The U.S. Geological Service has released results of a seven-year study showing that mercury was found in every single fish tested in nearly 300 of the nation’s streams. Mercury levels in nearly a quarter of the samples were found to excede what the government considers safe for consumption. The biggest source of mercury in the […]
Is organic food more nutritious than industrial food? This shameful canard proved that it can still light a fire in the food policy realm when a British “study” concluded that organic food has no special merit nutrition-wise. The Washington Post’s new food wonk, Ezra Klein, chirped that the study was probably right. Plus, organic food is too […]
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All over the country, food banks are running low because of economic hard times. Meanwhile, tons of food goes uneaten. In fact, by some estimates, half of all the edibles we create go to waste. But some groups actually do something about it, collecting otherwise unwanted food and distributing it to the needy. Lately I’ve been […]
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