A joint study by researchers at the Koforidua Technical University and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology ...

The three staple crops dominating modern diets – corn, rice and wheat – are familiar to Americans. However, fourth place is held by a dark horse: cassava. Over the course of millennia, Indigenous ...

MANILA, Philippines - Wailing parents carried the bodies of their children from hospitals after a snack of cassava - a root that's poisonous if not prepared correctly - killed 27 and sickened 100 ...

A 16-year-old boy died while four of his siblings were admitted to Butere Sub-county Hospital after reportedly eating poisonous cassava. It is reported the family of eight from Eshiaka village had ...

MANILA, Philippines Wailing parents carried the bodies of their children from hospitals after a snack of cassava a root that's poisonous if not prepared correctly killed 27 and sickened 100 others ...

MANILA, Philippines -- Wailing parents carried the bodies of their children from hospitals after a snack of cassava -- a root that's poisonous if not prepared correctly -- killed 27 and sickened 100 ...

Food fuels our bodies, but not everything we eat is completely safe. Across the world, some dishes carry hidden (and not-so-hidden) dangers and are packed with toxins that can be fatal if not handled ...