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Institute of Concern
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Keyword: food security

Health Dangers of Nanoparticles

December 1, 2011

The Canadian TV program The Nature of Things, hosted by David Suzuki, recently extolled the advantages of nanoparticles for curative...

Introducing our GMO-Free Blog

June 8, 2010

In his 2002 address to the Pontifical Council of Pastoral Health Care, Pope Jean Paul II warned of the “Promethean...

Holyrood anger as new UK Minister backs GM crops

June 8, 2010

THE Scottish and UK governments could be set for a clash over controversial genetically modified (GM) crops after a...

GMO Foods and Public Health: Two Policy Approaches

December 1, 2009

Even a cursory survey of national policies towards genetically-modified (GM) foods reveals a deep division between those states which adhere...

The Food Security Revolution and Environmental Health

April 25, 2009

Dear Relatives — like so many of us, I find myself more and more pleased that being an activist has...

Protecting our Food

December 1, 2008

In recent years, there has been an increase in sickness and even death from food and water contaminated with disease...

Food Irradiation Revisited

October 1, 2004

Introduction

Food irradiation was a hot topic in 2002. That was the year in which Health Canada made proposed regulatory changes...

Food Irradiation

January 1, 2003

Originally published 1988: revised January 2003 for IICPH