Media Coverage
Media Coverage
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| Apr 5, 2011 |
Access to safe and healthy foods is essential to protecting and promoting health. Consider that, over the past four decades, childhood obesity rates in the United States have risen rapidly, more than quadrupling among children ages 6 to 11 and more than tripling among teens. Source: Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project |
School Food |
| Apr 7, 2011 |
''Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project Aims to Revolutionize School Cafeteria'' ''America’s children are caught in a growing problem — literally. One out of every three kids and teens now weigh in as overweight or obese. In fact, the obesity rates among children aged six to 11 have more than quadrupled over the past four decades. Childhood obesity has truly become a public health crisis of epidemic proportions.'' Source: change.org |
School Food |
| Apr 11, 2011 |
''Poll: voters support improving school food standards'' “According to a poll of more than 1,000 registered voters, 78 percent believe schools should be required to meet higher nutrition standards for food they serve or sell to students and 61 percent support providing schools with more funding in order to do so." Source: Houston Chronicle |
School Food |
| Apr 11, 2011 |
Voters Want Healthy School Meals More than three out of four American voters—78 percent—believe that schools should be required to meet higher nutrition standards for all foods they serve or sell to students, and 61 percent support providing schools with more funding to meet those standards, according to a new poll commissioned by the Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project. Source: Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project |
School Food |
| Apr 12, 2011 |
''New poll shows almost two-thirds of voters want better food in schools and are willing to pay up'' “Polls show that almost two thirds of American voters say the government should increase nutrition requirements for school lunches. And they’re willing to pay for it." Source: Medill Reports |
School Food |
| Apr 20, 2011 |
''Voters’ Attitudes On School Nutrition'' “More than 75 percent of American voters believe schools should have to meet higher nutrition standards for all foods they sell or serve students, according to a poll commissioned by the Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project." Source: Education Week |
School Food |
| Apr 23, 2011 |
''FDA Opened 72 New Counterfeit Cases in 2010--a New Record'' "During a presentation at a meeting organized by the Pew Prescription Project (Washington, DC., March 7-8), deputy administrator Dr. Ilisa Bernstein noted that 72 cases had been opened by FDA’s Office of Criminal Investigations in FY 2010 (which ended Sept. 30). That’s up nearly 11% from the year before, which was also an up year." Source: Pharmaceutical Commerce |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Apr 25, 2011 |
''New study adds to concerns about animal-to-human resistance to antibiotics'' "On April 15, scientists reported that the meat bought at supermarkets is often contaminated with Staphylococcus aureas bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics used to fight human disease." Source: Los Angeles Times |
Health Topics, Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Apr 25, 2011 |
Tremendous Support for USDA School Meal Changes When it comes to school meals, adults and kids alike are ready for a change. An extraordinary number of people sent messages to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in support of the agency’s proposed standards to improve school meals. More than 115,000 people took action on this Web site and others, sending the message that it’s time to serve healthier foods and beverages to all students! The huge number of supportive comments clearly demonstrates that Americans urgently want to improve school meals. Source: Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project |
School Food |
| May 8, 2011 |
''Antibiotic Resistance: One Mother's Fight'' "It is not possible for me to "wake up" from this nightmare. But we as a society must wake up and prevent other nightmares from occurring by preserving the efficacy of our antibiotics...There is something you can do to help honor Simon, and make sure that other mothers don't face the pain of losing a child to a malicious bacteria. Please join the new group, Moms for Antibiotic Awareness -- an initiative of the Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming. We are working to raise awareness across the country on the routine use of antibiotics in food animal production and to engage moms and those concerned about their family's health to take action for more judicious use of these drugs." Source: The Huffington Post |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| May 11, 2011 |
''Study Finds Positive Results from Credit Card Law'' "Banks and some pundits had predicted that credit card users would face skyrocketing interest rates, a spike in annual fees and a plethora of other negatives after stringent new rules on cards kicked in last year." Source: The Associated Press |
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| May 16, 2011 |
"In the wake of the heparin scandal, FDA admitted that rampant globalization in drug manufacturing has outstripped the agency’s resources for inspecting foreign facilities." Source: Chemical and Engineering News |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| May 17, 2011 |
''Study: 2 Years After Credit Card Reforms, Rates, Fees More Stable'' "Credit card interest rates have held steady, penalties are less costly for consumers and annual fees and other charges have changed little over the past year, according to a study released Tuesday by the Pew Safe Credit Cards Project." Source: FoxBusiness.com |
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| May 18, 2011 |
''Extending Credit Card Protections to Small Business Users'' "Each month, Americans get more than 10 million business credit card pitches in their home mailboxes. The cards are aimed at small businesses and sole proprietors, but they generally lack the new protections that apply to consumer cards, a new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts says." Source: The New York Times |
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| May 18, 2011 |
''Study: 'Business' credit cards put consumers at risk'' "From January 2006 to December 2010, American households received more than 2.6 billion offers for so-called "business" credit cards, according to a new report from the Pew Safe Credit Cards Project." Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer |
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| May 18, 2011 |
''Consumers must watch for unregulated credit cards'' "The sudden interest-rate hikes, high fees and steep penalties that last year's credit card regulations were designed to eliminate are still lurking in one segment of the credit card market: cards designated for businesses." Source: WTOP 103.5 FM |
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| May 19, 2011 |
''Should You Sign Up for a 'Professional' Card?'' "Credit-card issuers are marketing so-called professional cards—formerly reserved for small-business owners or executives—to individuals, a new report says." Source: The Wall Street Journal |
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| May 23, 2011 |
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) represents the third-largest school district in the country, serving 400,000 students in more than 600 schools. In an effort to improve the quality of foods served in its schools, CPS debuted new breakfast and lunch menus in the 2010-2011 school year that exceed the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) HealthierUS School Challenge Gold standards, distinguishing them as being among the healthiest in the country. Source: Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project |
School Food |
| May 24, 2011 |
The Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project conducted a pilot survey among food service directors in three states (Georgia, Kentucky and Wisconsin). Source: Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project |
School Food |
| Jun 1, 2011 |
''Credit CARD Act Turns Two: Are Consumers Better Off?'' "It’s been two years since the landmark Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 was signed into law, and by all accounts, it’s led to some pretty significant changes in the giant industry grinding away behind those little pieces of plastic." Source: Time |
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| Jun 3, 2011 |
''Business Credit Cards Provide Few Safeguards'' ''Households receiving offers for 'business' credit cards would be wise to throw them away, a nonprofit research group is warning consumers.'' Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
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| Jun 14, 2011 |
''Senators Seek More Disclosure For Business Credit Cards'' "Four Senators today called for more disclosure on business credit card offers so cardholders will understand that business cards are not protected by the same laws as regular consumer cards that bar practices like retroactive interest rate hikes." Source: Bloomberg Businessweek |
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| Jun 22, 2011 |
''FDA Lays Out Global Strategy to Monitor for Dangerous Foods, Drugs'' "In an unusual special report Monday, the Food and Drug Administration laid out a strategy it hopes will help it do a better job of policing America's food and drug supply. Called the Pathway to Global Product Safety and Quality, the 36-page document outlines a plan to work globally to track the international movement of food and drugs." Source: PBS NewsHour |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Jun 24, 2011 |
''China Illustrates Challenges for ‘Global’ FDA'' "Faced with a chronic shortage of staff around the world and a lack of enforcement authority in foreign countries, the FDA has come up with a plan to transform itself into a “truly global agency,” according to a report (pdf) on product safety and quality it released on Monday." Source: The Wall Street Journal |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Jul 7, 2011 |
New Collaboration Supports Growth in the Field of Health Impact Assessment WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Health Impact Project and the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) announced a collaboration and a call for proposals to increase the number of health impact assessment (HIA) training opportunities offered in the United States. Source: Health Impact Project |
Health Impact Assessment |
