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Monthly Archives: October 2011
BPA May Harm Girls More Than Boys
Bisphenol-A, a chemical found in plastic packaging and tin cans, has been linked in the past to diabetes, heart disease, breast and prostate cancer, thyroid problems, obesity and infertility. As a result, it’s been banned in Europe, Canada and China. … Continue reading
Posted in Food Policy
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Why Is GM Cotton Growing in the Wild in Mexico?
Look through Organaholic’s recent posts and you’ll notice a flurry of GMO (genetically modified organism) news these past couple weeks. If this continued indefinitely I’d have little need to write about anything else. But at least for today, it continues … Continue reading
GMO Labeling Protests Go to Washington
On Monday I wrote about interest group LabelGMO’s effort to place a GMO (genetically modified organism) labeling requirement on the California ballot. Were LabelGMO to succeed in this initiative, it would be an enormous step toward a national requirement for … Continue reading
Posted in Food Policy, GMOs, Pesticides
Tagged Genetically modified food, Genetically modified organism, GMO, Obama
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California Flirts with GMO Labeling
Between 80% and 95% of Americans believe foods with genetically modified ingredients (“GMOs”) should be labeled. But they’re not. Consumers today simply cannot know whether they’re eating GMOs unless they buy exclusively organic or to seek out products voluntarily labeled … Continue reading
Posted in Food Policy, GMOs, Health Concerns, Pesticides, Product Transparency
Tagged Food, Genetically modified food, Genetically modified organism, GMO, Pesticide
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The Trouble with “Natural” Foods
I’ve raved before about the Cornucopia Institute and the fine work it does. Sure, the Cornucopia Institute is an interest group like any other. In this case, they advocate for family-scale farming. And while this may make the Institute sound … Continue reading
Is “Sugar-Free” Still Bad for Your Teeth?
I’ve written a long series of posts about diet soda and its possible ill effects on your body, largely in hopes that I’d convince myself to stop drinking it. (See my posts on diet soda and weight gain, kidney failure, … Continue reading
Does Gluten-Free Do Us Any Good?
The New York Post last week published an article on New York’s latest craze: gluten free eating. I’ve been a gluten-free skeptic for some time. Though avoiding gluten has its place–people with celiac disease (about 1% of the U.S. population) cannot … Continue reading
Posted in Health Concerns
Tagged Coeliac disease, Gluten, Gluten-free diet, Michael Pollan, Novak Djokovic
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California Bans BPA from Baby Products
BPA’s been on our radar screen for some time as a potentially hazardous chemical found in the liners of plastic and tin packaging. I first learned about the compound when water bottles I ordered for a hiking excursion came with … Continue reading
The Hidden Benefit of Going Vegan
I went vegan several months ago for very distinct reasons. I read a book (Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer, the novelist-cum-investigative journalist whose second novel, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, has been made into a movie starring Tom Hanks and … Continue reading
Posted in Factory Farms, Health Concerns
Tagged Animal product, Food, Jonathan Safran Foer, Veganism
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The Problem with Genetically Modified Food
I’ve read an awful lot about genetically modified (“GM”) food. It provokes a fierce reaction, particularly in Europe and Asia, and even among opposition groups in the United States. Yet rarely do I find any evidence that there’s anything at … Continue reading
