June 19, 2019
Stories tagged "food"
April 24, 2019
Changing our mentality around food waste
Food waste is not only a terrible thing when 15 million U.S. households are food insecure but the one-third of our food supply that we waste is a major contributor to climate change. Yesterday was Stop Foodwaste Day and while most people likely they don’t think...April 11, 2019
96 People Fall Ill Due To E Coli Outbreak
Nearly 100 people in 5 states have been sickened due to the latest E. coli outbreak, with eleven of those people being hospitalized since the first case was reported in early March. Symptoms of E. coli 0103 are serious, including watery or bloody diarrhea, fever,...February 21, 2019
Climate change increases risk of food-borne illness
As climate change continues to warm our planet, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that governments around the world must take increased precaution to ensure food safety–something that has not received enough political attention. U.N. agencies and...February 14, 2019
Eating Ultra-processed Foods Correlates to Higher Mortality
A study published on Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) based on research conducted in France found that an increase in the consumption of ultra-processed foods appears to result in overall higher mortality risk in adults. According to...February 4, 2019
Interview with Ertharin Cousin On Climate and Food Insecurity
Ertharin Cousin is the Distinguished Fellow at the Center on Food Security and the Environment and the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law. Ertharin is also a Distinguished Fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. She previously served as...Rubber chicken is not fake news!
If you thought those frozen chicken nuggets from Perdue and Tysons Foods tasted terrible, there could be a reason why — they had bits of rubber and wood and unlabelled other products like milk (an allergen) in them. Consumers found pieces of “soft, blue...January 11, 2019
Already High Food Contamination Risk Is Increasing Due To Gov’t Shutdown
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has spent the better part of the last two days trying to reassure the public that food safety is not at risk during the shutdown. On Wednesday and Thursday, through a series of tweets, Dr....February 22, 2018
Mayors Battle EPA, Bottled or tap, 100,000 Enviro Voters, Puerto Rican Voting Block, Toxic Masculinity, Drugs in the Hudson!
Our Daily Planet: Mayors Battle EPA, Bottled or tap, 100,000 Enviro Voters, Puerto Rican Voting Block, Toxic Masculinity, Drugs in the Hudson! Campaign URL Copy Facebook 0 likes Twitter 0 tweets Google +1 Subscribe Past Issues RSS Translate English العربية Afrikaans...February 6, 2018