Title:Is your make-up killing you? From: The Daily Mail on the 5th October 2007 (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=485704&in_page_id=1770&in_a_source ) Women absorb 5lb of chemicals from cosmetics every year - from cancer-causing compounds in face cream to arsenic in eyeshadow. We tested two beauty junkies to reveal the shocking toll on their bodies... Charlotte Kohl and her sister Emma are attractive young women. Their looks, they admit, are… Continue
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Title:Is the difference between organic and non-organic irrelevant? From: The BFA Newsletter on the 25th October 2007 (http://news.bfa.com.au/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/archive/advantage/20071024162514/ ) Recently in a mainstream newspaper a professor of human nutrition lent herself to an article which quite emphatically stated that 'organic (food) is no better.' Following up with the professor and with the intention of knowing which research had led her to this conclusion, BFA Nutritionist Sh… Continue
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Title: Our tests show supermarket apples are up to 10 months old Date: January 20, 2008 Source: The Sun-Herald Sales of organic and free range chickens have soared following a controversial Jamie Oliver television programme which showed disturbing scenes of chickens being slaughtered using battery-farming methods. Despite the advertising that pushes fresh fruit and vegetables, independent testing shows apples have been stored for months before sale, Maxine Frith reports. APPLES on sale in sup… Continue
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Title: AGRIBUSINESS NEWS: Australian organic exports to climb on the back of cloned meat Date: January 23, 2008 Source: BFA Press Release Australian organic meat exporters say their business could be bolstered by the US Food and Drug Administration’s recent decision to approve the consumption of food from cloned animals and their offspring. The decision has re-ignited a focus on organic sales of organic beef and dairy products from Australia could be boosted as consumers in the United States… Continue
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Title: We love our strawberries. But are there hidden dangers? Date: February 2008 Source: CHOICE Magazine We love our strawberries. They look beautiful and good ones taste delicious. But are there hidden dangers? CHOICE's latest test results suggest we should be concerned about poor pesticide practices in Australia. In brief * Almost all the conventionally grown strawberries in our test contained pesticide residues. * While these chemicals are generally thought to be safe at the very low leve… Continue
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