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Food Politics

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The politics of PFAS

PFAS (highly fluorinated “forever” chemicals) are in  the news practically every day.  PFAS Central, a project of Green Science Policy, tracks this news. I do too to a lesser extent.  But I sure noticed this one in the New York Times: Their Fertilizer Poisons Farmland. Now, They Want Protection
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Catching up with (but hopefully not catching) bird flu

It’s a big worry. From the Cleveland Clinic: Bird flu (avian influenza) Bird flu (avian influenza) is an infection from a type of influenza (flu) virus that usually spreads in birds and other animals. Sometimes, humans can get bird flu from infected animals. Like the versions of flu that people
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Industry-funded study of the week: Pork and handgrip strength!

Charles Platkin sent me this  article from Food Manufacturing: “Eating pork linked with better handgrip strength, industry group says.” I quickly found the The Pork Board’s press release. And went right to the source. The study: Jung A-J, Sharma A, Chung M, Wallace TC, Lee H-J. he Relationship of
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Weekend reading: Former President Biden’s food-and-farming legacy

OOPS: A reader alerted me that all links have been taken down by the new administration. In his last weeks in office, former President Biden issued a Fact Sheet on the food system investments achieved by his administration. A reader, Ethan Wolf, sent in a link from the Wayback Machine. Fact Sheet
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FDA’s Front-of-Package nutrtion label: Open for public comment

With much fanfare, the FDA released its proposed rule for a new front-of-package summary of the Nutrition Facts panel.  I’ve written about the history of this previously. Of all the options tested (Food Fix had the best summary), the FDA picked this one—not my first choice. Why not?  I don’t think
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