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Horses could soon be slaughtered for meat in US

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Associated Press - By Justin Juozapavicius - Nov. 30 (News Report) - Horses could soon be butchered in the U.S. for human consumption after Congress quietly lifted a 5-year-old ban on funding horse meat inspections, and activists say slaughterhouses could be up and running in as little as a month.

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Canada kept detection of salmon virus secret

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Seattle Times - By Craig Welch - Nov. 30 (News Report) - A decade before this fall's salmon-virus scare, a Canadian government researcher said she found a similar virus in more than 100 wild fish from Alaska to Vancouver Island. But Canadian officials never told the public or scientists in the United States about those tests.

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Anxiety up as more salmon virus found in B.C.

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Seattle Times - By Craig Welch - Nov. 07 (News Report) - Three weeks after a potentially deadly virus was found for the first time in two juvenile wild sockeye on the Pacific Coast, it has been found again — this time in other wild salmon from British Columbia's Fraser River. And while that's caused anxiety among researchers and salmon growers, it's too soon to say whether it signals a fish crisis.

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GM crops promote superweeds, food insecurity and pesticides, say NGOs

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By John Vidal - Oct. 19 (News Report) - Report finds genetically modified crops fail to increase yields let alone solve hunger, soil erosion and chemical-use issues Genetic engineering has failed to increase the yield of any food crop but has vastly increased the use of chemicals and the growth of "superweeds", according to a report by 20 Indian, south-east Asian, African and Latin American food and conservation groups representing millions of people. The so-called miracle crops, which were first sold in the US about 20 years ago and which are now grown in 29 countries on about 1.5bn hectares (3.7bn acres) of land, have been billed as potential solutions to food crises, climate change and soil erosion, but the assessment finds that they have not lived up to their promises. The report claims that hunger has reached "epic proportions" since the technology was developed. Besides this, only two GM "traits" have been developed on any significant scale, despite investments of tens of billions of dollars, and benefits such as drought ...

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Somalis flee to Kenya in search of food

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - By Nazanine Moshiri - Jul. 13 (News) - Somali refugees have become the victims of the worst drought to hit the Horn of Africa in nearly 60 years. Faced with starvation and caught in conflict, thousands of Somalis are fleeing their country and heading for Kenya. They have travelled through harsh conditions with little food or water, and no humanitarian assistance. Many head across the border into northern Kenya to seek help at the Dadaab refugee camp.

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Industries lobby against voluntary nutrition guidelines for food marketed to kids

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Lyndsey Layton, Dan Eggen - Jul. 10 (News Report) - The food and advertising industries have launched a multi-pronged campaign to squash government efforts to create voluntary nutritional guidelines for foods marketed to children. Calling themselves the Sensible Food Policy Coalition, the nation’s biggest foodmakers, fast-food chains and media companies, including Viacom and Time Warner , are trying to derail standards proposed by four federal agencies. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has also lent its lobbying muscle to the effort. The guidelines are designed to encourage foodmakers to reduce salt, added sugars and fats in foods and drinks targeted to children. If their products did not meet the standards, foodmakers following the guidelines would refrain from advertising them to ...

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It's the Ads, Stupid: Why TV Leads to Obesity

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Time - By Alice Park - Jun. 28 (News) - How much TV do your kids watch? If you don't know, you might want to find out, say experts, since the time children spend in front of a TV or computer screen can have a profound effect on their physical and developmental health.

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Growth promoters: If you can’t convince them, sue them

Wed, 25 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Wired - By Maryn McKenna - May. 25 (News Report) - Several environmental groups filed a lawsuit today that alleges the FDA has acted unlawfully, ignoring its own statutory authority, by failing to curb growth-promoting antibiotic dosing despite decades of evidence that it stimulates the emergence of antibiotic resistance, undermining medical treatment and harming human health.

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In China, Fear of Fake Eggs and ‘Recycled’ Buns

Sat, 07 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Sharon LaFreniere - May. 07 (News Report) - Manufacturers calculate correctly that the odds of profiting from unsafe practices far exceed the odds of getting caught.

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Banning Brown Bagging: Chicago School Cracks Down on Homemade Lunches

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Time - By Kayla Webley - Apr. 13 (News) - The days of brown bagging it are over for students in a Chicago school. In an effort to encourage healthy eating, their principal banned lunches brought from home.

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Scientists checking changing Puget Sound chemistry

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Seattle Times - By Craig Welch - Apr. 12 (Special Report) - the shellfish being reared in this cramped government laboratory near the Montlake Cut will play a central role in predicting the future of sea life in Puget Sound. Biologists at the Northwest Fisheries Science Center are doing some of the most sophisticated work anywhere to see how the marine world responds to a major side effect of fossil-fuel emissions: increasingly corrosive seas. As oceans absorb evermore carbon dioxide, pH levels of the world's seas have been dropping. And recent experiments in laboratories around the globe show such shifts in ocean chemistry can spark bizarre and serious changes in plants and animals.

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The 'Health Halo:' Does Organic Food Really Taste Better?

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Time - By Meredith Melnick - Apr. 12 (News) - If a box of chocolate cookies had an "organic" label, would you feel less guilty about eating them? Would you think they were more nutritious, or tastier? Economists who study social psychology refer to something called the "halo effect," a bias in judgment that causes you to assume that one positive attribute comes packaged with a bunch of others.

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China says milk was tainted with nitrite intentionally

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - Apr. 11 (News) - Investigators have found that a tainted milk incident in north-west China which killed three children appears to be a case of intentional poisoning and have detained a suspect, state media said.

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'Is sushi safe?' In wake of Japan crisis, L.A. area restaurants field diners' questions

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Betty Hallock - Apr. 07 (News Report) - L.A. restaurateurs say diners have been asking about the safety of fish from Japan -- especially since officials this week detected increased levels of radioactive iodine in fish caught 50 miles south of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and Tokyo Electric Power Co. announced plans to dump low-level radioactive water into the ocean.

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Honeybees 'Entomb' Hives to Protect Against Pesticides, say Scientists

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Fiona Harvey - Apr. 06 (Special Report) - Honeybees are taking emergency measures to protect their hives from pesticides, in an extraordinary example of the natural world adapting swiftly to our depredations, according to a prominent bee expert. Scientists have found numerous examples of a new phenomenon – bees "entombing" or sealing up hive cells full of pollen to put them out of use, and protect the rest of the hive from their contents. The pollen stored in the sealed-up cells has been found to contain dramatically higher levels of pesticides and other potentially harmful chemicals than the pollen stored in neighbouring cells, which is used to feed growing young bees. "This is a novel finding, and very striking. The implication is that the bees are sensing [pesticides] and actually sealing it off. They are recognising that something is wrong with the pollen and encapsulating it," said Jeff Pettis,

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FDA proposes calorie counts on menus

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - Apr. 02 (News) - Menu labeling requirements proposed Friday by the Food and Drug Administration will require chain restaurants with 20 or more locations, along with bakeries, grocery stores, convenience stores and coffee chains, to clearly post the calorie count for each item on their menus.

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Prisons look to share food costs with Ohio State

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Ann Sanner - Mar. 25 (News) - Looking for ways to save money, the state's correction department and Ohio State University are exploring whether to buy food jointly and in bulk.

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Reactor Core At Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Plant May Have Been Breached

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - Mar. 25 (News Report) - Japan's Self-Defense Force's members and others in protective gear help to transfer workers who stepped into contaminated water on Thursday during their operation at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, at a hospital in Fukushima, northern Japan Friday,

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Radiation from Fukushima exceeds Three Mile Island

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Asahi - Mar. 25 (News Report) - Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, crippled by the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, has discharged more radiation than the infamous Three Mile Island nuclear plant in the United States, according to calculations by the central government.

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Kan widens ban on contaminated food

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Japan Times - By Masami Ito - Mar. 23 (News Report) - Prime Minister Naoto Kan instructed Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato on Wednesday to tell local people not to eat certain leafy vegetables, including spinach, cabbage and broccoli harvested from Fukushima Prefecture, after finding radioactive materials well beyond the legal limit. In addition, shipments of milk and parsley from Ibaraki Prefecture as well as vegetables from Fukushima were also suspended.

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'No need' to expand Japan evacuation zone

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - Mar. 22 (News Report) - Japan said Tuesday there was no need to extend a 12-mile evacuation zone around its tsunami-damaged nuclear plant, despite elevated radiation readings outside the area.

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How Carrots Became the New Junk Food

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Fast Company - By Douglas McGray - Mar. 22 (News) - Jeff Dunn believes he can double the $1 billion baby-carrot business -- and promote healthy eating -- by marketing the vegetable like Doritos. His secret weapon? He knows every snack-marketing trick in the book.

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Quinoa’s Global Success Creates Quandary at Home

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Simon Romero, Sara Shahriari - Mar. 19 (News Report) - But while Bolivians have lived off it for centuries, quinoa remained little more than a curiosity outside the Andes for years, found in health food shops and studied by researchers — until recently.

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Wholesale prices up 1.6 pct. on steep rise in food

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - Mar. 16 (News) - Wholesale prices jumped last month by the most in nearly two years due to higher energy costs and the steepest rise in food prices in 36 years. Excluding those volatile categories, inflation was tame.

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Corn May Be More Vulnerable to Warming, Stanford Study Shows

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Bloomberg - By Rudy Ruitenberg - Mar. 14 (News) - Corn, the world’s second-most- widely grown grain, may be more vulnerable to global warming than previously thought, based on a study led by Stanford University that examined data from field trials.

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