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As a journalist that specializes in startups and entrepreneurship, I am often subjected to metric tons of hot air and bluster from founders who think that their idea is going to change the world.
It is always the same drivel, with words like disruptive, revolutionary, organic growth and the like

网易财经9月11日讯 在达沃斯会议期间，水中银（国际）生物科技有限公司的创办人陈子翔接受了网易财经的专访，他在采访时指出，经济大势不佳的情况下，企业研发资金吃紧

（香港，2015 年 7 月 19 日）最近本港多個屋苑出現「鉛水風波」，令人擔心食水及食物安 全問題的嚴重性。一般情況而言，食水在進入大廈的供水系統後，便缺乏恒常檢測以引致水 質難獲保障。是次問題主角「鉛」實是眾多有機會出現在食水中的毒素之一，今天我們只是 窺見冰山一角

The melamine scandal on the mainland in 2008 saw six babies die and 300,000 fall ill after drinking milk powder tainted with an industrial chemical. That, along with the use of so-called gutter oil in food, has led to such distrust in mainland food companies that many families now seek

Tiny fish that glow green and morph in the presence of toxins are joining front-line efforts in China to improve product safety.
Backed by a well-known Chinese venture capitalist, Hong Kong-based startup Vitargent (International) Biotechnology Ltd. says it’s developed fish-based tests for more than 1,000 toxic chemicals that could help

Vitargent uses fish embryos to test for contaminants and toxins in consumer products
Hong Kong-based start-up Vitargent has landed a major investment from venture capital firm WI Harper Group to develop and market its innovative food testing technology.
A product of the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park incubator programme,

Imagine a fish embryo biologically engineered to turn fluorescent green when exposed to toxins that could harm humans. This isn’t science fiction, but rather the work of Hong Kong-based startup Vitargent.
China’s tainted-milk-powder scandal in 2008 raised widespread concerns about food safety in the country, prompting Chinese entrepreneur Eric Chen