Archive: Mar 2007

Recalled Pet Food Kills Fewer Animals Than PETA

We just came from a fascinating event at the National Press Club in Washington. At noon today, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) vice president…
PostedMarch 30, 2007 at12:00 am

It’s As Simple As Saying “No”

A new study on children’s advertising released by the Kaiser Family Foundation has food activists up in arms. And, as usual, some not-so-surprising statistics have spawned invasive policy proposals…
PostedMarch 30, 2007 at12:00 am

Blame Canada

Yesterday Canada’s national public health agency adjusted its standards for trace levels of mercury in several kinds of fish. Based on recent science (click here, here, and…
PostedMarch 29, 2007 at12:00 am

Canadian Headlines, Yesterday’s News

Today dozens of Canadian newspapers ran stories on the latest gloomy obesity report. Headlines like "Obesity dooms Canadian children to shorter lifespan" and "Generation XL facing shorter life…
PostedMarch 28, 2007 at12:00 am

Ten Essential Mercury Facts

OK — you’re still confused about harmless traces of mercury that have always been in the fish you eat. A major Harvard study concluded that the health benefits…
PostedMarch 27, 2007 at12:00 am

Irradiation (Finally) Getting Its Due; Anti-Tech Activists Incensed

On Sunday, NBC’s Dateline profiled a cutting-edge technology that could work wonders for the American food supply … if activists would just let it. (Click here for video.) Irradiation…
PostedMarch 27, 2007 at12:00 am

Vegan ‘Physicians’ Group, Heal Thyself

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) chief attorney Dan Kinburn appeared at a San Francisco legal conference on Friday, and a funny thing happened on the way…
PostedMarch 26, 2007 at12:00 am

Calling In Fat

Stomach aches, sore throats, and hacking coughs are standard excuses for calling in sick, but a recent report released by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts hints that employees’…
PostedMarch 26, 2007 at12:00 am

Practice (And Really Expensive Technology) Makes Perfect

Comparing apples to oranges just doesn’t cut it. In order to describe the difference between the findings of a recent obesity report by the Avon Longitudinal Study and the…
PostedMarch 23, 2007 at12:00 am

CSPI’s Chop-Hooey Leftovers

Do these people really have nothing better to do with their time? Yesterday, the self-described food police at the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) published a…
PostedMarch 22, 2007 at12:00 am