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Miral Dizdaroglu wears safety glasses as he poses in the lab next to an open spectrometer, which looks a little like a microwave with extra buttons.

How We Studied DNA Damage in Cooked Food — and What It Might Mean for Our Health

August 24, 2023

When you eat plants or meat, you’re also eating a tiny amount of that plant or animal’s DNA. But what happens to that plant or animal DNA when you cook the food before eating it?

Melissa Phillips, wearing safety glasses, poses leaning over an open chest freezer, holding a plastic bag of spinach.

Organic, Vegetarian or Carnivore: Whatever You Eat, My Lab Is Working to Keep It Safe

April 24, 2023

Melissa Phillips

The levels of contaminants in our food supply are, generally, decreasing, but we still need to make sure our food is safe. And measuring tiny things (and big things) is what we do best here at NIST.

NIST SRM 2387, Peanut Butter, with white bread

Going Nuts over NIST’s Standard Reference Peanut Butter

January 25, 2016

Mark Esser

Maintaining a social media account involves keeping track of the many random celebrations that can provide an excuse to post a story that otherwise might not have a timely hook. National Peanut Butter Day (Jan. 24 for the uninitiated) is just such a day. While NIST chemist Carolyn Burdette spent a

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How We Studied DNA Damage in Cooked Food — and What It Might Mean for Our Health

Organic, Vegetarian or Carnivore: Whatever You Eat, My Lab Is Working to Keep It Safe

Going Nuts over NIST’s Standard Reference Peanut Butter