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What Poison Will Maryland Chickens No Longer Eat?

The Baltimore Sun | Michael Dresser | Posted 02.28.2013 | DC
Read More: Weird Maryland, Arsenic, Chickens, Video, Arsenic Chicken Feed, Roxarsone, Arsenic Chicken, Chicken Feed, Maryland Agriculture, Maryland Laws, Maryland, DC News

As of New Year's Day, arsenic is officially off the menu for Maryland chickens. The nation's first statewide ban on the use of additives in chicken f...

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The 4 Biggest Food Stories of the Year (And What They Taught Us)

Andy Bellatti | Posted 02.16.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Twinkies, Pink Slime, Hostess, Meat Glue, Chicken, Genetically Modified Food, Food, Rice, Beef Processors, School Food, Food Safety, Arsenic, Proposition 37, School Lunch, Nutrition, Lean Finely Textured Beef, Tuna Scrape, Healthy Living Health News, Healthy Living News
Andy Bellatti

Last year, I wrapped up the year in food and nutrition stories with a detailed chronological summary. This time, I want to highlight four of the year's most significant events in the realm of food, food politics, and nutrition -- and the lessons they imparted.

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Lynne Peeples

Centuries-Old Poison Still Used In Poultry Feed, Pesticides

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 10.22.2012 | Green
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Industrial food production has enlisted many innovative, albeit controversial, tools in recent years -- broad-spectrum pesticides and genetically modi...

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Lynne Peeples

Arresting Arsenic: How A Notorious Poison Permeates Our Food And Drink

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 10.10.2012 | Green
Read More: Arsenic, Pesticides, Water Contamination, Video, Food Contamination, Agriculture, Epa, Arsenic Rice, Consumers, Fda, Industrial Agriculture, Green News

A French maid, a promiscuous husband, and an angry wife -- the first arsenic poisoning patient that Dr. Michael Harbut saw in his Michigan practice wa...

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High Levels of Arsenic Found in Rice

Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff | Posted 11.25.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Fda, Arsenic, Rice, Food, Healthy Food, Healthy Living Health News, Onsumer Reports, Arsenic Rice Products, Personal Health, Baby Formula, Fda Arsenic Rice, Natural Health, Arsenic Rice, Healthy Foods, Arsenic in Rice, Healthy Living News
Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

The FDA and Consumer Reports recently released lab reports detailing just how much arsenic is in rice products -- and found that many brands contain more arsenic in a single serving than what the EPA allows in a quart of drinking water.

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10 Ways to Get Arsenic Out of Your (and Your Kids') Diet

Maria Rodale | Posted 11.25.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Maria Rodale, Dawn Undurraga, Arsenic in Food, Sonya Lunder, Arsenic, Maria's Farm Country Kitchen, Environmental Working Group, Arsenic in Rice, Healthy Living News
Maria Rodale

by Sonya Lunder and Dawn Undurraga, of the Environmental Working Group (EWG) Although scientists and government regulators have long known about...

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'Green News Report' - September 20, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 11.20.2012 | Green
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Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

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How Does Arsenic Get Inside Rice?

Posted 09.20.2012 | Science
Read More: Farming, Arsenic, Video, Rice, How Does Arsenic Get Into Rice, Toxic Element, Agriculture, Arsenic Rice, Food, Rice Arsenic, Science News

By: Life's Little Mysteries Staff Published: 09/19/2012 06:15 PM EDT on Lifes Little Mysteries Arsenic-laced rice products being reported in the n...

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Arsenic and Rice: Concerning Levels of Known Human Carcinogen Found in Tests of More Than 200 Consumer Reports Samples

Jean Halloran | Posted 11.19.2012 | Home
Read More: Arsenic, Rice, Fda, Consumer Reports, Arsenic Rice, Home News
Jean Halloran

Arsenic is already considered to be one of the most potent carcinogens in our environment, but a new analysis suggests that it may be even more potent than previously thought.

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The Hidden Dangers of Drinking Water

Dr. Susanne Bennett | Posted 09.18.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Pesticides in Water, Arsenic, Chlorine, Alkaline Water, Toxins in Water, Fluoride, Reverse Osmosis, Purified Water, RO Water, Filtered Water, Tap Water, Drinking Water, Personal Health, Natural Health, Wellness, Healthy Living News
Dr. Susanne Bennett

These countless microorganisms and toxins in tap water can contribute to allergy symptoms and disease. Removing these chemicals from your drinking water will significantly reduce your internal toxic load and may improve your body's natural ability to deal with allergy symptoms.

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Advocates Beat Big Chicken in Maryland to Ban Arsenic in Feed

Michele Simon | Posted 07.28.2012 | Home
Read More: Arsenic, Pesticides, Chicken, Food Politics, Home News
Michele Simon

Who is ready for some good news? I thought so. Last week, Maryland became the first state in the nation to ban the use of arsenic in chicken feed. W...

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Burning Old Computers Threatens Ghana's Health

Ben Barber | Posted 07.17.2012 | Green
Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Recycling, Arsenic, Computers, Ghana, Pollution, Chromium, Agbogbloshie Market, Accra, E-Waste, Green News
Ben Barber

Not far from the heart of one of Africa's biggest cities, Accra, Ghana, black clouds of toxic smoke rise from an outdoor recycling operation that is converting America's used computers into copper, gold and other useful materials.

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There's Arsenic In Our Chicken

New York Times | Posted 04.05.2012 | Home
Read More: Caffeine, Arsenic, Chicken, Antibiotics Chicken, Caffeine Chicken, Arsenic in Chicken, Arsenic Chicken, Home News

Let’s hope you’re not reading this column while munching on a chicken sandwich. That’s because my topic today is a pair of new scientific st...

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Why Aren't Men More Outraged by the Oral Contraceptives Debate?

John Blumenthal | Posted 05.09.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Arsenic, Prophylactics, Chivalry, Rush Limbaugh, Oral Contraception, Roy Blunt, Viagra, Rick Santorum, Sluts, Diaphragms, Groucho Marx, Sandra Fluke, Spermicides, 1958, Oral Contraceptives, Fifty News
John Blumenthal

So here's the question, guys: Why is this considered a "women's issue"?

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A Bitter Sweetener in Baby Formula

Dr. Gary Ginsberg | Posted 04.23.2012 | Green
Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Rice, Arsenic, Diabetes, Sweeteners, Baby Formula, Arsenic Rice, Rice Arsenic, Green News
Dr. Gary Ginsberg

Taking a crop high in arsenic and concentrating it down into a syrup and then putting that into baby formula sounds like a terrorist plot on a TV drama. Unfortunately, it's actually happening.

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Is There Arsenic in My Baby Formula?

Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff | Posted 04.23.2012 | Parents
Read More: Dr. Alan Greene, Ewg, Arsenic, Brown Rice Syrup, Baby Formula, Parents News
Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

Last week's findings of arsenic in organic brown rice syrup may be even more frightening to parents than last year's discovery of arsenic in apple juice. That's because organic brown rice syrup is ubiquitous in natural products -- it's used as a substitute for high fructose corn syrup.

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'Green News Report' - December 22, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 02.21.2012 | Green
Read More: Epa, Arctic Ice Melt, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Power Plants, Green News Report, Pollution, Climategate, Coal, Methane, Offshore Drilling, Video, Oil Spill, Oil Drilling, Conservatives, Fossil Fuels, Americans for Prosperity, Big Oil, Corporate Media, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Tea Party, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Carbon Emissions, Environmentalism, Permafrost, State Department, Shell Oil, Arctic, Toxic Chemicals, Energy Efficiency, Media Matters, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Water, Keystone XL Pipeline, Mercury, Green News, Toxic Waste, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Lisa Jackson, Africa, Plastic, Occupy, Genetically Modified Foods, Factory Farming, Famine, Gmos, China, Salmon, Nigeria, Innovation, Drought, Toxic Water, Texas, Arsenic, Occupy Wall Street, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Breaking:...

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Lynne Peeples

EPA's Air Toxics Standards A 'Great Victory,' Say Public Health And Environmental Advocates

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 12.21.2011 | Green
Read More: Energy, Arsenic, Epa, Asthma, Mercury, Power Plants, Birth Defects, Air Pollution, Clean Air Act, Coal-Fired Plants, Green News

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unveiled historic new rules on Wednesday that would limit the mercury, arsenic and other toxic pollutants in ...

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'Green News Report' - December 15, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 02.14.2012 | Green
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Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Arsenic a...

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Is There Arsenic In My Kids' Apple Juice?

Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff | Posted 02.04.2012 | Parents
Read More: 365 Everyday Value, Dr. Oz, Apple Juice, Arsenic, Arsenic Apple Juice, Juice, Rep. Henry Waxman, Gerber Organic, Parents News
Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

Last week, the news broke that Consumer Reports had found traces of arsenic in apple juice. Naturally, I was alarmed. Although we don't keep juice in the house, my kids do drink apple juice in restaurants and friend's houses. Could I have unintentionally exposed them to poison?

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FDA Revisits Rules On Arsenic In Apple Juice

AP | By MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 01.31.2012 | Home
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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration is considering tightening restrictions for the levels of arsenic allowed in apple juice after consumer ...

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Still No Regulation to Keep Poisons Off Our Plate

Andrew Gunther | Posted 08.16.2011 | Home
Read More: Arsenic, Fda, Perdue Farms, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, Big Ag, Chicken Feed, Pfizer, Antibiotics in Meat, Alpharma, Home News
Andrew Gunther

Most of the rest of the world recognizes that adding a known poison to something you are going to eat is not a great idea. For example arsenic is prohibited from being added to any animal feed in Europe.

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If It Quacks Like a Doc

Linda Bergthold | Posted 07.29.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Quackery, Fda, Cure for Cancer, Herbal-Treatments, The-Medical-Board-of-California, Arsenic, San Francisco Chronicle, Bufotenine, Cancer, Edward Feng, Healthy Living News
Linda Bergthold

People seek alternative treatments with no evidence of effectiveness when they are desperate. But not only do these treatments not cure cancer, they can be seriously harmful.

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Mountaintop Removal, an American Tragedy (VIDEO)

Rebecca Tarbotton | Posted 06.07.2011 | Green
Read More: Energy, Appalachia, West Virginia, Selenium, Greenhouse, Pollution, Mountains, Explosion, Rainforest Action Network, Arsenic, Dynamite, Mining, Susan Sarandon, Environment, Mountaintop Removal, Cancer, Green News
Rebecca Tarbotton

The impact of mountaintop removal mining is hidden from most us. If you don't live in Appalachia it's easy not to see the devastation that the practice has caused.

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I Demand Cheaper Electricity

Michael Kieschnick | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Brain Damage, Mercury, Arsenic, Electricity, Republicans, Coal, Epa, Power Plants, Coal Industry, Clean Energy, Coal Lobby, Green News
Michael Kieschnick

Few would demand that mercury remain an essential ingredient of our electricity. Yet that is precisely what the powerful dirty coal industry would want you to believe.

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