food safety

A shift is underway to promote sustainable local economies, in part, a necessary response to increased fuel costs, and global warming threats. Creating a local food economy means...

How to avoid the perfluorochemicals which stay in our bodies for decades and produce serious health effects.

I don't know what concerns me more; the number and type of chemicals that we use to grow "food" in this country, or the fact that we will soon no longer have any reliable information about the number and type of chemicals that we use to grow "food" in this country. Check out this story to learn why what you don't know CAN hurt you.

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From the article: "Food is all tied up with politics, and there are a few things we eaters need to understand about this. For our own safety. So we can make better choices. This is a pretty short primer on the basics, but there are a lot of great links in here that can help you get the full picture of our food system."

A look at two of the issues surrounding the recent downer cows debacle.

A peer-reviewed study of pesticide levels in Mercer Island children, found that the urine and saliva of children eating a variety of conventional foods from area groceries contained biological markers of organophosphates, the family of pesticides spawned by the creation of nerve gas agents in World War II.

When the same children ate organic fruits, vegetables and juices, signs of pesticides were not found.

Why doesn't it occur to people that if you raise animals in cleaner and more humane conditions with more space, there's less risk of contamination?

Over the summer, as Americans fired up their grills, the Topps Meat factory here scrambled to produce thousands of frozen hamburger patties for Wal-Mart and other customers, putting intense pressure on workers. 

As output rose, federal regulators said in interviews, the company was neglecting critical safeguards meant to protect consumers.

For all you kids out there worried about drinking a bad cup of milk.

Brands Include Banquet, Albertson’s, Food Lion, Great Value, Hill Country Fare, Kirkwood, Kroger, Meijer, Western Family

The crackdown begs a fundamental question. If we’re finding so much tainted product when we look, what is it that we’re not looking for? The FDA, it is now well known, inspects about 1% of the food imports that arrive on U.S. shores. What’s the next melamine?

If the e.coli scare is affecting your leafy salad choices today, check out 5 fast salad recipes that don't use lettuce but do use lots of good flavor.

As announced today by the World Wildlife Fund, The American Albacore Fishing Association, based in San Diego, CA was officially certified by the Marine Stewardship Council as the world’s first sustainable fishery.

Oh great. New dog food recalls. And this time the FDA is saying the humans feeding their pets could be at risk, too.