Canned Foods

Canned Foods: Where Do You Draw The Line?

Kitchen Daily | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Canned Olives, Canned Food, Video, Canned Chicken Broth, Gross Canned Foods, Canned Spam, Canned Corn Beef Has, Canned Foods, Canned Chickpeas, Canned Chili, Canned Bacon, Slidepollajax, Canned Mushrooms, Canned Cranberries, Canned Black Beans, KitchenDaily News

We're thankful for canned foods. They've played a major part in the innovations of our food systems and have certainly kept many bellies fed. But let'...

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What Should You Stock Up On For A Disaster?

Posted 01.24.2012

Read More: Disaster Preparedness, Video, Disaster Relief, Canned Foods, Joy Bauer, Nutrition, Healthy Living News

When you think about disaster preparedness and food, nutrition is probably not the first thing to come to mind. But many of the foods that are best fo...

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Hormone Disruptors in Canned Food: New Worries

McKay Jenkins | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Bpa Cans, Canned Foods, Bpa, Toxic Substances Control Act, Bpa Canned Food, Canned Food, Senator Frank Lautenberg, Frank Lautenberg, BPA Canned Soup, Green News
McKay Jenkins

Should tomatoes that were grown without pesticides still be considered "organic" if they'd been steeping in BPA? And come to think of it, when was the last time you saw mention of any ingredient for any package of the food you eat?

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Trick or Toxic? The Chemical Industry's Newest Tricks on Your Kids' Health

Dara O'Rourke | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Food Safety, Chemicals Policy, Bpa, Canned Foods, Bpa Baby Bottles, Food Politics, Green News
Dara O'Rourke

Until the FDA does its job, people need to ask their favorite food companies to phase out BPA in their cans and to ask their regulators to not be spooked by the chemical industry's latest tricks.

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BPA Exposure Worse From Canned Food Than Plastic Bottles

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Living, Toxic Chemicals, Bpa, Toxic, Canned Foods, Reuters, Toxins, Green News

The exposure to BPA from canned food "is far more extensive" than from plastic bottles, said Shanna Swan, a professor and researcher at the University...

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Shay Kelley, Homeless Woman, Visits All 50 States, Helping Homeless In Each State

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shay Kelley, Homelessness, Homeless, Jobless, Joblessness, Recession, Unemployment, Canned Foods, Food Banks, Feeding Homeless, Project 50/50, Impact News

After losing her marketing job at AT&T and getting her car stolen within a matter of days, 24-year-old Shay Kelley soon found herself out on the stree...

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Eco Etiquette: How Do I Avoid The Sneakiest Sources Of BPA? (Part 2)

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Industrial Chemicals, Bisphenol A, Bpa Baby Bottles, Green News, Bpa, Canned Foods, Food Politics, Nalgene, Green Living Advice, FDA and BPA, Toxic Chemicals, Green News
Jennifer Grayson

Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. I received an outpouring ...

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Eco Etiquette: How Do I Avoid The Sneakiest Sources Of BPA?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Green Living Advice, Bpa, Industrial Chemicals, Canned Foods, Food Politics, Bpa Baby Bottles, Bisphenol A, Sigg, FDA and BPA, Nalgene, Eden Organic, Green News
Jennifer Grayson

Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. My daughter opened up my ...

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Tests Find Wide Range of Bisphenol A in Canned Soups, Juice, and More

Naomi Starkman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bpa, Consumers Union, Fda, Canned Foods, Consumer Reports, Green News
Naomi Starkman

Consumer Reports' latest tests of canned foods, including soups, juice, tuna, and green beans, have found that almost all of the 19 name-brand foods tested contain measurable levels of Bisphenol A (BPA).

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Why It's So Hard Not To Be Fat

Christina Pirello | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Fat, Weight Loss, Sugar, Pesticides, Fast Food, American Diet, Prevention-Magazine, Steroids, Weight Loss Tips, Herbicides, Fast Food Industry, Weight, 1950s, Papa-Johnss-Pizza, Salt, Wendy's, McDonald's, Marketing, Processed Food, Losing Weight, Food Marketing, 1950s-Housewife, Canned Foods, Growth Hormones, Weight Gain, Blackberry Addiction, Pollan Food, Food Labels, Weight Control, Michael Pollan, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Health, Real Food, Toxic Waste, Consumer Protection, Heart Attack, Healthy Living News
Christina Pirello

Fat, sugar and salt; the triple threat to our waistlines... and health. Mere decades ago, the food industry made a conscious choice to seduce the Amer...

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How Eden Foods Pioneered BPA-free Cans

Nena Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Healthy Eating, Bpa, Bpa-Free, Canned Foods, Non-Gmo Project, Eden Foods, Bisphenol A, Dangers of Bpa, Green News
Nena Baker

With a growing awareness about BPA -- a commonly used compound in cans and bottles -- and its links to a range of human diseases, Eden Foods recently began labeling its cans "BPA-free."

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If a Pregnant Woman Told You BPA Was Safe, Would You Believe Her?

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, California, Canned Foods, Toxic Free Babies, Bpa Baby Bottles, Bpa, Food Safety, Marketing, Fda, Health, Healthy Living News
Christopher Gavigan

The end is near, BPA industry, best put your money into R&D for a safer alternative instead of poorly thought out marketing plans

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Rebranding Spam: Hormel Pushes Cheap Meats During Downturn

AP | EMILY FREDRIX | Posted 05.25.2011

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