Tag: binge/purge
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#BingeAndPurge: Nano, Polio, POM, Peru and More
White House Blocking EPA Efforts to Issue Rules on Nanomaterials // Cases of ‘Non-Polio’ Paralysis Rise After Polio Vaccination Drives // Federal Judge Rules General Mills Is Allowed to Mislead Consumers about “Fruit” Products // FTC Judge Rules Pomegranate Juice Maker Used Deceptive Ads // ‘The Voice’ judge Will.i.am goes to Oxford University climate change…
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#BingeAndPurge: Weight, Loss, Whooping Cough and more
HBO’s ‘Weight of the Nation’ Pounds Away at Obesity // TV Show ‘Girls’ Adds to the Muddle on HPV Testing // Obama Says Frackers Must Reveal Chemicals Used on Public Lands…but only after Drilling is Finished // How Sniffing Rosemary Could Boost Your Brain Power // Let Food Be Your Medicine and Medicine Be Your…
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#BingeAndPurge: Do You Want Lies With That?
Fukushima reactor No. 4 vulnerable to catastrophic collapse // Amish farm kids remarkably immune to allergies: study // How Researchers Came Up With Nutrition Requirements // Chemist declares fluoride to be ‘one of the greatest public health threats of modern times’ // Charges against Rick Simpson withdrawn // Arizona bans funding to Planned Parenthood in…
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#BingeAndPurge: Kashi, Monster, Windsor Hum and more
All Hail the Robotic Farmers of the Future // Kashi promises (some) ‘natural’ products will be GMO-free // Human genes engineered into experimental GMO rice being grown in Kansas // In downtown Portland, mayoral candidates are in for Voodoo’s doughnut eating contest Friday // USDA Knew of Monsanto GM alfalfa contamination in 2005
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#BingeAndPurge: Poses, Promises, Cage-Free Change and more
Ron Wyden’s nuclear field trip: Fukushima poses ongoing danger* Video: Wyden Discusses a Recent Onsite Tour of Fukushima* 6 Portland neighborhood health food stores that put localvores first* Growing Hope by Growing Cities* Seed Lady Network Goes Live!* State Threatens to Shut Down Nutrition Blogger* We’re all playing the Hunger Games in real life* Food…
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#BingeAndPurge: Strains, Summit, Seafood and more
Hug Coca-Cola Vending Machine, Get ‘Free’ Soda* FDA & federal judge shut down PA Amish farm for selling raw milk* More people stricken with E. coli through raw milk from Wilsonville, OR farm* PDF: Scientists Identify Hypervirulent Salmonella Strains* Farm group seeks U.S. halt on “dangerous” crop chemicals* Op-Ed: Time to get tough on vaccine…
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#BingeAndPurge: Beer, Bugs, Drugs and more
#TheSimpsons Mural in #Chernobyl — Street artist takes on nuclear industry one year after Fukushima // Can Fracking Cause Quakes? “Almost Certainly” // Heart Surgeon Says Eating Raw Marijuana Daily Reduces Stroke by 50% // #OverheardInPDX: “…well, if it’s good enough for #WIC…” // Whooping cough outbreaks higher among children already vaccinated // General Mills…
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#BingeAndPurge: Trials, Shares, Raids and more
FDA rejects call to ban BPA from food packaging // BASF gives up on pushing GMOs in Europe, moves operations to US where ‘Frankenfoods’ are not labeled // Pfizer execs to stand trial for cover-up of drug trial results // Vaccine failure admitted: Whooping cough outbreaks higher among children already vaccinated // Audio Satire: Rapidly…
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#BingeAndPurge: Pre-Chewed, Tacocopter and Strange Booms
Annie’s Leaps in IPO As Investors Clamor for Mac And Cheese // Study: Disorientation from pesticides a clue to bee disorder // SCOTUS throws out human gene patents // Alicia Silverstone Chews Food For Her 11-month-old Child, Bear Blu // Tacocopter would deliver tacos via unmanned drone
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#BingeAndPurge: Cinnamon and Slime With Your GM Fetal Soda?
Cinnamon Challenge YouTube Craze Gains Millions of Viewers, Frightens Health Professionals as the Copycat Effect Kicks In // USDA to Americans: You’ll Eat Pink Slime Whether You Want It or Not // Obama agency rules Pepsi’s use of aborted fetal cells in soft drinks constitutes ‘ordinary business operations’
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#BingeAndPurge: Teen Tics, Viral Picks, Hunger Games
The Curious Case of Teen Tics In Le Roy, NY – The Mystery of 18 Twitching Teenagers in Le Roy // Why Americans Are Angry About Pink Slime // ‘Viral’ Olive Garden Review Aftermath Continues
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#BingeAndPurge: Pink Slime, Satire, Coconut Cottage and more
Pink Slime for School Lunch: Government Buying 7M Pounds of Ammonia-Treated Meat for Meals* Campaign Against BPI’s ‘Pink Slime’* Campbell’s Soup Phasing Out BPA Use in Cans* Disney retooling childhood obesity exhibit, critics say it’s insensitive* Chefs celebrate the Oreo on its 100th birthday* Sodas Contain Animal Carcinogen, Study Finds* ConAgra Foods Celebrates the History…
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#BingeAndPurge: Official Dismissal, Doomsday, Debris and more
Food Safety Official’s Monsanto Ties Spur Petition for Ouster // Judge Dismisses Organic Farmers’ Case Against Monsanto // The Smiths’ Andy Rourke to DJ at Choice Eats NYC // BP Seeks Settlement with Oil Spill Plaintiffs // Keeping an Oregon eye open for tsunami debris
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#BingeAndPurge: Authorisation, Animals, Amusement
France asks EU to suspend GM crop authorisation* Boulder works to ban GM crops on county-owned land* Lower global crop prices to ease food inflation: USDA* Environment researcher admits leaking climate docs, claims they’re genuine* Chipotle Makes Delicious Food, Fights For Animals?* Swiss food giant Nestle predicts tough year, posts stronger than expected 2011 sales*…
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2/16 Binge and Purge: Arsenic and Old Taste
Organic Food Can Have High Concentrations of Arsenic // EU and US agree to Historic New Partnership on Organic Trade’ // Organic Farmer Prince Charles on Changing Our Faulty Food System // China’s Xi, US officials talk food trade in Iowa // Monsanto guilty of chemical poisoning // Obama’s budget cuts bacteria testing in produce…