Book Reviews

Anna Hackman of Green-Talk reviews 'Hey, Mr.

In Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health (2002), Marion Nestle, a leading nutritionist and then-chair of the NYU department of nutrition, food science, and public health, shows that calling ketchup a vegetable is just the tip of the regulatory iceberg. The book is a thorough and often shocking review of the historically cozy relationship between the food industry and the US government, and how that relationship has affected the food regulations (and deregulation) that determine the quality and the marketing of the food we eat.

There are some shocking revelations in Lomborg’s new interview with Salon over his new book. Lomborg apologizes for his “reckless hyperbole” in “comparing Gore, Bill McKibben, the Natural Resources Defense Council, New Scientist magazine to the leaders of the Inquisition“, admitting in retrospect ‘That’s actually a little disturbing‘.