Posts Tagged ‘ health ’

Honest Food Guide Shows What Your Body Really Needs

August 31, 2010
By Beth Buczynski
Honest Food Guide Shows What Your Body Really Needs

We've all seen the "Food Pyramid," but did you know that this so-called healthy eating guide was really dreamed up by food industry goons at the last USDA sleepover?
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Will A New Drinking Water Rule Help Protect Public Health?

June 29, 2010
By Beth Buczynski
Will A New Drinking Water Rule Help Protect Public Health?

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to revise a national primary drinking water regulation to achieve greater public health protection against waterborne pathogens in the distribution systems of public water systems.
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FDA Needs More Time to Decide Whether to Feed Our Pets Mad Cows

April 14, 2009
By Beth Buczynski
FDA Needs More Time to Decide Whether to Feed Our Pets Mad Cows

Wait- whhhaaattt?! That’s right folks, a new FDA regulation aimed at keeping beef bits ridden with Mad Cow disease (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, or BSE) out of animal feeds that was slated to take effect on April 27th, has suddenly been delayed by 60 days. What for? On their website, KAAL TV of Austin, MN...
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