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On Nanofoods, Someone is Finally Listening
Move over "Frankenfoods", here come "nanofoods, says thebigmoney.com. Quoting blog.bioethics.net, they note that nanofoods' potential and their pitfalls--and what may be coming down the pipeline. One of the first articles in a long while to take notice of the social and ethical implications of these new developments, hopefully it will... (read the rest)
One-Eyed, One-Horned Flying Purple Tomato Eater
News reports say that researchers from the John Innes Center in the UK have grown a potentially cancer-preventing tomato. These tomatoes genetically altered to grow with the dark purple pigment anthocyanin are hoped to either prevent or reduce the effects of a number of chronic diseases including cancer. When the... (read the rest)
Forget Red, Blue and Pink States! Go Green!
Courtesy of Strange Maps, I have a chance just one week before we elect a new president of the United States to look at a very different kind of map so that my eyes don't bug out over staring at electoral maps and electronic "whiteboards" with every shade of state... (read the rest)
I Can't. My Baby Is Allergic.
It would appear that autism isn't the only early onset disorder that is plaguing a greater percentage of children. Next posing a risk to child health: food allergies, says USA Today. Not only are the allergies to eggs, nuts, and other foods culprits, but researchers have found that accompanying the... (read the rest)
Run Away from the Border?
I too want to praise Yum! Brand Foods, right along with the Association of State and Territorial Public Health Officials for its commitment to put nutritional information on its menu boards of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC, and Long John Silvers restaurants. Yet, should it really take until January 1,... (read the rest)
What's Lurking in Your Freezer?
It seems as though almost weekly we have another food quality scare--and this time it comes from the friendliest of foods. The thing that everyone says, "Oh yeah, this tastes just like it..." You guessed it: it's chicken. The Department of Agriculture reported this week that there have been 32... (read the rest)
Food Ethics--21st Century Style
Food ethics is becoming more complex than it used to be. With the recent crisis in China over baby formula, the slow food movement, the debates over locally grown food, organic food, cloned cattle, trans fats, the obesity crisis and more--food ethics is no longer limited to Leon Kass' The... (read the rest)
When No Means No: Caplan on Force Feeding Starving Inmates
Art Caplan says in the Hartford Courant that it is unethical to force feed inmates on a hunger strike. His claim is that it is a prisoner's right to refuse food as a form of protest against their incarceration or conviction. Similar to refusing medical treatment, competent prisoners can say... (read the rest)
Fat-burning Waffles
Who would have thought that one of the major ingredients in your breakfast cereal would be, of all things, fish oil? Adding key nutrients to everyday or less-than-nutritious foods would appear to be the next wave in food production, says the NYT. These "nutraceuticals" may radically change how we think... (read the rest)
Beware! Food Allergens WIthin!
The Washington Post reported on Tuesday that the FDA is considering changing food labeling for products that may contain allergens such as nuts, wheat, and others. Advocates say that there are just too many ways to say that your favorite candy bar was made in a factory containing nuts or... (read the rest)
Palin and Her Salmon
Jon Rowley of Gourmet Magazine is telling us that salmon in our restaurants may have tapeworms lurking inside. Frozen salmon is okay, but raw salmon (sorry tartare lovers!) is right out. Especially, according to Rowley, if you are dining on wild Alaskan salmon where Diphyllobothrium latum (the tapeworm in question)... (read the rest)
Top 5 Stories of the Week on Bioethics.net
Just in case you missed them, below are the most-read news stories of the week from bioethics.net. Summer Johnson, PhD New possibilities for stem cell research 10 Aug 2008 - As America struggles with such weighty issues as the war in Iraq, the foundering economy and the run-up to a... (read the rest)
The Real Price of the Obesity Epidemic
According to a new article published by researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine found today on bioethics.net, most of all adults will be overweight or obese by the year 2030, to the tune of over $900B in healthcare costs.... (read the rest)
Corn, oil and hunger
A trio of recent dots from the news stream that practically yell out to be connected: + The UN reported this week that rising food prices are pushing 100 million people even deeper into hunger. In response, Gordon Brown called hunger a "moral challenge." + Prices are starting to get... (read the rest)
Art Caplan on food from cloned animals
In his latest column for MSNBC.com, Art calls for transparency in the marketing of food from cloned animals: The Food and Drug Administration has spoken: meat, milk, cheese and other products from cloned animals are safe to eat. And the federal agency won't require any special labels identifying these products.... (read the rest)
Foreign Policy's 10 "missed" stories of 2007
Sure, the magazine's list includes items about topics such as borders, juntas and terrorism. But it also touches on transgenics, disease and robots: (descriptions from FP's site) #6 The American Heartland Grows Crops -- with Human Proteins Farmers have long experimented with crops bred to produce better yields, with few... (read the rest)
Fast food off the menu?
The LA Times reported this week that the Los Angeles city council will soon be considering an ordinance that bans new fast food restaurants in South LA. (via) The reason: the obesity rate in that part of the city is approaching 30 percent. The thinking behind this proposed ban is... (read the rest)
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