New Scientist:
The largest ever study into the state of the world’s health has revealed that, for the first time, the number of years of healthy living lost as a result of people eating too much outweigh the number lost by people eating too little.
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December 22, 2012
Overeating now bigger global problem than lack of food
October 23, 2012
New Robin Hood Tax Introduced In U.S. Congress (from therealnews.com)
A .05% tax on all financial transactions makes it to Congress
September 11, 2012
Alzheimer's could be the most catastrophic impact of junk food
George Monbiot, Guardian (UK):
There is evidence that poor diet is one cause of Alzheimer’s. If ever there was a case for the precautionary principle, this is it
April 18, 2012
Eliminate GDP and “Economic Growth” to Create the Real Green Economy, Indigenous Peoples Say
National Geographic: Indigenous peoples are among the most affected by climate change, as well as by industries like mining, oil, coal, and agribusiness that appropriate or use their lands without consent. Many are suspicious the proposed shiny new green economy is the old, land-hungry wolf in green clothing.
March 8, 2012
The MEATRIX.
Take the red pill and watch the critically-acclaimed, award-winning first episode of The MEATRIX® Trilogy.
Join Leo, the young pig who wonders if he is “the one”, Chickity, the feathered family farm defender, and Moopheus, the trench-coat-clad cow with a passion for green pastures as they expose the problems with factory farming while making the world safe for sustainable family farms.
March 3, 2012
U.S. Supreme Court Debates Human Rights Case Aimed at Corporations
How can the international community hold multinational corporations accountable for human rights violations? The corporations’ “home” industrialized countries are generally supportive of the wealth-amassing, artificial, legal persons they create, and these states are loathe to prosecute them for crimes committed elsewhere, no matter how heinous. Further, there is no existing international tribunal for prosecuting corporate crimes. This means a lack of accountability for some of the wealthiest and most powerful institutions in the world. These institutions are founded on the concept of limited financial liability. Investors and managers also enjoy limited criminal liability.
Who should be held responsible for gross injustices committed in the name of good business practice, in the interest of maximized profits? Current legal structures are totally inadequate. From the US Supreme Court to the World Trade Organization, tribunals dealing with the business-society conflict continue to lend powerful support to corporate interests over ordinary people’s interests for health and safety and a clean environment. The result? Corporations are getting away with murder.
February 23, 2012
Monsanto Found Guilty of Chemical Poisoning in France
Anthony Gucciardi: In a major victory for public health and what will hopefully lead to other nations taking action, a French court decided today that GMO crops monster Monsanto is guilty of chemically poisoning a French farmer.
January 7, 2012
McDonald’s Closes All Their Restaurants in Bolivia
Hispanically Speaking News: The failure of McDonald’s in Bolivia had such a deep impact that a documentary titled “Por que quebro McDonald’s en Bolivia” or “Why did McDonald’s Bolivia go Bankrupt,” trying to explain why did Bolivians never crossed-over from their empanadas to Big Macs.
The documentary includes interviews with cooks, sociologists, nutritionists and educators who all seem to agree, Bolivians are not against hamburgers per sé, just against ‘fast food,’ a concept widely unaccepted in the Bolivian community.
December 28, 2011
Documentary Film: "Hot Coffee" (2011)
Ever hear of the case where the lady spilled coffee on herself and then actually had the audacity to sue McDonalds for a ridiculous amount of money?
What you heard is probably not true.
Susan Saladoff, in her extraordinary first feature, explores the corporate propaganda machine and American right-wing political machinations behind “frivolous lawsuits” and “tort reform” through a handful of high-publicity cases whose facts were distorted in order to manipulate public opinion about jury trials. The film also explores civil rights abuses like the widespread tactic of “mandatory arbitration” whereby you give up your rights to sue on entering into a contract, as with a phone company or your employer. Click here for an eye-opening radio interview with the filmmaker (interview starts at 7min).
October 23, 2011
Animal Production Practices Create Antibiotic Resistance [Audio]
“We produce nine billion food animals in the United States every year…Most antibiotics are fed to healthy animals to promote growth…so we’re using these lifesaving drugs as production tools…in concentrated animal feeding operations…I could not honestly engineer a better system for creating antibiotic-resistant bacteria than to introduce antibiotics to this setting,” warns microbiologist Lance Price in this short Scientific American podcast.
“If we all recognize that antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest threats to public health that we face today, we have to do something about this.”
October 13, 2011
Food Chain Slaves [Documentary video]
AJE: At least 40,000 slaves in the US today
September 23, 2011
Toxic BPA turning up in children's soup cans
AFP: Breast Cancer Fund urges parents to avoid canned foods
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