Toss raw pecan halves with coconut oil, maple syrup, cinnamon, salt and cayenne, bake 15 minutes at 325 degrees, then cool fully. Makes four quarter-cup servings of 194 calories each, and the mix keeps all week.
Food Consumer
Politics
Tell Congress: Don’t Give My Money to Monsanto!
The Organic Consumers Association asks readers to oppose $3 million in the House agriculture spending bill for promoting acceptance of agricultural biotechnology. Rep. Nita Lowey's amendment to strike the provision failed 29 to 20.
Politics
Our Latest Ad in The Hill Asks Congress: - ResponsibleTechnology.org
The ad asks whether the EPA hid Monsanto's Roundup studies, citing scientist Anthony Samsel's account of animals fed even small amounts of glyphosate developing tumors, and asks readers to write their senators about the health risks of GMOs and glyphosate.
Chemical
Rice-eating babies have high arsenic in urine
Infants eating rice cereal or rice snacks had urinary arsenic up to 9.53 micrograms per litre, against 2.85 in those eating no rice products, a JAMA Pediatrics study found. Rice snacks tested as high as 568 ppb; the FDA has proposed a 100 ppb limit.
Politics
DARK Act Comeback Inevitable? - newsletter 042416 from Organic Consumers Association
The Organic Consumers Association reports the American Grassfed Association is building an industry-wide grass-fed dairy standard covering animal health, transparency and land management, and warns the DARK Act, voted down in the Senate in March, may return.
Chemical
Glyphosate found in some breakfast foods - new study
The Alliance for Natural Health USA tested 12 breakfast foods and 24 ingredients and detected glyphosate in ten, led by instant oatmeal at 1,327 ppb and whole wheat bagels at 492 ppb. Organic cage-free eggs at 169 ppb exceeded the FDA's 50 ppb tolerance for eggs.
Healthy Recipes from AICR
Healthy Recipes: Baby Kale Tuna Salad with Wasabi Dressing
Dana Jacobi's salad tosses baby kale, halved grape tomatoes and sweet onion with canned water-packed tuna, dressed at the last minute with wasabi whisked into lemon juice and olive oil. Makes two servings at 249 calories each.
Chemical
A personal invitation from Ronnie Cummins
Ronnie Cummins invites readers to the Food Revolution Summit, running April 30 to May 8, where John Robbins interviews 25 experts. Cummins cites independent lab tests finding glyphosate in 10 of 24 breakfast foods, and speaks on May 6 with Vandana Shiva and Gene Bauer.
Politics
Tiny Traces, Deadly Secrets - Newsletter 041516 from Organic Consumers Association
The Organic Consumers Association argues that endocrine-disrupting chemicals in food, packaging and body care products are not as well tested as industry claims, and cites new research suggesting co-formulants in glyphosate herbicides may disrupt hormones.
Alerts
OLMA-XXI, Inc. Recalls Norven Herring in Oil Because of Possible Health Risk
OLMA-XXI of Brooklyn is recalling NORVEN herring in oil, Lot 530611, after FDA testing found Listeria monocytogenes in the 17.6 oz packages. The product went to ten states, no illnesses have been reported, and buyers should return it for a refund.
Chemical
Dirty Dozen: Fruit/vegetables with highest amounts of pesticides
The Environmental Working Group's updated 2016 shoppers' guide ranks strawberries, apples, nectarines, peaches and celery as carrying the highest pesticide levels, followed by grapes, cherries, spinach, tomatoes, sweet bell peppers, cherry tomatoes and cucumbers.
Chemical
Carrageenan, Inflammatory Agent/Carcinogen? Report Exposes Food Industry Cover Up
The Cornucopia Institute's report argues that industry data, posted years ago by the carrageenan trade group Marinalg and later removed, show all food-grade carrageenan carries the carcinogenic contaminant poligeenan. The USDA's organic board was set to debate the additive on April 25.
Alerts
Perfect Fit Meals Recalls Poultry Products Due to Misbranding and Undeclared Allergen
Perfect Fit Meals of Houston recalled about 10,455 pounds of poultry entrees after a retailer reported mislabeling: trays marked Texas Chicken Ranch Casserole or Chipotle Chicken Sausage may hold other meals, including a Turkey Enchilada with undeclared milk.
Chemical
2006 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce
EWG's 2016 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce puts strawberries atop its Dirty Dozen list for the first time, displacing apples after five years. The group advises buying organic for listed items and offers a Clean Fifteen list of conventional produce least likely to carry residues.
Opinion
5 Disturbing Facts Big Food Doesn't Want You to Know
Martha Rosenberg argues that food scandals fade from public memory while little changes, citing mercury in tuna and the return of pink slime. She opens her list with nitrite and nitrate meat preservatives, which researchers have known since the 1970s form nitrosamines in the body.
Politics
Koch Industries, Monsanto and the $175-Billion Fertilizer Industry
An OCA essay argues the $175-billion chemical fertilizer industry escapes the scrutiny given GMOs and pesticides, noting Koch Industries ranked as the world's third-largest nitrogen fertilizer maker in 2010 and that two-thirds of US drinking water carries high nitrate or nitrite levels.
Law & Regulations
National Organic Program: Proposed Rule for Animal Welfare Standards
The Cornucopia Institute's Mark Kastel responds to USDA's long-delayed draft organic animal welfare rule, noting it arrives five years after the standards board's 2011 recommendation and could phase in over another three to five, and questioning the board process behind it.
Environment
Action Alert: "NO CONSENT" to Release of GM Mosquitoes
An Institute for Responsible Technology newsletter urging readers to comment to the FDA against releasing genetically modified mosquitoes before the April 12 deadline, and noting that Randal J. Kirk owns Oxitec, the GM apple company, and a majority stake in AquaBounty.
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