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Who is to blame for the US (and global) obesity epidemic? A Look at the US Food Industry Lobby

Who is to blame for the US (and global) obesity epidemic? A Look at the US Food Industry Lobby | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it
As billions are spent treating obesity related diseases, we take a look at the US food industry lobby.

It costs hundreds of billions of dollars each year and leads to deadly chronic diseases. But who is to blame for the US' obesity epidemic?

In the next 18 years the number of obese people in the US is expected to rise to 42 per cent of the adult population.

 

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"Sustainable" Genetically Engineered Runaway Salmon Stir Conservation Worries

"Sustainable" Genetically Engineered Runaway Salmon Stir Conservation Worries | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it
The disappearance of 300,000 farmed Scottish salmon from their cages in a storm has left many wondering whether they will breed with wild ones and upset the gene pool.

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/runaway-salmon-stir-conservation-worries/


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8 Reasons Never to Buy Another Winter Tomato

8 Reasons Never to Buy Another Winter Tomato | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it
That pretty little red orb hides a lot of dirty secrets. I just finished reading Barry Estabrook's Tomatoland: How Modern Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit, and am profoundly unsettled....
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