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- Aspartame: Causes migraines, memory loss, seizures, obesity, infertility, 92 FDA listed symptoms, including death!
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- Toxic Sludge is Good for You! Lies, Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry by John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton
- CarboPhobia The Scary Truth About America's Low-Carb Craze by Michael Greger, M.D.
- Food Politics by Marion Nestle
- Protecting Public Health and the Environment by Carolyn Raffensperger
- Fast Food Nation The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser
- The Slow Poisoning of America by John and Michelle Erb
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Food Safety Science Articles
- 04/20/12 - New Study Links Autism to High-Fructose Corn Syrup
- 12/07/11 - New Study Shows That Rice May Be Contaminated With Arsenic
- 07/07/11 - It's Not All White: The Cocktail of Up to 20 Chemicals in a Glass of Milk
- 07/05/11 - Autism Study Shows Surprises
- 04/28/11 - Study Ranks Food Pathogens from Factory Farms by Cost to Society
- 03/28/11 - Study: Organic Chicken Carries Significantly Lower Salmonella Risk
- 03/23/11 - Organic Poultry Far Less Prone to Salmonella than Conventional, Study Finds
- 02/08/11 - Junk Food Diet Hits a Child's IQ, Reveals Major UK Study
- 11/15/10 - Exposure to BPA Means Low Number of Sperm
- 08/03/10 - Chemicals in Meat May be Linked to Bladder Cancer
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Food Safety Headlines
- 05/19/12 - Tax on Junk Food Can Help Pay the Costs of Diet-Related Diseases
- 05/16/12 - Ethanol Distillers Grain May Contain Antibiotic Residues
- 05/15/12 - Big Agriculture's Big Secrets: 9 Things You Need to Know About the Food You Eat
- 05/14/12 - GM Foods: The Shocking Cause of Birth Defects
- 05/08/12 - 42% of American Adults will be Obese by 2030, Study Says
- 05/08/12 - As Beef Cattle Become Behemoths, Who Are Animal Scientists Serving?
- 05/08/12 - Study on BPA Health Effects in Monkeys Raises Breast Cancer Concerns
- 05/04/12 - Mad Cow California: What Is Atypical BSE?
- 04/30/12 - Pink Slime and Mad Cow Just the Tip of the Iceberg
- 04/27/12 - Should 'Pink Slime' Be Labeled?
- 04/25/12 - America's Mad Cow Crisis by John Stauber
- 04/25/12 - 'Mad Cow' Finding Highlights Food Safety Gaps, Say Critics
- 04/25/12 - Mad Cow California: Stop Weaning Calves on Cattle Blood
- 04/25/12 - Consumer's Union on Announcement Today of a Confirmed Mad Cow in California
- 04/25/12 - For First Time Ever, Mad Cow Disease Found in California Cow
- 04/25/12 - Mad Cow Number Four: A Closer Look
- 04/24/12 - Mad Cow Disease Confirmed In California Dairy Cow, USDA Says
- 04/24/12 - New Fluoride Warning Coming Soon to Your Water Bills
- 04/23/12 - Some Question Whether Sustainable Seafood Delivers on its Promise
- 04/22/12 - 'Pink Slime' Outrage Goes Viral in Stunning Display of Social Media's Power
- 04/20/12 - New Study Links Autism to High-Fructose Corn Syrup
- 04/20/12 - Why Obama Must Drop Michael Taylor
- 04/18/12 - Farmers Must Spend More on Herbicides as Effectiveness Fades
- 04/18/12 - Four Things Grosser Than Pink Slime
- 04/15/12 - Watch This and You Will Never Drink Conventional Milk Again
- 04/14/12 - Americans Eat the Cheapest Food in the World
- 04/14/12 - Politicians Swallow Pink Slime to Prove Their Allegiance to Corporations
- 04/12/12 - Database Established to Identify Food Fraud Issues
- 04/12/12 - Tell Vilsack No Pink Slime in School Lunches Ever again!
- 04/11/12 - Antibiotics in Your Meat? The Ethanol Industry Might be Partly to Blame
- 04/09/12 - USDA 'Doesn't Know' if You Are Eating Cloned Meat
- 04/07/12 - Banned Drugs Found in Poultry Products
- 04/05/12 - USDA Poultry Inspection Plan Sets Off Dispute
- 04/04/12 - What's Even Grosser Than Pink Slime?
- 04/03/12 - Why the FDA Declines to Ban BPA
- 04/03/12 - Occupy EPA Videos - Helen Caldicott, Alexis Baden-Mayer
- 03/30/12 - Nothing Fishy: Whole Foods will Stop Selling Fish Caught Through Ecologically Damaging Methods
- 03/29/12 - Battle Over Fluoride Warning Intensifies in New Hampshire
- 03/29/12 - Death by Delay: Obama Team Stalls on Chemical Regulation
- 03/28/12 - Factory Farmers Are Hiding the Truth About Swine CAFOs
- 03/28/12 - Tighter Rules for Factory Farm Antibiotics? Maybe
- 03/26/12 - Made from Genetically Modified Bacteria Waste, Aspartame Risks Public Health
- 03/23/12 - Mutated Trout Raise New Concerns Over Selenium
- 03/23/12 - Methyl Iodide: On Verge of Court Defeat, Fumigant Maker Pulls Product
- 03/23/12 - FDA Must Act to Remove Antibiotics from Animal Feed: Judge
- 03/20/12 - Chemicals in Plastic Linked to Rise in Obesity and Diabetes
- 03/13/12 - Organic Produce from China: Can You Trust it?
- 03/12/12 - Arsenic in Brown Rice Syrup: How To Eat Rice Safely
- 03/12/12 - Still a Fast Food Nation: Eric Schlosser Reflects on 10 Years Later
- 03/12/12 - While California Persecutes Raw Milk Farmers, France Unveils Raw Milk Vending Machines
- 03/09/12 - What You Should Know About the Company Pushing Genetically Engineered Salmon on Consumers
- 03/07/12 - Profoundly Flawed Study Used as Basis for CDC's New Report on Supposed "Dangers" of Raw Milk
- 03/07/12 - New Scientific Data Forces Government to Reverse Its Stance on Fluoride in the Water Supply
- 03/06/12 - Campbell's to Ditch BPA from Soup Cans
- 03/05/12 - Partners in 'Slime'
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