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The Potentially Transformative Year Ahead in Food Policy
Predicting a 2013 filled with soda bans and genetically modified salmon
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Predicting a 2013 filled with soda bans and genetically modified salmon
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We should be allowed to be more aware of what we're taking in.
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Where we stand on stoplight labeling
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As Richmond prepares to vote on a soda tax, does revealing funding sources prevent "effective communication"?
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Why would a city government think that food regulation promotes health when any one of them is so easy to evade?
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Lawyers for VITAMINWATER® dig up months-old articles about the company to fix a spelling error.
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It's all well and good to check your food with a thermometer, but meat and poultry ought to be clean before you even leave the supermarket.
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The House version of the farm bill would slash $16 billion from SNAP -- more than 3.5 times the amount proposed in the Senate
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When you buy cigarettes and junk food, you wind up paying twice: once for the goods, and once again for the health problems the companies create but don't help fix.
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It's hard to know if the small doses of pesticides we receive from fruits and vegetables are harmful.
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Left to their own devices, people have little hope of resisting the daily bombardment of soda advertising on television, billboards, and the Internet.
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The Affordable Care Act promises to bring better nutritional labeling to restaurant menus.
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A lab-controlled study finds high-fat, low-carb diets to be effective in staving off weight loss. But how about in the real world?
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Good dental care helps insulate Americans from junk food-related tooth decay. But in a country like El Salvador, where access to care is limited, it's a different story.
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The American Medical Association's position on genetically modified foods doesn't make sense.
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The Senate's passed its version of the thousand-page bill. So, now what?
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Why the Senate voted down an amendment to protect SNAP, the federal food assistance program
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Which amendments to the farm bill passed, and which ones failed? Here's a list to help you keep track.
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A series of important votes will soon determine which stakeholders benefit the most from this year's agriculture bill.
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In a new book, critics of crop modification take a science-based approach to advocacy.
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