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Serving Safer Shellfish: Why The FDA Shouldn't Back Down

Michael F. Jacobson | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Vibrio Vulnificus, Michael Jacobson, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Oysters, Food Safety, Cspi, Gulf Coast, Health, Living News
Michael F. Jacobson

Every summer, like clockwork, a dozen or more Americans with cancer, diabetes, kidney disease, HIV, or alcohol-related liver damage die after eating summer oysters from Gulf Coast states.

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The High Human Cost of Unsafe Food

Marion Nestle | Posted 10.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Food Safety, Bill Marler, Cspi, Food Contamination, Contamination, E. Coli, Green News
Marion Nestle

Center for Science in the Public Interest has a new report out on the 10 foods that cause the most cases of foodborne illness. So how come Congress isn't forcing all food producers to produce safe food?

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Denny's Culinary Crime Spree

Michael F. Jacobson | Posted 08.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Center for Science in the Public Interest, Sodium, Denny's, Lawsuit, Cspi, Living News
Michael F. Jacobson

Is Denny's actually trying to kill off its best customers? In all likelihood, no. After all, the company wants to continue selling Moons Over My Ham...

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Food, Inc. Inspires Moms to Cut the Crap

Sarah Newman | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Center for Science in the Public Interest, Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, White House, Takepart.com, Congress, Childhood Nutrition, California Center for Public Health Advocacy, Obesity, Cspi, Junk Food, Child Nutrition Reauthorization, Food Inc., Nutrition, Moms Rising, Soda, Desperate Housewives, Healthy School Lunch Brigade, School Lunches, Diabetes, Deidre Hall, Andrea Bowen, Childhood-Diabetes, Politics News
Sarah Newman

Parents have had enough. They know their kids need nutritious, fresh ingredients that encourage healthy growth and fuel their minds instead of foods that fuel an obesity epidemic amongst kids.

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Packaged Deceit: How Dietary Supplements and Fortified Foods Fool You

Michael F. Jacobson | Posted 07.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Center for Science in the Public Interest, Bayer, Cancer, Multivitamin, Fortified Foods, Functional Claims, Prostate, Cspi, One a Day, Health, Wellness, Living News
Michael F. Jacobson

For years, Bayer has marketed its selenium supplements to men as a way to prevent prostate cancer. But the evidence that selenium prevents prostate cancer is as skimpy as Paris Hilton's bikini.

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Hey Waiter! There's a Megacalorie in My Stew!

Michael F. Jacobson | Posted 07.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Obesity, Menu Labeling, Nutrition, Cspi, Restaurant Meals, Living News
Michael F. Jacobson

The restaurant industry had resisted calorie labeling for years, but the future is clear: consumers, want nutrition information when they're ordering at restaurants.

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