A Friends of the Earth report says unlabelled, unregulated nano-ingredients in food have grown substantially since 2008, and that nanoparticles bioaccumulate and magnify up the food chain. Campaigner Ian Illuminato says safety evidence is scant and regulation is lacking.
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Food Safety
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Chemical
Have a Question? Get an Answer - Fluoridation
The Fluoride Action Network invites campaigners to a free International Fluoride Free Teleconference on Saturday, August 9 at 5PM Eastern, featuring speakers from its September conference including Paul Connett, Bill Osmunson and Joe Mercola. Registration is required.
GMO
Important Action Alert - Institute for Responsible Technology
An Institute for Responsible Technology alert asking readers to contact Conde Nast executives over internal documents published by Gawker that describe a Monsanto public relations campaign using celebrity chefs and nonprofits to promote GMOs.
Chemical
Toxic PFAAs found in South Korean foods
Testing 397 South Korean foods, Pusan National University scientists found PFOS and long-chain PFCAs mainly in fish, shellfish and processed foods, and PFOA and short-chain PFCAs mainly in dairy and beverages. Tap water can dominate PFOA intake where people drink it.
Chemical
Zinc oxide nanoparticles may help diabetes mellitus
Diabetic rats given oral zinc oxide nanoparticles showed better glucose tolerance, 70 percent higher serum insulin and 29 percent lower blood sugar. The piece cautions that long-term safety is unclear, since nanoparticles can disrupt DNA and their risks remain largely unknown.
Biotech
GMO Alert: long-term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize
Seralini and colleagues republish their two-year rat study of Roundup-tolerant NK603 maize, grown with and without Roundup, and of Roundup alone in drinking water from 0.1 ppb, in Environmental Sciences Europe. It follows up an earlier 90-day investigation.
Biological
Meat Plant Previously Passing USDA Audits Now Implicated in Chinese Food Safety Scandal
Food & Water Watch has asked Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to halt the equivalency process for Chinese poultry imports, noting that Shanghai Husi Foods, now at the center of an expired-meat scandal, passed USDA audits in 2004 and 2010 with no food safety issues found.
Chemical
Aspartame can be a potential carcinogen - review suggests
Morando Soffritti and colleagues re-examined the rodent bioassays submitted for aspartame's FDA approval and judged them inadequate to show the sweetener is not carcinogenic. Citing later animal and epidemiologic work, they call re-evaluation by regulators an urgent public health matter.
Biological
Preventing foodborne illness, naturally -- with cinnamon
Washington State University researchers report Cinnamomum cassia oil killed the top six non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli strains, with roughly 10 drops per liter of water working within 24 hours, and suggest it could serve as a natural antibacterial in the food industry.
Chemical
Review Engineered Nanomaterials in Food: Implications for Food Safety and Consumer Health
A reprinted review surveys engineered nanomaterials such as silver, silicon dioxide, titanium dioxide and zinc oxide used in food packaging, processing and supplements, their toxicity profiles, and evidence that eating them may harm gut health and cause systemic toxicity.
Chemical
What's the Deal with Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)?
The Glutamate Association released an animated video, funded by Ajinomoto, explaining umami and glutamate and countering myths about monosodium glutamate. Executive director Lisa Watson says it gives viewers grounding to judge what they read online for themselves.
Chemical
Big Victory & U.S. Congressman Opposes Fluoridation
The Bucks County Water & Sewer Authority switched to a non-fluoridated supplier on July 1, ending fluoridated water for about 385,000 people in southeastern Pennsylvania. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher separately said he opposes fluoridation, framing it as a question of who decides what goes into our bodies.
Chemical
Low doses of arsenic cause cancer in male mice
NIH researchers gave mice arsenic in drinking water at 50, 500 and 5,000 ppb from before breeding through adulthood, and the adult offspring developed lung cancer. Fifty ppb is the lowest concentration yet tested in an animal study.
Biological
Antibiotic resistance in foodborne germs is an ongoing threat
CDC's 2012 NARMS data show multidrug-resistant Salmonella declining over a decade, but quinolone resistance in typhoid-causing Salmonella Typhi rose to 68%, and about 1 in 5 Salmonella Heidelberg infections resisted ceftriaxone, a drug that matters most in children.
Biological
Is the U.S. Beef Supply Really Free of Mad Cow Disease?
The writer argues US officials have recast mad cow disease as something that just happens: a fourth US death from variant CJD and a recall of 4,000 pounds of possibly contaminated organic beef drew little notice. Prions survive cooking, bleach and radiation, she notes.
Chemical
Chemical Goliaths
An Environmental Working Group fundraising appeal urging readers to act before the EPA's June 30 comment deadline on Dow's Enlist Duo, a mix of 2,4-D and glyphosate. EWG says 2,4-D has been linked to hormone disruption, cancer and Parkinson's disease.
Chemical
Food dyes may not be as safe as thought
A UCLA-led review finds none of the nine food dyes approved in the U.S. adequately proven safe: Red 3 causes cancer in animals, Red 40 and Yellows 5 and 6 have been found contaminated with carcinogens, and Yellow 5 is genotoxic. It urges replacing them with safer colorings.
Chemical
Silica may cause fetal kidney disease
A survey of studies tying silica exposure to kidney damage: more nephritis and nephrosis deaths among mineral fiber workers, more end-stage renal disease in exposed men, and excess albumin excretion in Singapore granite workers. Synthetic silica is common in food and supplements.
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