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Sip 'n' Skip California won't ban BPA in baby bottles, sippy cups		19 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 12:58 PM on 19 Aug 2008 With 22 legislators abstaining, the California Assembly voted 31-27 Monday not to ban chemical bisphenol A in baby products. BPA is one of those things you'd like to keep out of your kid; the bill would have banned it from bottles, sippy cups, and other containers for tots. Legislators also voted 36-33 (with 11 abstentions) against a bill that would have banned equally icky chemical PFOA from food ...
Topics: California, food, green living, health, legislation, news, parenting, politics, state politics, toxics (all these topics)

BPA: A-OK? Common chemical in food containers not a health threat, says FDA		18 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 7:15 AM on 18 Aug 2008 Food containers made with common chemical bisphenol A pose no health threat, according to a draft assessment by the Food and Drug Administration. More than 100 government- and university-funded studies have linked BPA to cancer, diabetes, behavioral disorders, and reproductive problems, and an April report from the National Toxicology Program declared there was "some concern" a ...
Topics: food, Food and Drug Administration, green living, health, news, toxics (all these topics)

Any Way You Slice It Corn utensils not helpful without widespread public composting		18 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 1:47 PM on 18 Jun 2008 As an alternative to non-recyclable plastic and Styrofoam, some restaurants have begun offering corn-starch-based utensils and takeout containers. But does cornware really provide a guilt-free way to eat your vegesustainorganaturalocal meal? Though touted as compostable, corn-based utensils can't just be thrown into your garden; they don't biodegrade unless professionally compost ...
Topics: food, green living, news (all these topics)

Down to the Last Drop Nalgene, Wal-Mart back away from BPA		18 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 4:08 PM on 18 Apr 2008 Bottle manufacturer Nalgene will stop using plastic containing bisphenol A in response to concerns from the National Toxicology Program and the Canadian health department that the chemical probably shouldn't be sucked on by kids. Nalgene says it still believes its clear, hard plastic bottles "are safe for their intended use" but says it's responding to customers who "indicated they preferr ...
Topics: business, food, green living, green products, health, news, shopping, toxics (all these topics)

Ew, Toxins Again? U.S. health agency says ubiquitous chemical may harm kiddos		16 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 3:24 PM on 16 Apr 2008 A U.S. federal agency has declared that there is "some concern" that chemical bisphenol A can harm the development of children's brains and reproductive systems. The National Toxicology Program, part of the National Institutes of Health, issued a draft report following up on an 18-month review of BPA. The agency reported more concern than was suggested by its advisory panel, ...
Topics: food, green living, health, news, parenting, politics, toxics (all these topics)

Shoulder the Tap Campaign will let restaurant patrons donate to drinking-water project		13 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 3:49 PM on 13 Feb 2008 Mark your calendars for the week of March 16, when diners at participating restaurants can choose to drink local tap water instead of bottled water and donate $1 to the Tap Project. Proceeds from the project benefit Unicef's efforts to provide clean drinking water to children in developing countries. The Tap Project was started pro bono last year by New York boutique exec Davi ...
Topics: food, green living, news, water crisis (all these topics)

Venti Your Frustration Starbucks will no longer offer organic milk		15 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 4:11 PM on 15 Jan 2008 Photo: gisarah Starbucks will cease offering organic milk to its coffee-quaffing customers at the end of February. The company has offered organic cow juice since 2001 at an extra charge, but "orders of drinks made with organic milk have consistently been a small percentage of total orders," according to a spokesperson. The chain has stopped using milk from cows shot up with artificial ...
Topics: business, food, green living, news, organic food (all these topics)

We Only Read Local Dictionaries Locavore is New Oxford American Dictionary Word of the Year		16 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 10:48 AM on 16 Nov 2007 The word "locavore" has received the esteemed honor of being the New Oxford American Dictionary 2007 Word of the Year. For you non-locavores, the word is defined as "a person who endeavors to eat only locally produced food." It was coined about two years ago by four San Francisco women who popularized the idea of the 100-mile diet. The eco-friendly ter ...
Topics: food, green living, local food, news (all these topics)

Take a Hike Exercise can combat both obesity and global warming, says CDC		12 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 9:54 AM on 12 Nov 2007 Americans facing the triple threat of climate change, obesity, and what-can-I-do-ness can tackle all three by walking or biking instead of driving -- even if just for a half-hour per day -- and eating less red meat. So says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is considering public promotion of everyday exercise as a way to mitigate the challenges of our time. source:� Ass ...
Topics: food, green living, health, messaging, news, vegetarianism and veganism (all these topics)

Dropping (Fatty) Acid Organic food healthier than non-organic, research finds		29 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 5:16 PM on 29 Oct 2007 Who woulda thunk: Organic food is healthier than pesticide-ridden food, according to preliminary results of a four-year study funded by the European Union. Researchers found that organic nosh contained more antioxidants (yum!) and less fatty acids (ew!) than non-organic. Organic milk was found to have up to 80 percent more antioxidants than conventional cow juice, as well as higher amo ...
Topics: agriculture, food, green living, health, news, organic food, scientific research (all these topics)

And For Dessert, Organic Twinkies Pediatrician identifies five foods for parents to buy organic		24 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 4:52 PM on 24 Oct 2007 Like the sound of organic food but don't have the wherewithal to overhaul your entire pantry? Parents should focus their funds on organic milk, potatoes, peanut butter, ketchup, and apples, says pediatrician Dr. Alan Greene. But that doesn't mean you're allowed to mash those five foods together and call it a healthy dinner. source:� The New York Times < Previous \| ...
Topics: food, green living, news, organic food, parenting (all these topics)

Everything's Just Fin Research funded by seafood industry concludes that moms should eat fish		05 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 2:40 PM on 05 Oct 2007 A group of scientists affiliated with the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB) announced conclusions yesterday that new moms and moms-to-be should eat at least 12 ounces of seafood per week to encourage wee ones' brain development. Federal agencies, which advise moms to consume no more than 12 ounces of seafood per week to reduce babies' exposure to ...
Topics: Department of Health and Human Services, food, Food and Drug Administration, green living, health, mercury, news, parenting, scientific research (all these topics)

Into the Drink California may require labels on bottled water, EPA strengthens lead-in-water regulations		27 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 5:08 PM on 27 Sep 2007 Bottled-water companies would have to disclose the source of their H2O under a bill that has passed through the California legislature and awaits the pen of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The bill would require companies to list the minerals, chemicals, and bacteria present in bottled water, as well as whether it came originally from a well, aquifer, spring, or ...
Topics: California, food, green living, health, news, regulation, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Can You Greenwash Yourself With It? Talking Rain adds organic water flavors		13 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 3:18 PM on 13 Sep 2007 Talking Rain now has four flavors of organic bottled water. Wow. From the Archives Permanent Depress. Top 10 most polluted places on earth tallied by Blacksmith Institute. Science Friction. U.S. climate-change research found inadequate in many ways. Swap Meat. Study says eating less red meat improves health, helps fight climate change. News Archives
Topics: food, green living, greenwashing, news (all these topics)

Driving Us to Vegetarianism Animal-rights groups say meat-eating worse for climate than driving		30 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Driving Us to Vegetarianism Animal-rights groups say meat-eating worse for climate than driving With which instrument do you cause more greenhouse-gas emissions: your car key or your fork? It's a question asked in an advertising campaign by the Humane Society, which, along with other big animal-rights groups, is striving to open consumers' eyes to an oft-overlooked connec ...
Topics: advertising, animal welfare, food, green living, news, vegetarianism and veganism (all these topics)

We Have Some Hypocritical Coworkers Animal-rights groups point out the climatic effect of meat-eating		29 Aug 2007	News
Posted at 4:50 PM on 29 Aug 2007 With which instrument do you cause more greenhouse-gas emissions: your car key or your fork? It's a question asked in an advertising campaign by the Humane Society, which, along with other big animal-rights groups, is striving to open consumers' eyes to an oft-overlooked connection: the climatic impact of eating meat. Bolstered by a recent United Nations report ...
Topics: animal welfare, food, green living, news, vegetarianism and veganism (all these topics)

Evian Is Just Evil Misspelled Hatin' on plastic water bottles is all the rage		15 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Evian Is Just Evil Misspelled Hatin' on plastic water bottles is all the rage Forget SUVs and Styrofoam: hip-to-the-times green folk are directing their ire at plastic water bottles. In the last few months, the energy-intensiveness of bottled water -- 1.5 million barrels of oil go into making the bottles for the U.S. market each year, and oodles more to transporting the H2O -- has seeped into ...
Topics: food, green living, health, news, recycling, water pollution (all these topics)

Too, Too Sullied Flesh Meat production spews more greenhouse gases than a three-hour joyride		20 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Too, Too Sullied Flesh Meat production spews more greenhouse gases than a three-hour joyride The next time you chomp a hamburger, think of this: the process of getting that beef to your bun may have spewed more greenhouse-gas emissions than leaving all your house lights blazing while taking a three-hour joyride in your car. Researchers looked at b ...
Topics: agriculture, climate, climate change impacts, food, green living, greenhouse-gas emissions, health, news (all these topics)

Airing on the Side of Caution Chemical dangers to air-breathing animals overlooked, researchers say		13 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Airing on the Side of Caution Chemical dangers to air-breathing animals overlooked, researchers say A new study in Science says regulators have overlooked the effects that thousands of chemicals could have on air-breathing organisms. Such as, for instance, people. In general, regulators study how chemicals accumulate in aquatic-based food chains; they look at how toxics dissolve in water and ...
Topics: food, green living, health, news, scientific research, toxics (all these topics)

Sounds Perfecto to Us Organic farming can yield more food than conventional ag, says analysis		12 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Sounds Perfecto to Us Organic farming can yield more food than conventional ag, says analysis In developed countries, organic farming can yield nearly as much food as pesticide-heavy agriculture, and in developing countries can produce up to three times as much chow, says a new analysis of 293 published studies on organic yields. "My hope is that we can finally put a nail in the c ...
Topics: agriculture, food, green living, news, organic food, sustainable ag (all these topics)

Welcome Back, Kosher Popularity of 'eco-kosher' diet growing in U.S.		10 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Welcome Back, Kosher Popularity of "eco-kosher" diet growing in U.S. Eco-food awareness has undeniably seeped into the mainstream, and religious communities are no exception. More and more, a low-impact diet is seen not just as a matter of health or ethics, but as a spiritual obligation. As evidence, look no further than the quickly growing "eco-kosher" mo ...
Topics: food, green living, local food, news, organic food, religion and spirituality (all these topics)

Putting the Source Before the Cart Regional grocery chains seek 'organic retailer' certification		03 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Putting the Source Before the Cart Regional grocery chains seek "organic retailer" certification In some mainstream grocery stores, organic options are shunted to the side, put in a sort of "Food for Freaks" section where only the bravest shoppers dare to tread. But increasingly, regional chains are getting certified as "organic retailers" ...
Topics: business, food, green living, greening biz operations, news, organic food, shopping (all these topics)

So Long, San Pellegrino Restaurants, schools tap into local water supplies		30 May 2007	Daily Grist
So Long, San Pellegrino Restaurants, schools tap into local water supplies You've heard of eating locally, but the latest fad may be drinking locally. Some restaurants and schools are starting to serve filtered tap water instead of bottled water, citing the eco-impacts of packaging and shipping a product that's already available right thar in the kitchen. But it seems that pushing pints of Perrier is such ...
Topics: Alice Waters, business, food, green living, news (all these topics)

Feed Your Head Alice Waters leads 200-chef brigade to protect wild salmon		10 May 2007	Daily Grist
Feed Your Head Alice Waters leads 200-chef brigade to protect wild salmon Led by celebri-chef Alice Waters, some 200 chefs in 33 states are calling on Congress to protect river habitats and deprioritize hydroelectric dams that cramp Northwest salmon's style. "Wild salmon is one of the unique, authentic heritage foods of the Pacific Northwest," reads a letter that the cooking coalition presented t ...
Topics: Alice Waters, fishing, food, green living, news (all these topics)

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