Media Coverage
Media Coverage
| Date | Media Coverage | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2012 |
''Dear F.D.A.: Stop Drugging Animals'' "The comment period for the F.D.A.’s ruling on antibiotic use in animals closed yesterday, and at least 200,000 people have told the agency that the routine use of drugs in animal rearing must be restricted. The agency, which has stalled on this for 30 years, has been ordered by two judges to act now." Source: The New York Times |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jul 9, 2012 |
''School lunches healthier, Administrators work to balance nutrition with appeal to students'' "A study released late last month delivers the message: Make competitive foods offered in schools healthier, too. The study was a collaboration between the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and came from two projects, the Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project – the director, Jessica Donze Black, is a University of Delaware graduate – and the Health Impact Project." Source: The News Journal |
School Food, Health Impact Assessment |
| Jun 29, 2012 |
''New school nutrition standards on horizon'' "A recent study has reaffirmed what local school officials already knew: Student health and school budgets can both benefit from higher nutrition standards." Source: Seacost Online |
School Food, Health Impact Assessment |
| Jun 28, 2012 |
''Health assessment calls for USDA nutrition standards in schools'' "The Health Impact Project, released Tuesday by the Kids’ Safe & Healthful Foods Project, was conducted to examine how the agency’s new policies will affect student nutrition and how new dietary standards would affect school revenues." Source: APHA Public Health News |
School Food, Health Impact Assessment |
| Jun 28, 2012 |
''FDA Probing Safety of Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants'' "While thousands of Americans have benefited from hip replacements over the years, problems with metal-on-metal implants can lead to troubles requiring surgery to replace defective devices, experts say. Writing earlier this month in the New England Journal of Medicine, Pew's Joshua Rising and colleagues said that "there is now compelling evidence that these implants fail at a higher rate than hip prostheses made of other materials." Source: U.S. News and World Report |
Medical Safety |
| Jun 27, 2012 |
''Better School Nutrition Good for Students and Budgets'' "The Health Impact Project released an assessment making the case that “strong nutrition standards could have a significant positive impact on the health of students” and that such standards implemented by the Agriculture Department 'can be made with little to no negative financial impact and in fact may even result in improved financial outcomes for schools and districts.'" Source: Taegan Goddard's Wonk Wire |
School Food, Health Impact Assessment |
| Jun 26, 2012 |
''Report: School Nutrition Standards Could Improve Health and Finances'' "Stronger school nutrition standards from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) could improve student health and provide a financial boon for school districts, according to a new health impact assessment (HIA) released Tuesday by the Health Impact Project and the Kids' Safe and Healthful Food Project." Source: Governing |
School Food, Health Impact Assessment |
| Jun 26, 2012 |
''Study: Higher nutrition standard for snacks a win-win for schools'' "Replacing a candy bar with an apple could have a big effect, according to the 172-page health assessment released by the Kids’ Safe & Healthful Foods Project and the Health Impact Project" Source: The Packer |
School Food, Health Impact Assessment |
| Jun 26, 2012 |
''FDA user fee bill gives agency new powers to inspect overseas prescription drug plants'' "A Food and Drug Administration bill designed to increase inspections of foreign drug factories, while also speeding approvals of new drugs at home, is headed to the president’s desk after an overwhelming approval in the U.S. Senate." Source: Associated Press |
Medical Safety |
| Jun 26, 2012 |
''Nutrition, finances win with healthful school snacks, report says'' "An assessment of what those new rules might do for kids’ health and the schools’ bottom line was released Tuesday by two projects from the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation." Source: The Los Angeles Times |
School Food, Health Impact Assessment |
