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- 03/11/10 - Over 130,000 Cases of Diabetes Linked to Soda Consumption and High Fructose Corn Syrup
- 03/08/10 - Banned in 160 Nations Yet U.S. FDA Regards it as Safe?
- 03/04/10 - Foodborne Illness Costs US $152 Billion Annually
- 03/04/10 - Dirty Secrets of Farmed Salmon
- 03/04/10 - 100 Percent of Fish in U.S. Streams Found Contaminated with Mercury
- 03/02/10 - Our Flame Retardants - Ourselves
- 03/02/10 - America's Deadliest Sweetener Betrays Millions, Then Hoodwinks You With Name Change
- 03/01/10 - Pig Business: Who Owns Your Food Owns You
- 02/25/10 - American Meat Institute Is Pushing Irradiation as the Solution to E. coli
- 02/25/10 - Recirculating Aquaculture Systems: The Future of Fish Farming?
- 02/25/10 - Consumers Beware: Nine Food Label Lies
- 02/17/10 - Why Feeding Chicken Manure and Slaughterhouse Waste to Cows is a Bad Idea
- 02/15/10 - Anger Fuels Water-Fluoridation Debate in Watsonville
- 02/10/10 - 39% of Bagged Salads Have Too Much Fecal Bacteria
- 02/04/10 - FDA Shifts Position - Now Has Concerns about BPA Risks
- 02/03/10 - Are You Eating a Livestock Drug Banned by 160 Nations?
- 02/03/10 - A Ban on Hormonal Meat is Three Decades Overdue
- 02/01/10 - CPC & OCA Petition to the FDA: Imminent Hazards of Hormonal Meat
- 01/31/10 - Bacteria Linked To Feces Found In Nearly Half Of Fast Food Soda Fountains
- 01/29/10 - Help Amend the Food Safety Modernization Act
- 01/28/10 - Neurotoxic Chemical Common in Foods
- 01/27/10 - Target to Stop Selling Farmed Salmon
- 01/27/10 - And the Winner of the USDA Food Safety Sweepstakes is ...
- 01/23/10 - Good Fish, Bad Fish
- 01/21/10 - Obama Appoints Monsanto Man as FDA Food Safety Czar
- 01/18/10 - Chemicals Coat Apples Decades after Alar Scare
- 01/15/10 - Shah Sworn In As USAID Administrator
- 01/15/10 - Environmental Group Gives First-Time Nod to Sustainable Salmon-Farming Method
- 01/14/10 - How Can I Avoid Genetically Modified Foods?
- 01/12/10 - E. Coli, Salmonella and Other Deadly Bacteria and Pathogens: Factory Farms Are the Reason
- 01/11/10 - Is the Obama Administration Speaking Out of Both Sides of its Mouth About Food?
- 01/10/10 - Every Year 25 Percent of Americans, 33 Percent of Canadians Get Sick from What They Eat
- 01/09/10 - A Dangerous Spin on the Cancer Risks of a Sugar-Free Sweetener
- 01/06/10 - Window Cleaning Chemical Injected Into Fast Food Hamburger Meat
- 01/06/10 - A Fish Oil Story
- 01/04/10 - After Scary Year, Will Food in 2010 Be Any Safer?
- 01/04/10 - Ammonia-Treated Pink Slime Now in Most U.S. Ground Beef
- 12/27/09 - Is There a Mad Cow on My Dinner Plate?
- 12/22/09 - Many More Europeans May Be Incubating Mad Cow Disease
- 12/21/09 - How to Avoid Foods Made with GMOs
- 12/18/09 - Report Reveals Flaws in US Food Tracing System
- 12/18/09 - Second Wave of CJD Begins: Most Recent Victim had Different Gene
- 12/16/09 - Vaccines, Prions, Genetic Modification, Mad Cows, and You
- 12/11/09 - Food Safety Experts Say They Won't Eat These 7 Foods
- 12/09/09 - Center for Food Safety and Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy Petition FDA to Remove Arsenic from Animal Feeds
- 12/08/09 - Salmon: Clean, Green Super-Food or Battery Hens of the Sea?
- 12/06/09 - U.S. Cancer Epidemic Coming from Toxic Chemicals in Food and Environment
- 12/02/09 - American Meat Institute Misleading Consumers about E. Coli Contamination
- 12/02/09 - What Does Food Sovereignty Look Like?
- 12/02/09 - Fish Populations Reveal 'Shocking' Declines
- 12/01/09 - New Study by Consumer Reports Asks How Safe Is Your Chicken Dinner?
- 11/27/09 - Mad People Create Mad Cow Disease, Part I
- 11/25/09 - Turkey Toxin? No Thanks
- 11/24/09 - Tiny Pesticide Exposure During Pregnancy Can Have Long-Term Impact on Female Offspring
- 11/20/09 - FDA Postpones Raw Oyster Ban
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Recent Food Safety Science Articles
- 12/02/09 - Fish Populations Reveal 'Shocking' Declines
- 10/29/09 - Researchers Link Low-Level Mercury Exposure, Zinc Deficiency and Learning Disorders
- 10/06/09 - New Study Finds that Healthy Foods Carry Hidden Dangers, but Ignores the Role of Industrial Agriculture
- 09/27/09 - Irradiated Foods Cause MS in 3 Months
- 09/01/09 - A Bad Mix: Exposure May be "Safe" Only With One Chemical at a Time.
- 08/04/09 - Study Finds Pesticide-Free Diet May be Beneficial for Children
- 07/10/09 - Scientists Warn of Hazards of GMOs
- 07/06/09 - Preservatives in Meat Linked to Dementia
- 07/02/09 - Study Confirms Increase in Wheat Gluten Disorder
- 06/19/09 - Artificial Sweeteners May Contaminate Water Downstream Of Sewage Treatment Plants And Even Drinking Water
News Archives
Aspartame
- Aspartame: Causes migraines, memory loss, seizures, obesity, infertility, 92 FDA listed symptoms, including death!
- Aspartame and other artificial sweeteners contaminate water and are not removed during sewage treatment.
- Facts About Splenda (pdf 62kb)
Fluoridation
- Adverse Health Effects Linked To Fluoride with references
- Preventative Dental Health Association
- International Society for Fluoride Research
- America - Overdosed on Fluoride
- STOP Fluoridation USA
- Fluoride Action Network
Food Safety Alert
Tell the EPA to Cancel the Registration of Methyl Iodide! 
Food Safety Bills in Congress
House Passes H.R. 2749, the Food Safety Enhancement Act
Senate Committee Passes S. 510
Factory Farming
- Humane Farming Association
- The Meatrix
Flash Video on factory farming - Sewage Sludge Homepage
- Grace Public Fund Factory Farming Action Alerts
- Grace Factory Farm Project aims to stop factory farming, from the Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE).
Hormones
- Friends of the Earth page on beef hormone dispute between U.S. and Europe
- USEU Official archive of documents about the US-European Union Dispute on EU Hormone Ban
Pesticides
- Children's Pesticide
Exposure via Food Products
US Government Fact Sheet - Pesticide Action
Network
- Pesticide
Action Network Updates Service
PANUPS is a free international news service covering the latest pesticide research, regulatory and other policy decisions, and pesticide- and agriculture-related activism. - Environmental Working Group information on pesticides and other toxic chemicals in your food.
- Shopper's Guide to Pesticides
This handy iPhone app and wallet-sized guide tells you which foods to avoid or buy organic when you're shopping.
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