Apricot seeds are almond-shaped kernels inside the fruit’s pit, or stone. Raw apricot seeds contain a compound called amygdalin, which is an enzyme that your gut turns into cyanide. Cyanide is a toxic ...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A Queens mother and son are facing fraud charges after selling a toxic product online that they claimed could cure cancer. Investigators say drums of hazardous materials were ...
Apricot Power is refusing to recall apricot seeds after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found they were toxic. Analysis of three samples showed seeds contained high levels of the toxic compound ...
Some cell studies suggest apricot seed properties may have anticancer effects. However, apricot seed products may have high levels of amygdalin, a toxic compound that can cause symptoms of cyanide ...
A Canadian company is recalling Apricot Power brand apricot pits and seed meal because they contain the toxin amygdalin, which can cause cyanide poisoning. Ecoideas Innovations Inc., which has offices ...
An ex-champion arm wrestler from Queens who’s done time for peddling apricot seeds as a cancer cure was busted again Wednesday — after prosecutors said he was up to his old tricks. Jason Vale, 51, was ...
For the third time this month apricot kernels, also known as pits or seeds, are being recalled because of elevated levels of cyanide that could lead to food poisoning. The two previous recalls, ...
ACCIDENTAL poisoning in childhood is a worldwide occurrence. The toxic agents involved naturally vary to a great extent from one area to another, depending on the customs, social structure, economy ...