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• March 25, 2010 — With menu labeling law, diners will soon know calorie counts
  Diners will soon begin getting a lot more information about the calorie counts in their fast food and other restaurant meals -- whether they want it or not. more »
• March 25, 2010 — Want kids to eat veggies? Keep it simple, study says
  For all those parents out there who struggle to feed their children vegetables, Dutch researchers have some advice: keep them crunchy by steaming or boiling them. more »
• March 25, 2010 — Rice dreams in Louisiana
  When you\u2019re a third-generation rice farmer in rural Louisiana - a state with just 23 organic farms - deciding to try to grow brown rice without pesticides or chemical fertilizers is enough to get you certified not organic, but insane. more »
• March 25, 2010 — Toxic dinner-plastic case unfolds
  More than 7.5 billion disposable plastic dinner containers made from poisonous and even carcinogenic material are consumed in China every year, according to an official with the International Food Packaging Association. more »
• March 25, 2010 — New way of fish farming could help fix environment
  New designs for fish farms could keep them in the ocean and help restore damaged marine environments at the same time, says a biologist working on a five-year nationwide aquaculture project. more »
• March 25, 2010 — Gender-bender chemicals putting everyone at risk
  Millions of people have been contaminated with potentially dangerous gender-bending chemicals from food packaging, drink cans and baby bottles, a study shows. more »
• March 5, 2010 — Major Food Recall: Salmonella In Ingredient Found In Hundreds Of Foods Causes Recall
  A wide range of processed foods - including soups, snack foods, dips and dressings \u2013 is being recalled after salmonella was discovered in a flavor-enhancing ingredient. more »
• March 3, 2010 — Cost of food-borne illnesses is deemed much higher than earlier estimates
  A new report has found that the health-related costs of food-borne illnesses total $152 billion a year, including medical bills, lost wages and lost productivity. That's more than four times an earlier USDA estimate. more »
• March 3, 2010 — Fish oil supplements may bring PCB compounds: Study
  People who take certain brands of fish oil supplements, seeking benefits of Omega-3 fatty acids are also exposing themselves to unnecessarily high levels of polychlorinated biphenyl compounds, newly released test results show. more »
• March 3, 2010 — U.S. is satisfying a hunger for tougher organic meat and milk rules
  New federal rules that define what makes milk and meat organic have natural food advocates optimistic that the government is committed to ensuring the label means something. more »
• March 1, 2010 — Cancer warning as scientists find potentially harmful chemical in fruit juices
  Fruit juices drunk by millions of children each day could contain a harmful chemical linked to cancer, scientists have warned. more »
• March 1, 2010 — Opposition mounts to 'factory farm' plans that will house 8,100 cows
  Opposition is mounting over a plan to farm 8,100 cows in "battery conditions" at Britain's largest dairy \u2013 a complex of indoor hangars that protesters say will match the carbon emissions of 3,000 homes. more »
• March 1, 2010 — Manure becomes pollutant as volume grows unmanageable
  Crowded together at a new breed of megafarms, livestock produce more manure than can be recycled as fertilizer for nearby fields. That excess manure gives off air pollutants, and it is the country's fastest-growing large source of methane. more »
• February 25, 2010 — Low-carb diet can increase bad cholesterol levels
  Cutting down on carbs may help people lose weight, but it may not be so good for lowering cholesterol, new research shows. more »
• February 25, 2010 — Soy unlikely to trim body fat after menopause
  Estrogen-like compounds found in soy won't help limit body fat in post-menopausal women, new research shows. more »
• February 25, 2010 — Sunscree's zinc factor ends up in blood
  People who use a lot of sunscreen could be at risk of having "larger than normal" quantities of zinc in their bloodstream, with new evidence showing zinc particles penetrate the skin and are absorbed into the body. more »
• February 25, 2010 — Bribes let tomato vendor sell tainted food
  A bribery scheme involving millions of pounds of tomato products with high levels of mold or other defects has laid bare a startling vein of corruption in the food industry and raised serious questions about how well manufacturers safeguard the quality of their ingredients. more »
• February 23, 2010 — The great grocery smackdown
  Will Walmart, not Whole Foods, save the small farm and make America healthy? In a blind tasting, WalMart bested Whole Foods in several menu items, and cost $50 less. Walmart says it wants to revive local economies and communities that lost out when agriculture became centralized in large states. more »
• February 23, 2010 — China studies long-term impact of tainted milk
  More than one in 10 Chinese children sickened by contaminated milk showed signs of kidney damage six months afterward, researchers have found, raising concerns about the long-term effects of the country's massive food safety scandal. more »
• February 23, 2010 — Alternatives to BPA containers not easy for U.S. foodmakers to find
  Major U.S. foodmakers are quietly investigating how to rid their containers of Bisphenol A, a chemical under scrutiny by federal regulators concerned about links to a range of health problems. more »