Food & Water Safety
Tell Yoplait to "Put a Lid on rBGH"!
Minneapolis, MN, October, 2008 - October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and you've seen the ads by now. Yoplait has undertaken a campaign called Save Lids to Save Lives in which consumers are encouraged to look for the cups of Yoplait yogurt with pink foil lids. The company will donate 10 cents to the fight against breast cancer for every cup of yogurt with these special lids that consumers purchase.
Yoplait touts its yogurt as being healthy for women, but what's inside is anything but. read more
Citizens for Health Opposes Irradiation of Produce
Washington, D.C., August 26, 2008 – Last week the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its decision to allow the irradiation of fresh spinach and iceberg lettuce in an attempt to kill E. coli and other bacteria that cause food-borne illnesses. The move comes in response to a petition filed by The National Food Processors Association, a trade group representing major food companies, and ignores the concerns of scientists and consumers about how irradiation can affect the safety and nutritional value of food. read more
TAKE ACTION MISSOURI RESIDENTS: Missouri Consumers' Right to Know Under Attack
UPDATE, May 19, 2008: As of Friday the 16th at 6PM, the 2008 Missouri Legislative Session ended, and no rBGH labeling bills passed! Not only did the bills fail to pass on their own, but citizen pressure kept them from being added to other bills as amendments.
Jefferson City, MO, May 13, 2008 - Missouri residents' right to know what they put into their bodies is under attack - but there is still time to stop it. read more
California Temporarily Halts Residential Pesticide Spraying
April 24, Sacramento, CA - Today Governor Schwarzenegger announced a temporary postponement of residential pesticide spraying throughout the state. read more
TAKE ACTION CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS: Stop the Residential Spraying of Pesticides in California
Northern California, April, 2008 - The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) plans to resume “emergency” aerial pesticide spraying of two synthetic pheromones, called Checkmate OLR-F and Checkmate LBAM-F, over the Central California Coast and the San Francisco Bay Area. The program began in 2007 in Santa Cruz and Monterey counties using a pheromone-based pesticide dispersed from low-flying planes in microscopic plastic capsules. The spraying could go on for months and years— possibly through mid-2010. read more
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CFH on the Radio
Listen Now!
Click on the microphone above to hear Executive Director Frank Herd, Jr on Air America Radio's The Thom Hartmann Show, discussing access to supplements and the potential dangers of the recent FDA CAM Guidance (the audio clip may take a few moments to load - be patient...).
