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Americans Waste Historic Amount of Food While One In Six Lacks Food Security
Jeff Gangemi Sep 05, 2012 NRDC 0 comments
A new study by the Natural Resources Defense Council puts an oft-ignored American problem into stark perspective. The average American wastes 10 times as much food as the average Thai person and 50% more than their parents or grandparents did 40 years ago, according to the study. The impacts of wasting food go beyond just the piles of uneaten carrots, the leftover turkey, and the stale chips in our garbage pails. It accounts for a waste of roughly $195 billion, but also “25% of all freshwater and huge amounts of unnecessary chemicals, energy, and land.”  The study breaks down food waste by link in the supply chain and challenges different segments of industry to develop innovative...
Consumer Reports Finds BPA in Food
FarmPlate Nov 10, 2009 NRDC 0 comments
In an op-ed article for the New York Times, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Nicholas Kristof points out that although Steven Hentges of the American Chemistry Council dismisses the results of BPA testing, many studies show links between BPA and adverse health effects, including reproductive abnormalities, heightened risk of breast and prostate cancers, diabetes and heart disease. According to Consumer Reports, an FDA special scientific advisory panel reported in 2008 that the agency’s standard for BPA levels was inadequate and should be re-evaluated. Bills are currently pending in Congress that would ban the use of BPA in all food and beverage containers. Until changes are made to...