Category: Other Developments
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Pacific Standard Profiles Former Dentist Fighting Sugar-Industry Involvement in Government Health Standards
Pacific Standard has profiled Cristin Kearns, a former dentist who has partnered with journalist Gary Taubes and researcher Stanton Glantz to fight sugar-industry influence on the U.S. government’s standards for health and dental care using similar tactics as those Glantz used against cigarette manufacturers in the 1990s. Now a researcher working for Glantz at the…
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Alleged Links Between Cancer and Diet Target of Upcoming Harvard Webcast
“Cancer and Diet: The Latest on Processed Meats, Fats and More” is the title of a January 15, 2016, live forum hosted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Webcast faculty, including Harvard Professors Walter Willett and Frank Hu, will discuss the World Health Organization’s classification of processed meat as a “Group 1”…
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Nestle Pens Article Targeting Industry-Sponsored Food Studies
New York University Professor Marion Nestle has penned an opinion article in the January 2016 edition of JAMA Internal Medicine criticizing industry-backed food studies. Pointing to research reviews posted on her Food Politics blog, Nestle alleges that 70 out of 76 industry-funded studies published between March and October 2015 “reported results favorable to the sponsor’s…
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Organic Egg Production Target of Cornucopia Institute Analysis
A new Cornucopia Institute report examines four methods of organic egg production—pasture-based with mobile housing, “pasture raised” using fixed housing with access to adjacent pastures, fixed housing with minimum outdoor access and industrial scale. Titled “Scrambled Eggs: Separating Factory Farm Egg Production from Authentic Organic Agriculture,” the analysis also discusses animal welfare standards and evaluates…
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Alleged Climate Change Threats Target of Upcoming Harvard Webcast
“Climate Change: Health and Disease Threats” is the focus of an upcoming live webcast from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health slated for December 16, 2015. According to promotional materials for the program, health impacts have not featured prominently in international climate change discussions. “Yet, droughts, floods, heat waves, and air pollution related…
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U.S. and Japanese Consumer Groups Denounce GE Salmon
The Center for Food Safety and the Seikatsu Club Consumers Cooperative have joined to jointly decry the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) recent determination that genetically engineered (GE) salmon produced by AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. is as safe to eat as conventional salmon and will have little effect on the environment. At the time of…
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Rudd Center Survey Finds Support for Laws Against Weight Discrimination
The University of Connecticut’s Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity has conducted a study assessing public support for policies and laws that would prohibit discrimination based on weight. Rebecca M. Puhl, et al., “Potential Policies and Laws to Prohibit Weight Discrimination: Public Views from 4 Countries,” The Milbank Quarterly, December 2015. In an online…
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Cornucopia Institute Unleashes Attack on Pet Food Manufacturers
A new report from Cornucopia Institute, a “non-profit food/farm policy research group,” contends the “pet food industry is no different than leading marketers of processed human food when it comes to cheap substitutes and false health claims.” Titled “Decoding Pet Food: Adulteration, Toxic Ingredients, and the Best Choices for Your Companion Animals,” the report is…