Society, Issues, Environment, Food and Drink
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- Answers to some common environmental health questions from NIEHS, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
- Pure Food Campaign acts to require disclosure of what is in food and what has been done in processing it.
- The UK's leading independent watchdog on food issues.
- Information site discussing the reintroduction and development of the ancient grain spelt
- American Council on Science and Health's food safety page.
- Offers information about E.Coli and food safety (E. coli O157:H7). Access to news, information, books and literature searches.
- Part of the US Department of Health, this committee makes recommendations on the safety of food and commercial products. The site is very dry reading, but contains quite a bit of good information.
- Articles intended to educate and raise awareness of the issues of food safety.
- Anna Lappé and Frances Moore Lappé travel the world in search of answers about how societies create inequalities and environmental devastation via food production.
- A public interest and environmental advocacy organization which works to address the impacts of our food production system on human health, animal welfare and the environment.
- Information about pesticides and other toxic chemicals in food. Project of the Environmental Working Group.
- It is estimated that 60 to 80 percent of all cancers are a direct result of chemicals in our air, water and food. Known neurotoxins that we are most commonly exposed to are lead, mercury, cadmium and pesticides. What can we do? (InnerSelf Magazine)
- Introduction to a range of issues currently affecting food and farming such as genetic modification, organic food, food miles and pesticides.
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