Food and health

Toxic Chemical Leaches from Popular Baby Bottles

A chemical known to be toxic to the nervous and reproductive system, and a developmental toxin, leaches from popular clear, plastic baby bottles, according to Toxic Baby Bottles: Scientific Study Finds Leaching Chemicals in Clear Plastic Baby Bottles, a new report released today.

Food Without Thought: How U.S. Farm Policy Contributes to Obesity

U.S. farm policy geared towards driving down prices for corn and soybeans is a significant contributor to the nations obesity epidemic. Below is the press release with a brief explanation of the issue, the fact sheet and the report.

Healthy Food, Healthy Hospitals, Healthy Communities

Hospitals around the country are starting to follow their own advice to patients about the importance of a beneficial diet by offering fresh, healthy food at their facilities.

Smart Meat and Dairy Guide for Parents and Children

The industrial factory-style that dominates meat and dairy production can create environmental pollution that contaminates our food.

Smart Produce Guide

Pesticide residue levels on produce vary depending on the type and how it is grown. This guide will help with choosing fruits and vegetables that have lower residues, avoiding other contaminates affecting produce and information on locally produced and organic foods. Both the long and short versions are included.

Smart Fish Guide

A guide for safer, sustainable fish consumption for healthier children and a healthier environment, for Minnesota moms, moms-to-be and kids under 15.

Some Basic Facts about Dioxin

Dioxin is an unintended by-product of industrial manufacturing processes and is identified as one of the most toxic of all chemicals known to man. This fact sheet is an introduction to this chemical and what its impacts are.

What You Should Know About Sewage and Food Safety

This fact sheet answers some common questions about the use of sewage sludge as fertilizer.

Antibiotic Resistance Threat Spurs National Campaign to End Drug Overuse

Press release announcing the launch of Keep Antibiotics Working: The Campaign to End Antibiotics Overuse.

Institute Calls on State Attorneys General To Investigate StarLink Corn Disaster

IATP sent a letter to Attorney's General in seven states calling for immediate action to protect farmers from extensive harm in relation to genetically engineered StarLink corn due to reckless corporate behavior that violated the terms of StarLink registration by allowing it to enter the human food supply.