Whole Foods Makes Plastic, Seafood Ultimatums

The publicly-traded natural food retailer Whole Foods Market recently followed its beauty ultimatum with a new plan to implement new packaging guidelines for its body care and supplement products. In an effort to cut down on plastic consumption, the company will get body and supplement suppliers to switch to post-consumer recycled (PCR) bottles and will [...]

Monsanto, BASF To Add GMO Wheat

Agricultural giants Monsanto and Germany’s BASF announced on July 7 joint plans to make genetically modified wheat. The addition will be the fifth in their collaboration, which already includes corn, soy, cotton and canola. According to the new agreement, the two companies will invest about $1 billion during the collaboration. The duo will focus on [...]

EPA Fines Roundup Maker $2.5M

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency revealed that agricultural giant and the maker of Roundup, Monsanto Company Inc., of St. Louis, Missouri, has agreed to pay a $2.5 million penalty for misbranding violations regarding its cotton seed products with genetically engineered pesticides. The settlement is the largest civil administrative penalty settlement ever under the Federal Insecticide, [...]

EU Votes Against GM Labeling

It appears the agricultural food giants have won again, as the European Parliament voted against labeling foods that contain genetically modified ingredients or meat from animals fed GM grains, according to British publication The Ecologist. The organization Friends of the Earth completed a recent poll that said less than 40% of the public was aware [...]

No BS Skincare: Derma e

Safe, effective skincare for many skin ailments and general anti-aging, from a seasoned skincare company that respects both its customers and the environment.

Too Vain To Be Green: Is Copenhagen A Waste?

The irony of the global environment debate, one that was recently the focus of the massive United Nations convention in Copenhagen, is that while the developed nations seem the most proactive, they are in reality looking for a way to fix all the damage they’ve done, damage that will hurt the developing nations the most. [...]

A Healthy Halloween

Halloween is our justification for candy overload just as Thanksgiving is a justification for overeating and St. Patrick’s for binge drinking. But, the more education consumers get about food, the more parents crave healthy, tasty options for their kids. One product I keep away from my niece, and all the kids in my family, when [...]

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