Scientific Study
February 1, 2007
Web Note:
While this study suggests that moderate fish consumption is healthful, a recent UN report shows that most of the world's fisheries are maxed out. Similarly, research has also shown that farmed fish spread harmfull parasites to wild fish populations. We recommend wild caught fish from sustainably managed fisheries - such as Alaska - or catching your own.
The benefits of eating moderate amounts of fish greatly outweigh the
Read more Scientific Study
March 7, 2007
Ocean Fisheries Maxed
Out
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By Stephen Leahy,
Inter Press Service, March 7, 2007. "
Two-thirds of
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News
January 16, 2007
TOPEKA, Kansas, January 16, 2007 (ENS) - Kansas has issued fish consumption advisories for 2007 that set guidelines for mercury and polychlorinated biphenyls, PCBs, in fish, perchlorate in fish and other aquatic life, and lead and cadmium in shellfish.
With the advisories, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks identify species of fish that should be eaten in limited quantities, or in some cases, avoided altogether because of contamination found in tested fish.
Kansas recommends not eating specified fish or Read more
With the advisories, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks identify species of fish that should be eaten in limited quantities, or in some cases, avoided altogether because of contamination found in tested fish.
Kansas recommends not eating specified fish or Read more
News
December 19, 2006
From: CommonDreams.org
PRESS RELEASE DECEMBER 19, 2006
CONTACT:
Food and Water Watch
Jen Mueller (202) 797-6553
jmueller [at] fwwatch.org
Suspicious Shrimp Could Make You Ill
WASHINGTON - December 19 - Consumer health risks of eating imported shrimp may include neurological damage from ingesting pesticides, an allergic response to penicillin residues or an infection by an antibiotic-resistant pathogen, according to a new report by Food & Water Watch.
"Consumers should be outraged that most of the shrimp served Read more
PRESS RELEASE DECEMBER 19, 2006
CONTACT:
Food and Water Watch
Jen Mueller (202) 797-6553
jmueller [at] fwwatch.org
Suspicious Shrimp Could Make You Ill
WASHINGTON - December 19 - Consumer health risks of eating imported shrimp may include neurological damage from ingesting pesticides, an allergic response to penicillin residues or an infection by an antibiotic-resistant pathogen, according to a new report by Food & Water Watch.
"Consumers should be outraged that most of the shrimp served Read more
News
August 14, 2006
The giant food corporations have one mission: selling more food and beverage products to consumers. Succeeding with that mission depends on keeping consumers in the dark on certain issues such as the presence cancer-causing chemicals found in popular food products.
Here are ten things the food corporations, whose products dominate grocery store shelves across the United States and other countries, absolutely do not want you to know.
1. The ingredients listed on the label aren't the only things in the food. Cancer-causing chemicals such as acrylamides may be formed in Read more
Here are ten things the food corporations, whose products dominate grocery store shelves across the United States and other countries, absolutely do not want you to know.
1. The ingredients listed on the label aren't the only things in the food. Cancer-causing chemicals such as acrylamides may be formed in Read more
News
July 18, 2006
Dear Dr. Von Eschenbach:
When you were working for the National Cancer Institute you declared
a goal of "eliminating suffering and death due to cancer by
2015". If you really mean it you should immediately recall
aspartame, an excitoneurotoxic carcinogenic drug masquerading as an
additive used by 70% of the population and over 30% of
children. That it causes cancer is a given. Read FDA's own audit on
aspartame, the Bressler Report, mentioning such things as
adenocarcinoma and brain tumors. Jerome Bressler exposed how Searle Read more
When you were working for the National Cancer Institute you declared
a goal of "eliminating suffering and death due to cancer by
2015". If you really mean it you should immediately recall
aspartame, an excitoneurotoxic carcinogenic drug masquerading as an
additive used by 70% of the population and over 30% of
children. That it causes cancer is a given. Read FDA's own audit on
aspartame, the Bressler Report, mentioning such things as
adenocarcinoma and brain tumors. Jerome Bressler exposed how Searle Read more
Scientific Study
July 11, 2006
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Many imports of canned tuna have mercury levels higher than the federal limit, according to analysis by an environmental group.
Defenders of Wildlife found the highest levels of mercury in tuna from Ecuador and Mexico -- countries known for setting nets where they see dolphins to catch large tuna swimming below.
"They tend to catch larger, more mature fish, which tend to have higher levels, being at the top of the food chain," said Bob Irvin, the group's senior vice president for conservation.
The group is a longtime advocate of dolphin-safe Read more
Defenders of Wildlife found the highest levels of mercury in tuna from Ecuador and Mexico -- countries known for setting nets where they see dolphins to catch large tuna swimming below.
"They tend to catch larger, more mature fish, which tend to have higher levels, being at the top of the food chain," said Bob Irvin, the group's senior vice president for conservation.
The group is a longtime advocate of dolphin-safe Read more
News
June 21, 2006
WASHINGTON - June 21 - Hurricane season has only been underway for three weeks, but our lawmakers in Washington are already unleashing their own form of damage to our nation's coasts. The House Committee on Resources is today marking up a domestic energy production bill (H.R. 4761), which includes a pollution-promoting provision that would permit oil and gas platforms to be converted to offshore fish farms.
Known as "Rigs to Reef," this section would allow energy companies to avoid paying the costs of removing their rigs if the Secretary of Interior allows the rigs to be abandoned Read more
Known as "Rigs to Reef," this section would allow energy companies to avoid paying the costs of removing their rigs if the Secretary of Interior allows the rigs to be abandoned Read more
News
June 7, 2006
Dear Consumer,
Do you know which seven dangerous food ingredients to watch out for in your groceries? These are the "deadly seven," as I call them, and they can directly promote heart disease, migraines, obesity, outrageous food cravings, osteoporosis, diabetes and even birth defects.
The top three most dangerous ingredients I've found in my research are:
1) Sodium nitrite -- causes cancer, found in processed meats like hot dogs, bacon, sausage. Used to make meats appear red (a color fixer chemical).
2) Hydrogenated oils -- causes heart disease Read more
Do you know which seven dangerous food ingredients to watch out for in your groceries? These are the "deadly seven," as I call them, and they can directly promote heart disease, migraines, obesity, outrageous food cravings, osteoporosis, diabetes and even birth defects.
The top three most dangerous ingredients I've found in my research are:
1) Sodium nitrite -- causes cancer, found in processed meats like hot dogs, bacon, sausage. Used to make meats appear red (a color fixer chemical).
2) Hydrogenated oils -- causes heart disease Read more
News
February 28, 2006
If you love fish but avoid it because you're worried about high mercury content, you may be in luck -- if you live in Northern California, that is. Pacific Seafood Group, a large fish wholesaler, has partnered with Holiday Quality Foods, a chain of 19 grocery stores in rural Northern California, to test-market fish labeled as low-mercury. Fish to be sold under the new Safe Harbor brand will be tested for mercury before being packaged, and only those with mercury levels well below the FDA-recommended level of one part per million will make the cut. At least half of the fish tested are
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for Aspartame and MSG