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Factory Farming Links:
- Humane Farming Association
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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
US Government Fact Sheet - Pesticide Action
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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.
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
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 - Life's Delicate Balance Causes and Prevention of Breast Cancer by Dr. Janette Sherman
- Fast Food Nation The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser
- Modern Foods The Sabotage of Earth's Food Supply
- The
Slow Poisoning
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by John and Michelle Erb - Download the Precautionary Principle Handbook (PDF 100k)
- Books and videos on the topics of multiple chemical sensitivity and Gulf War syndrome
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News Archives
Recent Food Safety News Headlines
- 11/21/08 - Monsanto Tried to Block Austrian Government Funded Research Showing GE Corn Causes Infertility
- 11/21/08 - GM Maize Disturbs Immune System of Young and Old Mice
- 11/20/08 - Food Allergies Among Children in the US on the Rise
- 11/20/08 - Pesticide Buffer Zones Expanded to Protect Salmon
- 11/20/08 - Toxic Farm Pesticides Threaten Pacific Salmon
- 11/18/08 - OCA Testimony to the NOSB on National Organic Standards (Nov. 17, 2008)
- 11/17/08 - The Future of Food in an Obama Administration
- 11/17/08 - Non-Organic Poultry Consumers Beware: China, America and Melamine
- 11/15/08 - Attack of the Tiny Nano Particles - Be Slightly Afraid
- 11/13/08 - New Study Confirms Genetically Engineered Food Damages Fertility
- 11/11/08 - Genetically-Engineered Food: Potential Threat to Fertility
- 11/11/08 - Fast Food Originates With Corn, Study Says
- 11/10/08 - Tyson Foods Injects Chickens with Antibiotics Before They Hatch to Claim 'Raised without Antibiotics'
- 11/10/08 - Study Establishes Link Between Diet and Stress Induced Cancer
- 11/10/08 - Cities, States Questioning Wisdom of Adding Fluoride Chemicals to Public Water Supplies
- 11/09/08 - Toward a Healthy America: Prevention as Part of the Stimulus
- 11/06/08 - Why Small Plastic Particles May Pose a Big Problem in the Oceans
- 11/04/08 - Studies Tie Bacteria in Beef to Ethanol Byproduct
- 11/03/08 - Infant Formula Makers and Canned Food Producers Called On To Remove BPA
- 10/28/08 - Research Indicates One in Four Thousand Humans Are Carriers of Mad Cow-Like Disease
- 10/27/08 - Sally Fallon: Challenging What You Think You Know about Nutrition & Raw Milk
- 10/27/08 - FDA Conspired with Chemical Industry to Declare Bisphenol-A Harmless
- 10/22/08 - Consolidation in the Beef Industry Has Gotten Too Intense Even for the Bush DOJ
- 10/21/08 - The Story Behind the Corn Industry's Cloying Ad Blitz
- 10/21/08 - Many Nebraska Voters to Decide on Fluoride in Water
- 10/21/08 - Guess Who Funds High Fructose Corn Syrup Studies?
- 10/19/08 - Bottled Water Contains Disinfection Byproducts, Fertilizer Residue, and Pain Medication
- 10/17/08 - America's Food Safety System on Verge of Breakdown, Warns Report
- 10/16/08 - Talcum Powder Linked to Ovarian Cancer
- 10/16/08 - America's Food Safety System on Verge of Breakdown, Warns Report
- 10/16/08 - New Consumer Guide Points to Health and Environmental Risks of Sludge Use in Food Production
- 10/15/08 - New Guide on Sewage Sludge Use in Food Production
- 10/14/08 - CHINA: Nothing Confucian About Toxic Milk
- 10/13/08 - What the Chemical Industry Doesn't Want You to Know About Everyday Products
- 10/13/08 - Farm & Ranch Groups Expose NAIS as Attempt to Confuse Consumers & Destroy Small Livestock Producers
- 10/10/08 - Grist Magazine On Green Cookware
- 10/08/08 - USDA's New Biotechnology Regulations Could Allow Drugs in Food
- 10/08/08 - Toxic Loans, Tainted Food
- 10/07/08 - The Evidence Against Soy - Mercola
- 10/07/08 - Phthalates Linked to Abnormal Genitalia in Baby Boys
- 10/03/08 - Cornucopia Institute: USDA Withholding Documents on Outrageous Rule to Pasteurize Raw Almonds
- 10/03/08 - Is the Toxic Chemical BPA in Canned Food Linings a Hazard for Pets, As Well As Humans?
- 10/02/08 - While Antibiotic-Resistant Bugs Flourish, a House Subcommittee Buries its Head
- 09/29/08 - Citing Cost, USDA Kills Pesticide-Testing Program
- 09/29/08 - A New Breed of Fish Farming
- 09/29/08 - Country Of Origin Labeling: Getting to Know Your Food
- 09/29/08 - Real Food Makes a Comeback: You May Now Kiss Your Local Farmer
- 09/27/08 - Vermont Farm Leader, Linda Faillace, on Why the USDA Will Not Allow US Beef Producer, Creekstone Farms, to Test Cows for Mad Cow Disease
- 09/27/08 - Call for Ban on Eight Dangerous Food Dyes in U.S. Foods
- 09/26/08 - Consumers Fear the Packaging - a BPA Alternative is Needed Now
- 09/26/08 - Aspartame Consumption Again Linked to Degeneration of Brain Neurons
- 09/26/08 - The Financial Crisis and the Food Crisis: Two Sides of the Same Coin
- 09/23/08 - Consumers Rights Recognised: GM Foods Will Be Labelled in South Africa
- 09/23/08 - EPA Won't Limit Toxic Pollutant, Perchlorate, In Drinking Water
- 09/19/08 - Potential Environmental Risks Aren't Part of Chemical Engineers' Training, Poisoning Our Young
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Recent Food Safety Science Articles
- 11/10/08 - Study Establishes Link Between Diet and Stress Induced Cancer
- 11/04/08 - Studies Tie Bacteria in Beef to Ethanol Byproduct
- 10/07/08 - Phthalates Linked to Abnormal Genitalia in Baby Boys
- 10/02/08 - While Antibiotic-Resistant Bugs Flourish, a House Subcommittee Buries its Head
- 09/08/08 - Group's Tests of Bisphenol A Conflict With FDA's Findings That It's Harmless
- 08/19/08 - Study: Fish Kills, Herbicide Possibly Linked
- 06/19/08 - Credibility Gap: Toxic Chemicals in Food Packaging and DuPont's Greenwashing
- 05/22/08 - Nonstick Toxicity
- 05/16/08 - Study Confirms Lead Fragments in Venison
- 04/21/08 - Bisphenol A Can Alter Genes, Study Finds