Food and health

Message in a Bottle: Report Findings Summary

A new market survey Message in a Bottle: A Market Survey on Bisphenol A (BPA) in Baby Bottles and Sippy Cups (PDF) announces that state legislation has been a key driver in phasing out the use of BPA in these products.

Reproductive Health And The Industrialized Food System: A Point Of Intervention For Health Policy

The US food production system yields a large volume of food that is relatively low in cost for consumers but is often high in calories and low in nutritional value.

Dietary Sources of Chemical Exposure and Opportunities for Exposure Reduction

This report was undertaken by IATP for the Kaiser Permanente's Environmental Stewardship Public Education Campaign to develop an approach to promote actions in communities to reduce their exposure to environmental toxins in the food chain.

Safe Chemicals Act introduced, good news for people and families

Today, the Senate introduced the Safe Chemicals Act, which seeks to  reform the outdated and badly broken Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). We think this is good news for people and families across the United States. Why? Because TSCA has failed so completely to protect our health! Of the more than 80,000 chemicals on the market today, only about 200 have ever been tested for safety.

Food packaging major exposure route for BPA

A new peer-reviewed study published today in Environmental Health Perspectives has found evidence suggesting that food packaging is a major source of exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA).

Farm to School in Minnesota: Third Annual Survey of School Food Service Leaders

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BPA-free doesn't mean estrogen free

APHA applauded for urging action on hormone-disrupting chemicals

Washington, D.C. – The American Public Health Association (APHA) recently announced an important new policy calling for government action to protect the public from hormone-disrupting chemicals in the food supply. The policy was applauded by Healthy Food Action, a project of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP).

Making U.S. Trade Policy Serve Global Food Security Goals

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Charter for a Healthy Farm Bill

U.S. health professionals are calling on new leadership in Congress to make health a priority in writing the next Farm Bill. National health leaders, including Dr. Andrew Weil and Dr. Marion Nestle, have signed onto a “Charter for a Healthy Farm Bill.” (See the full list of signatories at HealthyFoodAction.org.)