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  • See also


    • Conscious Choice - Food Department
      From Conscious Choice - The Journal of Ecology and Natural living comes a collection of articles such as: "Healthy Eating for Fifi and Fido", "Juicing", "Growing Greens Year Round". A resource for those who want to live and eat responsibly.
    • ACSH on Food Safety
      American Council on Science and Health's food safety page.
    • Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT)
      Part of the US Department of Health, this committee makes recommendations on the safety of food and commercial products. The site is very dry reading, but contains quite a bit of good information.
    • E. Coli Food Safety News: MedNews.Net
      Offers information about E.Coli and food safety (E. coli O157:H7). Access to news, information, books and literature searches.
    • Environmental Toxins in Air, Food, & Water
      It is estimated that 60 to 80 percent of all cancers are a direct result of chemicals in our air, water and food. Known neurotoxins that we are most commonly exposed to are lead, mercury, cadmium and pesticides. What can we do? (InnerSelf Magazine)
    • FoodNews.org
      Information about pesticides and other toxic chemicals in food. Project of the Environmental Working Group.
    • Friends of the Earth's Real Food campaign
      Introduction to a range of issues currently affecting food and farming such as genetic modification, organic food, food miles and pesticides.
    • Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet
      Anna Lappé and Frances Moore Lappé travel the world in search of answers about how societies create inequalities and environmental devastation via food production.
    • Organic Consumers Association
      Pure Food Campaign acts to require disclosure of what is in food and what has been done in processing it.
    • Pure-food.com
      Articles intended to educate and raise awareness of the issues of food safety.
    • Questions and Answers - Food
      Answers to some common environmental health questions from NIEHS, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
    • The Center for Food Safety
      A public interest and environmental advocacy organization which works to address the impacts of our food production system on human health, animal welfare and the environment.
    • The Food Commission
      The UK's leading independent watchdog on food issues.
    • The Spelt Pages
      Information site discussing the reintroduction and development of the ancient grain spelt
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