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Factory Farming Links:
- 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).
Antibiotics Links:
- The Food Commision Campaigning for safer, healthier food in the UK
- Facts and Data on Antibiotics & Factory Farming
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Seafood Links
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- Consumer Action Guide to Sustainable Seafood
- Pocket Seafood Guide to choose fish that are not overharvested (PDF)
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Hormones Links
- Friends of the Earth page on beef hormone dispute between U.S. and Europe
- USEUOfficial archive of documents about the US-European Union Dispute on EU Hormone Ban
Pesticides Links
- Global Recognition
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Multiple Chemical Sensitivity - Children's Pesticide
Exposure via Food Products
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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.
Aspartame Links:
- Facts about Splenda
- Aspartame Consumer Safety Network
- Aspartame? Say No! migraines, memory loss, seizures, obesity, infertility 92 FDA listed symptoms including death!
- Aspartame Victims Support Group Website
- Información del Aspartame en Espanol
- Facts About Splenda (pdf 62kb)
Fluoridation Links:
- Adverse Health Effects Linked To Fluoride with references
- Preventative Dental Health Association
- International Society for Fluoride Research
- America - Overdosed on Fluoride
- STOP Fluoridation USA
Important Books
- Toxic
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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
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- Fast Food Nation The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser
- Modern Foods The Sabotage of Earth's Food Supply
- The
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- Books and videos on the topics of multiple chemical sensitivity and Gulf War syndrome
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News Archives
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Recent Food Safety News Headlines
- 05/08/08 - New Food Safety Rules May Do More Harm Than Good
- 05/08/08 - EPA Ignoring Toxic Perchlorate Rocket Fuel in Drinking Water
- 05/08/08 - EPA not Super-Interested in Keeping Rocket Fuel Out of Drinking Water
- 05/07/08 - Report Targets Costs Of Factory Farming
- 05/06/08 - Nutrasweet - A Look at the History of Deception Behind Its Marketing (Part 2)
- 05/06/08 - EU Proposal to Allow U.S. Practice of Feeding Slaughterhouse Waste to Pigs & Chickens Sparks Outrage in Europe
- 05/06/08 - South Korean Consumers, Worried About Mad Cow, in Uproar over Government Lifting Ban on U.S. Beef Imports
- 05/05/08 - Court Orders Tyson to Suspend Ads For Antibiotic-Free Chicken
- 05/05/08 - Outrage at European Moves to Feed Animal Remains to Chickens
- 05/03/08 - U.S. Slow to Take Action on Phthalates, Bisphenol-A Chemicals in Plastics
- 05/03/08 - Study Links Parkinson's Disease With Chemical Exposure to Pesticides
- 05/02/08 - Common Chemical in Plastic Bottles, BPA Headed For Possible Ban
- 05/01/08 - Hazardous BPA Still Allowed in Plastic Bottles & Can Liners
- 05/01/08 - USDA Isn't on Board With Beef Industry's Downer Cow Ban
- 05/01/08 - Critics Fault Industry's Influence
- 04/30/08 - Nutrasweet - the History of this Toxic Chemical and Its Promotion (Part 1)
- 04/30/08 - New Report Spells Out the Critical Health Risk in Adding Human Antibiotics to Animal Feed in U.S. Farms
- 04/29/08 - The Criminalization of Raw Milk: A Mennonite Farmer is Hauled Away
- 04/29/08 - New Stealth Chemicals Hidden in Your Food
- 04/29/08 - Killer Lice
- 04/28/08 - Democrats Push Food Safety Bill Despite Concerns
- 04/26/08 - How Does Aspartame Damage Your Brain?
- 04/25/08 - What's for Dinner? Corn Ethanol, Feedlot Pollution, and Food Safety
- 04/24/08 - Yes, There Is a Toxin-Free, Sustainable, Farmed Fish. And Damn if it Ain't Tasty
- 04/24/08 - Judge Orders Tyson Foods to Stop Ad Campaign
- 04/21/08 - Bisphenol A Can Alter Genes, Study Finds
- 04/19/08 - Food Safety on the Butcher's Block
- 04/17/08 - Tom Philpott on the School Lunch Crunch: Higher Food Prices Mean Crappier Cafeteria Fare for Kids
- 04/16/08 - Toxic Chemical in Plastic Bottles & Cans Damaging Children's Brains and Reproductive Organs but Government & Chemical Industry Remain Unconcerned
- 04/16/08 - Canada First to Label Bisphenol A as Officially Dangerous
- 04/15/08 - The Food Irradiation Plot: Why the USDA Wants to Sterilize Fresh Produce and Turn Live Foods into Dead Foods
- 04/15/08 - USDA Promoting Irradiation of Foods and Ignoring Consumer Concerns
- 04/13/08 - 'Secretive' Chemicals Being Hidden in Food Under 'Artificial Flavors' Label
- 04/10/08 - USDA Finds Widespread Violations in Slaughterhouses
- 04/09/08 - E-coli in Conventional Lettuce: New Government Report Shows FDA Fails to Protect the Public
- 04/09/08 - Fish Farm Plans Under Scrutiny
- 04/08/08 - Modern Supermarkets: Palaces of Poisons
- 04/04/08 - Direct and Indirect Cellular Effects of Aspartame on the Brain
- 03/28/08 - The End of Antibiotics
- 03/28/08 - Nanotechnology Could Revolutionise Food, But Will Consumers Swallow It?
- 03/27/08 - How the Monterey Bay Aquarium Makes its Safe-Seafood List -- Plus a Seafood Recipe You Can Feel Good About
- 03/26/08 - Foul Fowl: Public Interest Group Releases Expose on Contaminated Chicken
- 03/26/08 - USDA Admits Sick & Diseased Cattle Are Regularly Being Slaughtered for Human Consumption
- 03/24/08 - How Safe is the U.S. Food Supply ?
- 03/23/08 - FDA Cites Discredited Industry Science in Justifying High Levels of Contaminants in Infant Formula
- 03/23/08 - How Food Companies Fool Consumers with Food Coloring Ingredients Made From Petrochemicals
- 03/23/08 - Food and Water Watch Launches National Restaurant Campaign to Take Back the Tap
- 03/14/08 - Rachel's Democracy & Health News #950
- 03/14/08 - Hawaii Senate, House Consider Resolutions on Aspartame
- 03/13/08 - Artificial Sweetener Persists in the Environment
- 03/12/08 - High-Tech Technology Changes Face of Farmworkers
- 03/12/08 - Expert Dr. Michael Greger Says 'Get Downer Cattle Out of the U.S.Food Chain'
- 03/11/08 - Hazardous Levels of Big Pharma's Drug Residues Ending Up in Drinking Water in U.S. Cities
- 03/11/08 - GMO News Update - March 10, 2008
- 03/11/08 - Labs Don't Have to Report 'Frankenfish' Escapes
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Recent Food Safety Science Articles
- 04/21/08 - Bisphenol A Can Alter Genes, Study Finds
- 04/04/08 - Direct and Indirect Cellular Effects of Aspartame on the Brain
- 03/13/08 - Artificial Sweetener Persists in the Environment
- 02/08/08 - ALERT: USDA Extends Comment Period: Stop Deceptive Labeling of "Naturally Raised" Meat
- 01/30/08 - Alert: Unlabeled Allergens in Food Threaten Children's Health
- 01/27/08 - Open Letter to Congress About Hidden Allergens in Unlabeled Genetically Engineered Foods
- 12/26/07 - Factory Farms: The Evolution of a Lethal New Microbe
- 12/05/07 - A Fishy Definition of Organic
- 11/29/07 - USDA Proposal for Leafy Greens Would Harm Sustainable Farmers/Environment
- 09/19/07 - FDA Continues Pushing Natural Herb Sweetener Stevia Out of U.S.