In response to the recent announcement by Greenpeace that banned pesticides have been found in Lipton as well as domestic tea brands in China, officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Health have come out to say that residues of illegal pesticides found on the tea was due to wind blowing it over from other crops. more ›

Gross news from around China: netizens and health officials have been in an uproar over a recent post from a farmer in Chengdu who used blood plasma taken from a local hospital to water his fields. Upon visiting a friend in the hospital, the man found a packet of blood plasma discarded in the trash, so he took it home and proudly posted pictures of himself on the internet mixing the plasma with water and claiming that the protein inside will help his crops grow. The Chengdu Health Ministry said it was aware of the situation, and would do its best to find those at fault for improperly disposing of perfectly good plasma. Click the link for disturbing pictures! more ›