March 19th, 2010 By Olga Bonfiglio
Are Americans willing to jeopardize their health with GMO foods?
Jeffrey Smith, author of Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies about the Safety of the Genetically Engineered Foods You Are Eating (2003), is convinced that they are not, so he started the Campaign for Healthier Eating in America, which calls for the elimination of GMO foods altogether. Read More
November 20th, 2009 By Robyn O'Brien
The landscape of health has changed. No longer are our families guaranteed a healthy livelihood, not in the face of the current rates of cancer, diabetes, obesity, Alzheimer’s and allergies. In the words of Elizabeth Warren, Harvard University law professor who is head of the Congressional Oversight Panel, “We need a new model,” and we need a new food system. It’s our health on the line.
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October 26th, 2009 By Robyn O'Brien
Ever wonder what this food fiasco is costing us? You and me? Taxpayers? Well, the Economist recently assembled these jaw-dropping food safety stats in a “Farm to Fork” article in their October 9 issue:
1. There are 26,000 food poisoning cases per 100,000 Americans, every year (an eye-popping 26% of the population)
2. Compare that to only 3,400 cases in the UK, and just 1,200 in France. Stunning.
3. 76 million Americans become ill with food poisoning. That’s as if every child in America were to get sick. All 75 million of them. And then some.
4. Insufficient food safety is costing the US $35 Billion a year (as a benchmark, the entire 2009 budget for the FDA was only $2.4 Billion).
According to the article, “the wave of food scares that has swept America over the past few years has caused a crisis in the country’s $1 trillion food industry” and is resulting in a food fight of epic proportions. Read More
March 17th, 2009 By Robyn O'Brien
Over the weekend, headlines rocked the food allergy world that a cure for the peanut allergy was in the pipeline. Read More