Food Scares (page3)

Is Meat A Cure-All or a Cause-All? Probably Neither.

This week, researchers published two studies on meat consumption and health. And they have somewhat contradictory messages: According to the latest study (a…
PostedJune 13, 2014 at11:45 am

Putin Calls on United Nations to Regulate GIFs

As we have reported, one of the more notable anti-genetically improved foods (GIFs) activist groups is none other than Vladimir Putin’s despotic Russian regime. Somewhere between annexing…
PostedJune 9, 2014 at11:00 am

Politico Exposes the Anti-Science Left

There’s no shortage of commentators on the political left beating up on people on the political right for being “deniers” when it comes to climate change science. Meanwhile, we…
PostedJune 5, 2014 at8:43 am

Activists: Say No to Affordable Food

Food activists have told us that artificial sweeteners, meat, trans fat, and carbohydrates are the causes of American obesity. The latest food scare comes from Katie Couric’s film, …
PostedMay 28, 2014 at11:03 am

Deniers Double Down on Dangerous Crop Hypocrisy

Activists trying to force labels onto genetically improved foods (GIFs) have a black eye: Almost all of them selectively endorse scientific consensuses, picking and choosing which ones…
PostedMay 15, 2014 at8:29 am

Out-of-State Kooks Impose Anti-Science Labeling on Oregon

Environmental radicals often tout the scientific consensus when it comes to the climate change issue. But when it comes to crops, they’re eerily silent.  The safety of genetically improved foods (GIFs) is well established. The…
PostedMay 13, 2014 at12:29 pm

Katie Couric: Drug Dealer?

Today is the day the nation’s food police have been waiting for: the day Fed Up, a film calling for government control over…
PostedMay 9, 2014 at8:14 am

Italian-Food Freakout From a Familiar Face

We’ve criticized the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) in the past for its propaganda tactics. CSPI is home to wild, press-bait claims, like its classic scare that…
PostedMay 5, 2014 at11:26 am

Michael Pollan’s Greatest Laugh Lines

Last week in The New Yorker, Michael Pollan – a UC-Berkeley journalism professor, an activist, an author, and a journalist — was portrayed as a civil debater who can fairly argue against…
PostedApril 30, 2014 at7:38 am

Your Stomach Would Explode Before BPA Would Harm You

Forbes highlighted a recent study from Canadian government researchers showing that 100 percent of canned food tested for Bisphenol A (BPA)—a chemical used in the production of…
PostedApril 29, 2014 at4:08 pm