Tag: Food Safety
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Using Pesticides to Grow Food Is Harming Farmworkers and Children — And These Risks Are Being Ignored
Pesticides on food are being monitored — but see why some risks are being missed.
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10 Things You Need to Know About Food Recalls — And What You Can Do to Protect Yourself
Find out the surprising truth about where food recalls come from + other important info.
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Arsenic In Rice: How Concerned Should You Be?
One of the world’s most toxic poisons is in a staple food eaten around the world. See what you need to know…
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How to Wash Vegetables and Fruits to Remove Pesticides
Almost no food is 100% free of pesticides. Discover what science says about the best way to wash your produce.
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What You Need to Know About GMOs and Glyphosate [Video]
Concerned about food safety? Watch this important new video from two food revolutionaries…
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Microbeads (Plastic Pellets) Are Banned in Our Cosmetics, But Not Our Food
By Natalie Pace On September 3rd, 2016, The United Kingdom banned microbeads in personal care products. Thanks to the 5 Gyres Org, and partners including Whole Foods and Rainbow Light, the U.S. became the first nation to ban #microbeads on December 28, 2015. U.S. companies have until January 1, 2018 to stop selling toothpaste, face scrubs and other…
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Voluntary Regulation of Antibiotics in Livestock Production is Not Working
Before the discovery of antibiotics, people could and did die from a simple cut and those days are returning thanks to antibiotic resistance warned Dr. Sameer Patel, an infectious disease specialist at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago, in 2014. Many blame the indiscriminate use of antibiotics by “Big Meat” for the rise in antibiotic resistance. Recently, I caught up…
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News: Idaho “Ag-Gag” Law Struck Down as Unconstitutional
By Will Potter • Originally published on Green Is The New Red A U.S. District Court has struck down Idaho’s “ag-gag” law as an unconstitutional attempt by the agriculture industry to silence journalists, animal advocates, and whistleblowers who expose cruel farming practices. The damning ruling—the first of its kind—spells trouble for the agriculture industry’s attempts in other…
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5 Reasons You Shouldn’t Trust ‘Organic’ From China
By Irene Luo • Originally published on Epoch Times After numerous food scares in China, the Chinese have become disillusioned with the communist regime’s ability to properly regulate the food industry. And the contaminated food does not just stay in China. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regularly refuses shipments from China for “filth,” unsafe additives,…
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Is The USDA Really Dumb Enough To Approve Agent Orange Corn?
The Obama administration announced last week that it expects to approve corn and soybeans that have been genetically engineered by Dow Chemical company to tolerate the toxic herbicide — 2,4-D. They are planning this approval despite the fact that use of this herbicide is associated with increased rates of deadly immune system cancers, Parkinson’s disease, endocrine disruption, birth defects,…
