“If you want to understand all that is wrong with our government’s environmental safety priorities, you need only look at the sad story of the weed killer atrazine. Despite the fact that study after study has demonstrated its dangers, it…
Fat Tax — What Do You Think?
Denmark is instituting a tax on fatty foods to try to combat obesity. What do you guys think about this new “fat tax?”
Monsanto Lobbyist at FDA Needs to Go — Tell Obama
One of the sad things about U.S. government today is the revolving door between industry and politics. Politics is for industry these days, not for the people. One “revolving door poster child” is Michael Taylor. Taylor was a Monsanto attorney and chief super lobbyist and (re)joined the FDA in July 2009. He was eventually named the Deputy Commissioner of Food. Conflict of interest?
More Happy Meal Toy Bans on the Way?
There were plenty of people, I’m sure, who hated the recent decision in San Francisco to ban Happy Meal toys (or, more specifically, toy incentives in fast food meals that don’t meet basic nutritional guidelines). But there were also plenty…
Top Environmental Stories of the Year, Other than BP Oil Spill (7 Green Bloggers)
Biggest environmental story of the year? Ask 7 green bloggers and you get 7 different (but good) answers. We’re a little more than halfway through the year and I decided to ask 7 leading green bloggers what they thought was…