Climate Change on Your Plate
I read that red salmon practically vanished from Alaska this year. They were once abundant, and clockwork-dependable and now, nada. It's not just the fish. Other species are suffering, whales and manatees and so much declining, becoming extinct from under us.What's happening feels so big. Recycling and cutting out plastic straws is a step but not a big one.If we really want to do something, it's time to look at the facts about the environment and what we eat.A haunting article in ...
Is Nano-Tech a Ticking Time Bomb?
How Safe is Nano-Tech? Nanotechnology is here. Nano operates in the Quantum Realm, where physics gets strange, the world isn’t always as it seems and particles can exist in two places at once. What you might not know is that it’s everywhere in products from food to makeup to clothing. Is nanotechnology a ticking time bomb?Nano is not like anything found in nature. Nano-particles cannot be seen, even under an ordinary microscope. Different chemical, physical and even biologic ...
Is the FDA So Asleep it’s Dreaming all’s OK? Nano Versus GMO
By now, everyone's heard of GMOs, genetically modified food. You may think GMOs are the frankenfood of nightmares, potentially triggering bad reactions from allergies to immune and metabolic disorders. You may also know that the U.S. Congress, blessed by the President, has enacted the DARK Act as the law of the land, officially and legally known as the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act (right?).States must follow the federal law, however effective (or not) it may turn out to be in ...
US & EU Agree: No Time for Public Health, We’ve Got Corporate Interests at Stake Here!
A just leaked draft food trade agreement leaves no question that, as between both the US and Europe, “public health is losing out to corporate interests in a big way.” According to the experts at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), the documents show that public health and food safety are at risk while the public remains clueless.The obscure Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement (see it in the news any time lately?) addresses important ...
Top 3 Reasons to Plant Your Own Veggies
Gardening is on the rise. Here are the top 3 reasons we think it's a great idea to grow your own.1. The economy.Have you seen the price of veggies, especially organic ones? Ditto with fresh herbs, berries, etc. Fact is, gardens create very low-cost (or free) food, which is why generations of people planted kitchen gardens throughout history. It is only recently that gardens became relegated to a hobby rather than a sensible part of every home with the space to support it. We ...
Radioactive Tuna on Rye? They Say It’s Safe…
Not that the contamination of the seas is any real news to people (think Garbage Island, aka Pacific Trash Vortex), but we have reached a new "milestone" of sorts with today's news that radioactive tuna is now swimming in California waters. Kind of puts a damper on sushi, not to mention the classic tuna on rye."There's no real cause for concern," say the authorities. Um, thanks but no thanks. Not that the scientists are insincere and even they are noting that the second genera...
Glowing Meat Anyone? Japan’s Radiation Fallout
As if there wasn't enough to worry about post-Fukushima, now the hamburgers are radioactive. According to a New York Times story today, beef contaminated by radiation is hitting the Japanese markets. Despite government assurances that radioactive cesium doesn't create immediate adverse health consequences, as one Japanese meat man put it, “Nobody will ever want to eat beef from Fukushima again.” Good. Hopefully, at this point, we're all a little less ...
Poison and What We Eat
... Steven Pearlstein of the Washington Post wrote recently about the hostile "hyperbole and poisonous rhetoric from the business lobby" that seeks to resist anything that doesn't let business do what it wants. He talks about the energy industry, but it definitely applies to big agri-pharma-food businesses too."Attack," (like in trained dog) is how we'd characterize the basic lobbying style. Attack anyone and everyone who disagrees with you with the most vile and false claims all the ...
