Pinoy scientist creates healthy relief goods

Filipino scientist Dr. Apollo Arquiza of the Food and Nutrition Research Institute has come up with healthier relief goods.

Serving canned goods to the evacuees for a long period is unhealthy, said the sole Filipino working with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to prepare food for its Mars mission.

He is adapting space mission food preservation techniques to make healthier and cheaper relief goods for evacuees.

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This report aired over CNN Philippines’ Network News on April 24, 2015.