Will the Food Safety Bill Make Food Safe?
As I flew home Friday, I realized the irony of the shirt I was wearing. It said “Put a trial lawyer out of business. Pass food safety reform BEFORE Thanksgiving.” Oops. Guess that didn’t happen. Then...
View ArticleThe ‘Creepy’ Science Behind GM Salmon
When the FDA announced just before Labor Day that it found the genetically engineered AquAdvantage salmon safe, news headlines and even Alaska Senator Mark Begich called it a “frankenfish.” A closer...
View ArticleS. 510: A Study in How Much You Trust Government
Editor’s Note: We’ve asked Jill Richardson, author of “Recipe for America: Why Our Food System is Broken and What We Can Do to Fix It” for a behind-the-scenes analysis of the legislative battle over...
View ArticleSewage Sludge as Fertilizer: Safe?
Using sewage sludge – one of two end products from any wastewater treatment plant (the other is effluent) – as fertilizer on food crops is a hotly debated food safety issue, but only among a very small...
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Meet the Four Categories of Nanofoods
Are you eating nanofoods? While it might sound like the latest diet trend among anorexics, the term refers to the use of nanotechnology – particles as small as a billionth of a meter – in food. And...
View ArticleA Magic Wand for Food Safety?
Editor’s note: If you had a magic wand, how would you conjure up sustainable and safe ways to feed the world? We asked several people to consider the possibilities. Here is the first response, from...
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Deadly African Ebola Virus Linked to Bushmeat
“There’s a live animal caught in a poacher’s snare!” yelled Isaac Maina as he took off running through the bush to reach it. Maina leads the African Network for Animal Welfare’s monthly “desnaring”...
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