Trade Group, Biotech Giants Spending Big Bucks to Stop GE Labeling in WA
The nation’s largest food makers’ trade group, the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), is donating big money to oppose I-522, but on whose behalf?
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5 foods with superpowers
Super foods that will change your life Here we show you five foods that have genuine superpowers. Find out what these five super foods are...
The top 10 worst foods to eat
10 foods with the worst reputations True, we are surrounded by junk foods, packed with sugar, fat and salt and generally processed to the extreme...
Why men should love chocolate more
Usually it’s women we hear linked, stereotypically, with chocolate, but new research focuses on the sweet stuff’s health benefits for men. Risa N. Schulman discusses...
Who wouldn’t want GMO labeling in the U.S.?
One thing true about the GMO movement is that not everyone is convinced genetically modified food is dangerous or bad to eat. It’s important, though,...
Exclusive: Washington state testing alfalfa for GMO contamination
Agriculture officials in Washington state are testing samples of alfalfa after a farmer reported his hay was rejected for export because it tested positive for...
100 percent of children are found to be exposed to excessive arsenic, dioxins and pesticides in latest study
A new study on dietary toxin exposure found that all the participating children exceeded the cancer benchmark levels for arsenic, dioxins, dieldrin, and DDE, while...
What Are Food Labels You Can Trust? Sorting Helpful Claims from Ridiculous Ones on Nutrition Facts Panels.
You’ll never read a food label or nutrition facts label the same way after you learn these 7 misleading food label pitfalls to avoid. I’ve...
‘Globesity’: US Junk Food Industry Tips Global Scales
From Mexico to Qatar, obesity rates are soaring to unprecedented levels. The alarming trend is damaging economic performance, as well as the health of millions...
Obama Administration’s Secret Trade Agreements Threaten Food Safety and Promote GMOs
If you think the U.S. government is doing a sub-par job of keeping your food safe, brace yourself. You could soon be eating imported seafood,...
Oregon Governor Bans Canola Production Citing GMO Contamination Risks
Center for Food Safety Gov. John Kitzhaber (D-OR) signed a bill into law last week, banning commercial production of canola—also known as rapeseed—until 2019 inside...
The GM safety dance: What’s rule and what’s real
In my initial foray in this series looking for facts behind the rhetoric on transgenic food, I reasoned that, since we can’t eliminate risk, we’d...
Genetically modified seed research: What’s locked and what isn’t
In the next few posts, I’m going to look at intellectual property rights in biotechnology and corporate influence over science. There are huge, philosophical issues...
How Genetically Engineered Foods Will Be Eradicated
We’re in really exciting times with regards to shifting the tide against genetically engineered (GE) foods and genetically modified organisms (GMOs). As you know, I...
Fukushima: Your Days of Eating Pacific Ocean Fish Are Over
Are you still eating sushi or any seafood from the Pacific Ocean? Well you might want to reconsider after reading this article. When it comes...
U.S. government paid $17 billion for weather-withered crops last year
Desiccated corn and sun-scorched soybeans have been in high supply lately — and we’re paying through the nose for them. The federal government forked out...