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Editorial:
The Very Best
By Martin Rowe
Organics
Under Fire: The U.S. Debate Continues
By
Ronnie Cummins
As
continuing media reports indicate, large-scale factory-style
farming is breaking
down at its
most vulnerable point—the safety of its products.
Seeds
of Doubt
By Hillary Hoffman
Since the early 1990s, conpanies
like Monsanto, Novartis, DuPont and Calgene have been creating and marketing
foods such as tomatoes, potatoes, corn, soybeans and milk that have been
genetically altered. These products, which contain the genetic material
of other organisms, are often sold unlabeled, even though scientists are
still uncertain of whether genetically modified foods are safe for human
health.
How
Safe is Your Soy?
By
Hillary Hoffman
If you're a vegetarian and
think your food is safe, think again. It may be tainted with pesticides,
herbicides or genetic modification.
Fad
Diets: Feeding Our Obsession
By
Vanessa Alford
In our desperation to be
forever beautiful, we often turn to popular diet books for answers. These
books are loaded with promises such as permanent fat loss with no hunger,
increased energy and physical perfomance, reversal of disease and so on.
It sounds so good, yet it's impossible to know whom to believe. |
