Archive: May 2007 (page2)

CSPI Files Already Expired Lawsuit

Wondering if the food police are more concerned with self-promotion than with public health? Here’s your answer. This morning the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)…
PostedMay 16, 2007 at12:00 am

Gotham Lawmakers: Freedom And Fun Are Hazardous To Your Health

As part of its ongoing attempt to regulate the fun out of childhood, New York City’s busybody City Council has banned metal bats at public-school baseball games. The ostensible…
PostedMay 15, 2007 at12:00 am

Percolating A New Food Scare

Forget reefer madness. Health activists are now saying that the real gateway drug is caffeine. On Sunday, Boston Globe contributor (and high school English teacher) Ron Fletcher offered his expert…
PostedMay 14, 2007 at12:00 am

The Inside Track On Fat And Health

Dr. Jimmy Bell can be counted among those who believe that it’s what’s inside that counts. And now he can prove it. Bell’s team of molecular imaging experts in Great…
PostedMay 11, 2007 at12:00 am

Animal-Rights Public Health Outrage Of The Week

"Consumers have good reason to steer clear of fish." That’s the bizarre verdict of Amy Lanou, a nutritionist with the animal-rights Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). We’ve…
PostedMay 10, 2007 at12:00 am

A Bad Day For HSUS’s ‘Humane Wayne’

We almost feel sorry for Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) president Wayne Pacelle. Yesterday’s animal-welfare hearing in a U.S. House Agriculture subcommittee was anything but…
PostedMay 9, 2007 at12:00 am

Fear And Loathing In The Pantry

Food cops like Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) executive director Michael Jacobson pride themselves on "finding something wrong with practically everything." And their killjoy campaigns are…
PostedMay 8, 2007 at12:00 am

Meet The New Animal-Rights Sugar Momma

Would the most influential woman in the oddball history of the radical animal-rights movement take one step forward? Not so fast, Ingrid Newkirk. That role now…
PostedMay 7, 2007 at12:00 am

Judge Throws Out CSPI-Inspired Lawsuit

On Wednesday the Center for the Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) received yet another legal smackdown from the judicial establishment, as Federal Judge James Robertson dismissed a…
PostedMay 4, 2007 at12:00 am

Is Obesity Just A State Of Mind?

Food activists love to blame "Big Food" for turning a profit from obesity. But few ever wag their fingers at those most responsible for the hype about the "obesity…
PostedMay 3, 2007 at12:00 am