The Biggest Farm Bill Loser: Cartoon Explains a Corrupt Food System
Food and Water Watch video explains the winners and losers as a result of the US farm bill.
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- Lack of Contact With Natural World Means More City-Dwellers Developing Allergies, Asthma
- 150 Years of Food Safety and the Challenges We Face in the Future
- How to Dry Your Hands Using Just One Paper Towel
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- An Aerial View of BPA: Where Are We Since the Rejected Ban?
Latest Stories in Health
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Ask the Experts: What's Being Done To Combat Rising Allergy Rates in Kids?
Allergies seem to be much more prevalent now than ever before. Are we making progress on figuring out what is going on and fixing the problem? Robyn O'Brien from the AllergyKids Foundation answers.
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Phthalates Increase Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
Phthalates found in cosmetics, personal care products, and plastics may increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes in seniors.
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FDA Issues New “Sweeping Rule” To Reduce Use of Antibiotics in Livestock
New FDA rules says farmers needs a veterinarian prescription for antibiotics.
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Chickens Fed Caffeine, Banned Antibiotics, and Prozac Often Without The Farmer’s Knowledge
Factory farmed chicken feed is laced with arsenic, prozac, tylenol, and caffeine -- and the farmers don't necessarily know, reports new study.
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BPA is FDA's Latest Gift to Food Industry
Without a hint of irony, FDA maintains several web pages with helpful information for parents and others wishing to avoid BPA, such as: “What You Can Do to Minimize Your Infant’s Exposure to BPA.”
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What is Causing Early Puberty In Girls?
New York Times article asks a lot of questions, and doesn't deliver a lot of answers.
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Federal Court Judge Rules: FDA Must Follow Its Own Antibiotic Overuse Order
Judge Theodore Katz rules that FDA must enforce rule limiting the use of certain antibiotics.
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FDA Disputes GMO Labeling Petition Numbers
FDA disputes the number of petition signatures for the Just Label It GMO labeling campaign.
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Maryland Politicians Chicken Out on Arsenic Ban
Maryland's ban on arsenic in chicken feed would have been groundbreaking, but the bill has been gutted by lobbyists.
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Growth in World Contraceptive Use Stalling; 215 Million Women’s Needs Still Unmet
Satisfying the world’s unmet need for contraception would dramatically reduce population growth, easing pressure on natural resources.
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10 Paraben-Free Skin Care Products For Soft, Safe Skin
Clear out your medicine cabinet of skin care options that may harbor harmful chemicals.
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Dietary Cadmium From Contaminated Crops Linked to Breast Cancer
Increased contamination of cadmium in a women's diet is linked to breast cancer.
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Americans Eat the Cheapest Food in the World, But What is It Really Costing Us?
The US spends less on food than any country in the world
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Study Links Air Pollution to Childhood Behavior Problems
Everyone knows that tobacco or alcohol use during pregnancy can have a negative impact on a developing child's health -- but it turns out there's another dangerous environmental factor which might not be so easy to avoid.
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Could Climate Change Increase the Risk of Charles Darwin’s Cryptic Killer?
Climate change could increase risk of Chagas Disease, a parasitic illness caused by kissing bugs.
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CDC Report: Food Imports Responsible for Half of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks
New CDC reports shows that food imports are up and half of food-borne illnesses are from imported foods.
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Will Hooping Green Your Exercise Routine?
Bill Nye was the guy that said driving your car to the gym is literally insane - why not reclaim a piece of childhood through hooping?
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Origami-Inspired Paper Sensor Could Test for Malaria and HIV for Under a Dime
Chemists have designed a new disease sensor that can be printed on an office printer, and take less than a minute to assemble.
