Scientist tracks origins of bootleg honey from China
Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 21:31
in Psychology & Sociology
One scientist spends hours at a time peering at slides of pollen samples, comparing them to track down the origins of honey with questionable heritage. Some of the samples contain labels from other countries when in fact they originated in China but were re-routed to avoid tariffs of up to 500 percent, he says.