Tag: Insights
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The Dark Side of Marketing Healthy Food to Children
In response to the public outcry over the negative impacts of junk food marketing to children, food companies have started using popular media characters to market “healthy” foods to children. These products include …
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Opposition Escalates Over Faulty Southern Leg of Keystone XL Pipeline
As if Bishop and his neighbors haven’t been through enough from the invasion of this Canadian company taking their property via eminent domain and then bulldozing their land, now they watch as Michels digs up and rebuilds dozens of …
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How Did Hepatitis Get into Organic Berries?
The latest example of how even health-conscious eaters are not immune from foodborne illness outbreaks came last week with a recall of organic frozen berries contaminated with Hepatitis A. The products were sold under the brand name of Townsend Farms …
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San Onofre Is Dead and So Is Nuclear Power
As of early this year, Southern California Edison’s path to a re-start at San Onofre seemed as clear as any to be expected by a traditional atomic tyrannosaur. But with help from Sen. Boxer (D-CA) and Senator-to-be Markey (D-MA) and a powerful citizen …
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Sandra Steingraber’s Manifesto: Illinois Fracking Rules a Betrayal of Democracy and Science
“Knowing that our own government has abdicated its responsibility to protect the safety and well-being of the citizenry, knowing that no one is coming to save us, we declare our intent to save ourselves …”