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New Farm to School curriculum puts high school students in charge of tapping into healthy, local foods

MINNEAPOLIS – The new Farm to School Youth Leadership Curriculum released today connects high school students with local foods and farmers, while giving them a leadership role in developing their school’s Farm to School program.

Life Cycle Assessment & Third-Party Certification

Topics Covered: Cradle to Cradle Third Party Certification  

Hazard Assessment Tools

Topics Covered: GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals Outdoor Industry Assn. Chemical Management   Speakers: Lauren Heine, Clean Production Action Tommy Thompson, Hanes Brands

Navigating the Chemical Safety Landscape

Topics Covered: Regulation and Additionl Safer Chemistry Drivers Supply Chain Management Biz-NGO Framework Business Case Study - Staples Companies for Safer Chemicals campaign  

Let’s focus on environment and diet to help prevent autism

Now that autism affects one in fifty school-aged kids—up from 1 in 150 as measured in 2000—we should be asking ourselves some pretty serious questions about why so many kids have autism. Sure, we know that the health and educational systems are better at diagnosing autism, but better diagnosis explains only part of the increase.

Autism: What Do Environment and Diet Have to Do With It?

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Big win to eliminate toxic arsenic in meat

In a major win for public health, the FDA reported yesterday that it would withdraw approval of three of the four arsenicals in animal feed for poultry and hog production.

The obesity epidemic: What do chemicals have to do with it?

We are all hearing a lot about obesity these days and more people are obese than ever; one-third of American children and two-thirds of adults are overweight or obese. The American Medical Association has declared that obesity is a disease.

Chemicals and Obesity

While diet and exercise are important factors in the obesity epidemic, an emerging body of science demonstrates that exposures to chemical obesogens may be important contributors. A number of chemicals known to disrupt hormones also appear to affect the size and number of fat cells or hormones that regulate appetite and metabolism. 

795 doctors, nurses and health professionals urge White House to jumpstart stalled FDA on antibiotics

Today, 795 health professionals from across the country sent a joint letter to President Obama urging his leadership in getting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to jumpstart its now-stalled policies to help protect the future effectiveness of antibiotics by reducing th

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