NEWSWORTHY
Newsworthy provides links to items of interest that have appeared in the news during the last month.
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Week of June 30
China Study Author Testifies at Fired Vegan Teacher's Hearing
Many Food Additives Linked to Cancer
When Vegetarians Meet, the Food Is Delicious
A Posthumous Interview with Tim Russert...
Fatty Liver Disease Up in Children
Mother's Junk Food Harms Child
Bottled Water Industry Faces Growing Opposition
An Impossible Coexistence - Transgenic and Organic Agriculture
The World Is Getting Happier...
Penguin Decline Signals Trouble for World
The Big Apple Drops Trans Fats
Small Farms Best for the Environment
Label Fraud in Organic Body Care Products
NASA Warming Scientist: This is the Last Chance
Week of June 23
The Chemical Industry Has a Hold on Your Reproductive Future
24 Million Americans Now Have Diabetes (57 Million Have Pre-Diabetes)
Who Says You Have to Eat Meat to Be a Successful Athlete?
Earth Near Tipping Point, Climatologist Warns
Just Where Do America's Health Care Dollars Go...?
The Startling Truth About Doctors and Diagnostic Errors
Cheap Food in the City? Grow Your Own
Bacteria in Pork Showing Resistance to Antibiotics
Why Koreans Still Reject US Beef (NY Times)
Reject Money for Engineered Crops
Corn as Fuel Would Hurt World Food Supply
Global Warming's Evil Twin: Ocean Acidification
Extreme Weather to Increase With Climate Change
For Happiness, Seek Family, Not Fortune
Week of June 16
The Worst Artery Cloggers in America
Vitamin D Promotes Colon Cancer Survival
Australians Now More Obese Than Americans
Mother's Diet May Affect Daughter's Puberty
Why Bikinis Make Men Stupid...
Genetic Engineering - A Crop of Hyperbole
A Food Revolution That Starts With Rice (NY Times)
'Pinkwashing' for Breast Cancer
The Massachusetts Model for Health Care
PVC Shower Curtains Harmful to Your Health
Biofuel Backlash: High prices, pollution Worries Hit Consumers
Oil Companies Get Ok to 'Annoy' Polar Bears
Transfats Linked to Breast Cancer (.PDF)
How to Grow Veggies With Very Little Water
USDA Exposes Lies Over Food Crisis
Monsanto Planted Nearly $1.3M Into 1Q Lobbying
The Health Risks of GM Foods (.PDF)
Week of June 9
How Irradiation is Threatening Our Food Supply
Walking a Little Can Go a Long Way
James Hanson Talks About Climate Change
New Washing Machine Uses Just a Cup of Water
Top Psychiatric Drug Researcher Got $1.6 Million in Payoffs From Drug Companies (NY Times)
Nine Meals From Anarchy: Britain's Food Crisis
The US is Out of Grain Reserves
High Cholesterol Associated with Parkinson's Risks
Water Scarcity: The Real Food Crisis
Can Exercise Help Prevent Addiction?
Week of June 2
FDA Now Says Mercury Fillings Toxic
US Using Food Crisis to Boost Bio-Engineered Crops
Planting the Seeds of Crisis with Monocropping and Factory Farming
International Year of the Potato
The Dangers of Consumer-Driven Medicine
Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World's Food System
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome No Longer Seen as 'Yuppie Flu'
Why You Should Have Sex at Least Once a Week
Active Social Life Helps Keep Aging Mind Sharp
Mom Files Lawsuit Against Baby Bottle Maker
Solar Incentives Threaten Local Ownership
China to Start Crackdown on Plastic Bags
Week of May 26
Unintended GMO Health Risks (4 page pamphlet in PDF format)
South Koreans Take to Streets Over US Beef
Bayer: A History of Profit From Suffering
Climate Change Definitely the Result of Human Activities
Taking Action on Global Warming Cheaper Than Doing Nothing
Seas Off West Coast Dangerously Acidic
Week of May 19
China's Child Obesity Problem 'Ballooning'
GM Foods the Problem, Not the Solution
Germany Suspends Use of Pesticide After Massive Honeybee Loses
Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It
Oprah's 21-Day (Vegan) Cleanse
America's Frightening Alzheimer's Epidemic
Top 10 Reason to Go Vegetarian
The Real Villain in the World Food Crisis
Erectile Dysfunction a Strong Harbinger of Heart Trouble
DNA Damage Caused by Pesticides
Low-Fat Diet May Cut Prostate Cancer Risk
Meet 'Farmer Green' and His Energy Machines
Week of May 12
The Girl Who Silenced the World (6 min. must-see video)
Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Breast Cancer (get it from the sun, not supplements) (LA Times)
Large-Scale Solar Plants Can Power the Nation
What Michael Pollan Hasn't Told You About Food
France Reports Leveling Childhood Obesity Rates
Brits Now the Fattest in Europe
Lowering Dietary Fat May Help Prevent Prostate Cancer
More Than Half of Americans on Chronic Medications
Exercise Protective Against Future Cancer
US Using Food Crisis to Boost Bio-Engineered Crops
World CO2 Levels at Record High
Boy Seized By Child Welfare to Make Sure He Gets Chemotherapy
US Consumers Rank Last in World Survey of Green Habits