Chemical concerns should steer families toward organic food
Portland Press Herald - 10/4/2011. By Avery Yale Kamila – When Sally Struever was pregnant with her 9-month-old son, Jasper Eiermann, she made an effort to avoid the plastic chemical BPA and to eat food free of pesticides. An avid gardener, she tends two organic garden plots, preserves many of the vegetables for winter, and cooks the majority of her food from scratch, avoiding packaged and processed foods. |
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Could BPA predispose girls to breast cancer?
California Watch - 10/4/2011. By Susanne Rust – A new study suggests that early exposure to a chemical found in hard, clear plastics and the linings of cans may cause changes in breast tissue, predisposing laboratory animals to breast cancer. The study, released yesterday in the journal Molecular Endocrinology, adds to a growing body of evidence showing that small amounts of the chemical bisphenol A, or BPA, can cause irreparable damage to developing animals. |
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The mysterious honeybee apocalypse
Daily Mail [UK] - 10/3/2011. By Michael Zennie – Honeybee carcasses coated the ground around hundreds of Florida beehives after a mysterious massacre claimed millions of bees and mutilated a way of life for local bee keepers. Experts have ruled out 'colony collapse disorder' and the bee keepers suspect that their bees were poisoned with pesticide. Florida agriculture officials and the local sheriff's office are both investigating. |
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Wheel of Life: Food, Climate, Human Rights and the Economy Report
Heinreich Böll Stiftung North America - 10/3/2011.By Debbie Barker – The links between climate change and industrial agriculture create a nexus of crises – food insecurity, natural resource depletion and degradation, as well as human rights violations and inequities. This report unravels the interrelated causes of and effects on these issues. |
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