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Rooibos and Breast Cancer, What a Lab Study Found

A Stellenbosch University lab found that rooibos extract steers estrogen toward the receptor that suppresses tumor growth rather than the one that drives it, in breast cancer cells grown in a dish. The researcher who found it is the first to say what that does not yet prove.

The Soil Under Rooibos Cannot Tell It Is Farmed

Someone sequenced the soil bacteria under wild rooibos and under a farmed field nearby. No significant difference turned up, which unpicks a tidy sustainability claim.