Estrogen with that drink?
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CNN reported last week on at least two children, ages 10 and 13 being treated for aggressive breast cancer.
It’s apparently part of a broader trend of breast cancer striking earlier and earlier.
Chemicals, food ingredients and learning disorders
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Much of the U.S. regulatory system covering toxins is based on assessing individual chemicals and their effects on human health, rather than what happens in the real world-where we are exposed to multiple chemicals that interact with each other in a variety of ways. In a new article published in the peer-reviewed Behavioral and Brain Functions Journal, led by former FDA researcher Renee Default and co-authored by IATP’s David Wallinga, M.D., among others, researchers look at the links between child learning and behavior disorders, low-level mercury exposure, mineral deficiencies and food additives. Continue Reading
A scary surprise in Halloween face paints
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Just in time for the horrors of Halloween, the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics released a new report on the presence of heavy metals in face paints (Pretty Scary: Could Halloween Face Paint Cause Lifelong Health Problems?) today.
Researchers found that of the 10 face paints tested, all contained detectable levels of lead (from Continue Reading
Think Forward
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IATP works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems.
Grain reserves vs. world hunger and market volatility
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With world hunger surpassing one billion people, in a time of extreme market volatility, IATP’s Sophia Murphy has authored a new report exploring the option of strategic food reserves.
Why agriculture and the climate bill don’t mix
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by Julia Olmstead | September 25, 2009 • It seems everyone is in a tizzy over agriculture and the climate change bill. Environmentalists are mad about concessions given to farm-state legislators to get the bill—known as “Waxman-Markey,” after its two principal sponsors—through the House last July. Continue Reading
G-20 must boost social investment
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by Ben Lilliston | September 29, 2009 • At the top of the agenda for the upcoming G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh on the global economic crisis should be a commitment toward greater investment in social programs, according to Social Watch—a global network of civil society organizations.
New database exposes the pervasiveness of toxins in our daily lives
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by Katie Rojas-Jahn, September 22, 2009 • It seems like everyday when I turn on the news there’s a story about another product recall or unsafe chemical in consumer products. When I hear these stories, I can’t help but wonder how widespread the problem of toxic chemicals really is. Continue Reading
Why Danish farmers stopped feeding antibiotics to their animals
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by David Wallinga, September 21, 2009 • A war of words has erupted between the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and some leading advocates for reducing unnecessary antibiotics in animal feed, like Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Pew Commission on Industrial Animal Production.
The best public estimates currently say that 70 percent of all Continue Reading
Here’s to the real Mr. Potato Head
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by Devin Foote | September 17, 2009 • (Devin Foote is a 24-year-old beginning farmer at Common Ground Farm in Beacon, New York. Throughout the growing season, Devin will be chronicling his experiences as a young farmer growing for a local food system.)