost a fortune?
The simple answer is no, this is because although the store prices for [...]
How to diet with fast food
It sounds crazy but it is possible, of course, no diet is going to work if fast food is your main source of food this is simply because of the calories, salt and sugar involved in the production of these foods.
However, the occasional lapse in self-control does not have to be the end of [...]
Eye scans to pay for shopping
It’s funny how technology from the small and big screen make it into the real world, all be it not in the way that they were first portrayed in the screenplay. Take the use of retina scans, this has been seen in Star Trek and other sci fi shows, now you would expect this to [...]
September 8, 2008Save the world, eat less meat
There has been a lot of coverage recently on how cattle create some of the most serious greenhouse gases, which in turn go on to cause climate change. However, could the increase in cattle farming to provide food for the increasing world population really be responsible for global warming?
Well Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the UN [...]
Buying groceries on the cheap
The weekly shop has been gradually creeping up in price over the last six months or so, this can mean that for some people who are running their home on a strict budget, the price of the weekly shop is becoming unaffordable.
However, as prices increase on a number of fronts, there is a need to [...]
Fast food secret menu
As with any restaurant there is an off the menu order that can be made when visiting your favourite fast food place, the reason why this is off the menu is simply because they cannot have a huge list for people to choose from.
Nevertheless, below is a list that shows you just what is available [...]
Foods have more tests than cigarettes
In a recent report presented by Dr. Nigel Gray, member of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Tobacco Regulation Study Group has thrown up some serious questions as to how foods and other consumer products are tested.
The conclusion being that simple products like jam are tested throughout the production process more than cigarettes are! This has [...]