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Eco-Tip: The Incredible, Inedible Egg

Aug 26, 2010Charles MargulisFood

The FDA website has updated information on the recalled eggs and how to read egg cartons for recalled products. Just this morning, two new egg brands were added to the growing recall list. Some more tips: 1. Cook Eggs Thoroughly: Cooking and baking generally kills...

Egg on Our Faces: Recalled Eggs Produced by Corporate Criminal

Aug 19, 2010Charles MargulisFood

Factory animal farms run by corporate criminal Austin “Jack” DeCoster have a long legacy of worker safety violations, environmental crimes, and animal abuses. Now DeCoster’s Iowa egg operation has been found responsible for salmonella poisoning that has sickened...

Eco-Tip: Why You Shouldn’t Use RoundUp (or Trust Its Labels)

Aug 18, 2010Caroline CoxFood, Tips

At the risk of sounding like the geek that I really am, I’ll make this confession: I’ve been reading the fine print on the back (and front) of Roundup bottles for a couple of decades. The Roundup I’m talking about here is not cowboys chasing down...

Eco-Tip of the Week: My Favorite Un-Recipes

Jul 29, 2010Caroline CoxFood, Tips

This week, CEH’s Research Director Caroline Cox follow-ups on our Culinary Month tips to tell us about how she likes to grow, shop for, and prepare the organic food she loves. Unrecipe #1: Every meal Ingredients: 1. Your neighborhood farmers market 2. A few minutes...

Eco-Tip of the Week: Celebrating National Culinary Month at Home

Jul 22, 2010Ali Geering-KlineFood, Tips

It’s not the most well-known month dedication, but apparently, July is National Culinary Arts Month. Though this four-week celebration focuses on celebrating professional cooks and chefs, we thought we’d pay homage to the good old tradition of cooking at home. ...

Eco-Tip: Mosquitoes at Home and in the Wild

Jul 9, 2010Caroline CoxFood, Tips

My co-worker Ali just came back from a beautiful, inspiring, and mosquito-filled camping trip at Lake Tahoe. She watched her friends liberally dousing themselves with various common repellents, mostly containing that nasty-sounding chemical DEET, and decided she’d...

Hospitals Taking on Factory Animal Farms and the Meat-Protein Myth

Jul 1, 2010Charles MargulisFood

Last week, an NPR story highlighted menu changes at Bay Area hospitals that have the meat industry steaming. For decades nutritionists have warned about meaty diets high in saturated fats. More recently, medical experts have warned that the meat industry’s practices...

Are Californians Dumber than Folks in Connecticut?

Jun 30, 2010Ryan BerghoffChildren's Health, Food, Laws & Regulations

We don’t think so. But the chemical industry does. In Connecticut, industry lobbyists thought that they could use fear tactics against a proposed state ban on the toxic plastic ingredient Bisphenol-A (BPA). But fear mongering lost, and the state adopted a ban,...

Something Stinky About Kellogg’s Serial Recalls

Jun 26, 2010Charles MargulisFood

On Friday, world’s largest cereal producer Kellogg’s announced a recall of 28 million boxes of sugary Apple Jacks, Fruit Loops, Corn Pops and Honey Smacks “due to an uncharacteristic off-flavor and smell coming from the liner in the package.” (see the full recall...

Eco-Tip of the Week: Yellow Jackets and Ants, Oh My!

Jun 24, 2010Caroline CoxFood, Tips

Summer is here, and with it comes many of our favorite warm weather outdoor activities. But those activities can be interrupted by the summer insects that come out in hot weather. Yellow jackets swarm around the burgers, grilled salmon or lemonade at our weekend...