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Cheap food policy contributing to childhood obesity

A decades-old “cheap food” policy has helped create a broken U.S. food system where unhealthy foods are both cheaper and more available to children than are healthy foods, writes the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy’s David Wallinga, M.D. in a new article in the influential journal, Health Affairs.

Food Systems and Public Health

There is a disconnect between agriculture policy and public health. The latest issue of the Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition offers a great collection of ideas on how to make our food system healthier, including contributions from IATP's Dr. David Wallinga and Mark Muller.

Calls for Chemcal Policy Reform

The current law regulating toxic chemicals is no longer sufficient to protect public health, according to a new commentary by IATP’s Kaltheen Schuler. Congress will consider reforming the law in the coming months.

APHA calls for end to hormone use

IATP lauds the American Public Health Association for a new policy asking for an end to needless hormone use in beef and dairy production.

Strategies to Improve Produce Safety

Private industry food safety protocols for produce farmers are not always based on independent science and are biased against smaller-scale, diversified farms, finds a new report by IATP and Food & Water Watch.

Agriculture Groups Support Limits in Antibiotic Use

A group of family farm and sustainable agriculture organizations have written the White House calling for restrictions on the unecessary use of antibiotics in raising food animals.

Report: HFCS Contaminated With Mercury

Two new papers look at the presence of mercury in high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). An article in Environmental Health finds mercury in commercial HFCS. An IATP study finds mercury in common foods and beverages.

Leading Twin Cities Hospital Makes Healthy Food Pledge

Hennepin County Medical Center is the first public teaching hospital in the country to sign the Healthy Food in Health Care Pledge. The pledge is a voluntary program for food purchasing of Health Care Without Harm (IATP is a founding member).

Minnesota First State in U.S. to Restrict Use of BPA

Minnesota became the first state in the nation to ban the toxic chemical bisphenol A (BPA) from baby bottles and "sippy" cups after Governor Tim Pawlenty (R) signed the legislation into law.

Bill to Remove Mercury From HFCS

Congress is considering a bill that would phase out the use of mercury in caustic soda production. Call your representative today to sponsor and/or support this legislation. IATP's David Wallinga, M.D., co-authored two papers earlier this year that examined the link between mercury, caustic soda and high fructose corn syrup.

IATP's Smart Guides

Smart Guide on Sludge Use in Food Production

munure spray small Consumers should choose foods produced without sewage sludge-based fertilizers.

Smart Guide on Hormones and Food

Some hormones like atrazine, steroid hormones and BPA, are added to the food system. Others accumulate as part of industrial food production.

Smart Guide to Food Dyes

Many candies and other processed foods contain synthetic food dyes linked to increased hyperactivity in children.

Smart Children's Products

teething ring Learn about chemicals in children's products that pose health risks.

Smart Plastics

The latest science and marketplace developments on safer plastics.

Smart Meat and Dairy

Picking safer, sustainable food for healthy children and a healthier environment.

Smart Produce

Choosing fruits and vegetables to minimize pesticide exposure.

Smart Fish

fish three A guide for Minnesota moms, moms-to-be and kids under 15.

Global food safety

Food Safety in Legislative Grinder

IATP Board Member Rod Leonard analyzes the recent food safety bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives.

Global Food Safety Monitor

Find out the latest on food safety issues around the world in the latest Global Food Safety Monitor.

Agriculture policy and public health

U.S. Farm Policy Contributes to Obesity

Policy focused on low corn and soybean prices benefits food companies, but is also a significant contributor to the nation's obesity epidemic.

A Fair Farm Bill for Public Health

bread The U.S. Farm Bill could do a lot to support a healthier food system.

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