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Color by Numbers
If that soda can had a warning label which stated “may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children,” would you give it to your child? This is the decision parents in the European Union...
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Majority of Easter Candy May Cause Hyperactivity in Children
A link between food colorings and hyperactivity highlights the importance of educational website, Be Food Smart. Easter is the second top-selling candy holiday and according to the National...
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FDA to Discuss Link Between Artificial Colors and Behavior Effects in Children
The FDA’s Food Advisory Committee will meet Wednesday and Thursday (March 30-31, 2011) in Silver Spring, MD, to discuss whether there is a link between children’s consumption of synthetic color...
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FTC Releases New Proposal for Foods Marketed to Kids
Have you ever sat down and watched a half hour of children’s programming? How many ads do you see marketed specifically towards children? Between Ronald McDonald, the Keebler Elves, Captain Crunch and...
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A School Lunch Solution
From Pure Facts, the newsletter of the Feingold Association Seven-year-old Emma attends a private school that provides healthy snacks but has recently discontinued its hot lunch program. After...
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Headline Roundup 12.7.11
Here are a few recent headlines that caught my eye: ‘Organic Water’ is a Thing Now In rather comical news, a German bottled water company, BioKristall, has gotten the official approval to market itself...
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Parent’s Guide to Surviving a Junk Food Weekend
Your family is visiting a friend’s family for the holiday weekend. The friend generously offers to have you stay at their house. Things are going great until it’s lunchtime and out comes the...
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Arsenic Found in Popular Organic Sweetener
Arsenic. When I hear that word I immediately think of a TV mystery where someone’s lover is poisoned to death via the toxin. Today, arsenic is not the star in some made-for-tv drama but rather a...
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