by Gary Ruskin & Juliet Schor
In recent months the major food companies have been trying hard to convince Americans that they feel the pain of our expanding waistlines, especially when it comes to kids. Kraft announced it would no longer market Oreos to younger children, McDonald’s promoted itself as a salad producer and Coca-Cola said it won’t advertise to kids under 12. But behind the scenes it’s hardball as usual, with the junk food giants pushing the Bush Administration to defend (…)
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Junk Food Nation: Who’s to Blame for Childhood Obesity?
17 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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World Without Cancer
17 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsG. Edward Griffin marshals the evidence that cancer is a deficiency disease - like scurvy or pellagra - aggravated by the lack of an essential food compound in modern man’s diet. That substance is vitamin B17. In its purified form developed for cancer therapy, it is known as Laetrile.
This story is not approved by orthodox medicine. The FDA, the AMA, and The American Cancer Society have labeled it fraud and quackery. Yet the evidence is clear that here, at last, is the final answer to (…) -
Can We Trust the Food and Drug Administration?
1 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentAs the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) embroils in scandal after scandal, Americans need to re-examine the once revered and tooted federal agency as the protector of public’s health. Although nearly 40% of Americans claimed that their confidence in the FDA has fallen due to the recent revelations, still 70% of Americans believed in the FDA’s ability to ensure the safety of prescription drugs and foods for the consumer market...
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Child Malnutrition in Iraq Doubles: Let Them Eat Bombs
14 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
3 commentsA report to the UN human rights commission in Geneva has concluded that Iraqi children were actually better off under Saddam Hussein than they are now.
This, of course, comes as a bitter blow for all those of us who, like George Bush and Tony Blair, honestly believe that children thrive best when we drop bombs on them from a great height, destroy their cities and blow up hospitals, schools and power stations.
It now appears that, far from improving the quality of life for Iraqi (…)