NEWSWORTHY

 

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

 

Death to Free Radicals

When Vegetarians Meet, the Food Is Delicious

 

A Posthumous Interview with Tim Russert...

T. Colin Campbell Blog

How Broccoli Fights Cancer

Veg-O-Lution

Getting Your Protein...

 

Fatty Liver Disease Up in Children

Mother's Junk Food Harms Child

Lying About Your Vegetables

Bottled Water Industry Faces Growing Opposition

An Impossible Coexistence - Transgenic and Organic Agriculture

The World Is Getting Happier...

Penguin Decline Signals Trouble for World

 

Your Milk on Drugs

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 Dirt on Cleaners

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)

 

Diet, Exercise Change Genes

'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)

 

Small Is Bountiful

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

The Real Cost of Cheap Food

FDA Now Says Mercury Fillings Toxic

 

Making a Killing From Hunger

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

Secret Ingredients

Unintended GMO Health Risks (4 page pamphlet in PDF format)

 

Apocalypse in the Oceans

South Koreans Take to Streets Over US Beef

 

Manufacturing a Food Crisis

USDA: What Pesticide Use?

The Seed Struggle

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

The Healing Power of Pets

The Global Food Crisis

US Consumers Rank Last in World Survey of Green Habits