US FDA study clears tampons of toxic metal safety concerns
The US FDA has determined that toxic heavy metals found in tampons are not released in amounts that could harm users. The study addresses a safety question that unsettled consumers and prompted congressional pressure two years ago.
Bath & Body Works enters Brazil with localized fragrance offerings
Bath & Body Works has made its debut in the Brazilian beauty market, opening its first store in São Paulo. The move is part of the company’s international growth strategy and aims to tap into the growing regional demand for fragrance-led products.
Novel Fibre Ingredient That Boosts GLP-1 Release Gets EU Novel Food Approval
As weight-loss medications seek to replicate their American success across the Atlantic, food companies now have a new tool that can do what Ozempic does without its side effects.
AgriFood Signals: Uber’s $14.8bn bid for Delivery Hero, Hippo Harvest banks $30m, agentic AI for ag
AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foo…
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Guinea worm: Why disease eradication is so rare
In 2025, just 10 people worldwide were diagnosed with Guinea worm disease. Four decades earlier, the parasitic infection afflicted an estimated 3.5 million people every year across 21 countries in Africa and Asia. This decline has brought Guinea worm closer than ever to becoming the second human disease in history to be eradicated.
Sightera raises €3M to advance AI-generated molecular glues
Why it matters: Sightera is betting that better biological data, rather than increasingly powerful AI alone, can address one of computational drug discovery’s biggest challenges: translating promising laboratory predictions into medicines that work in patients.
Rize lands $31m to help rice farmers cut methane emissions, water usage
Singapore-based Rize has raised $31 million in Series B funding from a mix of climate-focused and development finance in…
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🎥 Inside Faraday Earth’s bid to make cheap green ammonia without Haber-Bosch
[Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Faraday Earth] Can a container-sized plasma reactor…
