Press Releases
Press Releases
| Date | Press Releases | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 2007 |
Many public discussions about cloned and genetically engineered (GE) food animals have focused on questions of the regulatory authorities that may govern such animals, but few have considered the impacts of ethical or moral concerns. While ethical issues can be equally as or even more important than safety and regulatory issues to many people, there is currently no established venue where these issues can be fully addressed, according to some of the experts who gathered at a workshop last October sponsored by the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology and Michigan State University. |
Food Safety |
| Feb 8, 2007 |
In September 2006, the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology held a workshop in Washington, D.C., examining issues related to the potential importation into the U.S. of new varieties of genetically engineered (GE) crops and the various implications this could have on the U.S. regulatory system and food industry. |
Food Safety |
| Jan 25, 2007 |
Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology to Conclude Its Work The Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology will conclude its work at the end of March 2007. Established by The Pew Charitable Trusts in 2001, the project has achieved its goals of illuminating policy issues arising from advances in ag biotech and serving as a credible “honest broker” that could bring together stakeholders of differing views to discuss the opportunities and challenges that ag biotech presents. |
Food Safety |
| Dec 16, 2005 |
In light of a decision expected soon by the World Trade Organization (WTO) on the U.S. challenge to the European Union (EU) policy on genetically modified (GM) foods, the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology has updated its brief on the trade dispute between the U.S. and the EU over agricultural biotechnology. |
Food Safety |
| Dec 6, 2005 |
In March and May 2005, the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology hosted workshops to explore issues related to the regulation and commercialization of the products of animal biotechnology. Participants included animal biotechnology researchers from academia and industry; other representatives from the biotechnology, food, and agriculture industries; consumer, environmental, and animal welfare advocates; ethicists; and federal agency officials. |
Food Safety |
| Nov 15, 2005 |
Americans’ knowledge of genetically modified (GM) foods and animals continues to remain low, and their opinions reflect that they are particularly uncomfortable with animal cloning, according to a new survey released today by the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology. |
Food Safety |
| Nov 11, 2005 |
Policy Dialogue Explores Genetically Modified Imports, Implications For Domestic Policies The potential importation of genetically modified (GM) food and commodities from other countries raises a number of issues for U.S. regulators, farmers, food processors and distributors, such as how the regulatory system will handle these products and whether the food and commodity system is prepared. |
Food Safety |
| Oct 28, 2005 |
Workshop Proceedings on Moral and Ethical Aspects of Genetically Engineered and Cloned Animals In January 2005, the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology hosted a workshop to explore moral and ethical aspects of genetically engineering and cloning animals. Participants and attendees included animal biotechnology researchers from academia and industry, representatives from the biotechnology and food and agriculture industries, consumer and animal welfare advocates, ethicists and federal and state regulatory officials. |
Food Safety |
| Apr 2, 2013 |
New Projects Bringing Health Considerations into Education, Energy Policy, and Other Decisions The Health Impact Project announced eight new grant recipients that will receive funding to conduct health impact assessments, or HIAs. The projects will bring health considerations into upcoming decisions on topics including education, sanitation infrastructure, and energy. The grantees were selected based on their response to a national call for proposals. |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Mar 5, 2013 |
Funding Available in Minnesota to Identify Health Opportunities, Risks of Upcoming Decisions The Health Impact Project announces a request for proposals (RFP) that will fund three grants of up to $100,000 each to identify and address potential health impacts of an upcoming decision in each of their communities or state through the use of health impact assessments (HIA). |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Jan 23, 2013 |
Training Available In Minnesota To Build Healthier Communities Through Health Impact Assessment Minnesota organizations are invited to participate in an in-person training to learn about health impact assessments (HIAs). An HIA can help improve the well-being of local communities by incorporating health into decisions in other sectors. |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Jul 9, 2012 |
Funding Available to Bring Health Into Decision in Non-Health Sectors The Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts, announced a call for proposals for grants to conduct health impact assessments (HIAs). HIAs identify and address the health impacts of decisions in other sectors, such as planning roads, passing agriculture legislation, or siting schools. |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Mar 5, 2012 |
Grants Awarded to Help Build Health into Decisions on Energy, Housing, Agriculture, and Other Areas "The Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts, announced the awardees of 15 new grants today. Selected following a nationwide call for proposals, the grantees will conduct health impact assessments (HIAs), a type of study that looks at potential health impacts of policies and projects in other sectors." |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Jan 5, 2012 |
The rezoning around a planned light rail line in the Twin Cities would create both opportunities and potential risks for the health of the people in the communities it would pass through, according to a health impact assessment (HIA) released today by PolicyLink, TakeAction Minnesota, and ISAIAH, a nonprofit coalition of 90 congregations of various faiths in the Minneapolis, St. Paul and St. Cloud region. The HIA was made possible through a grant by the Health Impact Project, which is a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts. |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Nov 7, 2011 |
The Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts, announced today that The Kresge Foundation will support two health impact assessments (HIAs) to inform decisions in the housing sector. |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Sep 26, 2011 |
The Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts, today announced that The California Endowment will support up to two health impact assessment (HIA) demonstrations in California. The Health Impact Project’s work to promote the use of HIAs around the country closely aligns with the Endowment’s efforts to improve community health in California. |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Aug 15, 2011 |
New Program Will Make HIA More Routine Part of Local Health Departments' Work The Health Impact Project and the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) announced today a request for applications from local health departments to participate in the Health Impact Assessment (HIA) Mentorship Project. |
Health Impact Assessment |
| May 12, 2011 |
Oregon Farm to School Bill Would Benefit Health Through Job Creation, Study Finds A bill in Oregon that would provide incentives to deliver fresh local food to schools would improve the health of the state’s residents and, at the same time, create hundreds of new farm-industry jobs over a five- to 10-year period, according to a study released by Upstream Public Health in Portland. |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Mar 15, 2011 |
Grants Available to Build Healthier Communities Through Informed Decision Making Today, the Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts, announced a call for proposals for grants to conduct health impact assessments (HIA). |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Oct 20, 2010 |
Landmark Studies on Transit, Energy and Nutrition Policies are Focus of New Grants The Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts, today announced nearly $400,000 in grants to four organizations to conduct health impact assessments (HIAs). The assessments will identify and address potential and often overlooked health implications of policy proposals including farm-to-school food legislation, energy development, smart-metering technology for electric utilities and urban transportation plans. |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Jun 8, 2010 |
RWJF and Pew Award Six Grants to Examine the Impact of Policy on People’s Health The Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts, today announced more than $1 million in grants to six projects that will conduct health impact assessments at the state and local levels. |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Oct 20, 2009 |
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and The Pew Charitable Trusts (Pew) today announced the launch of the Health Impact Project, a national initiative designed to promote the use of health impact assessments (HIAs) as a decision-making tool for policy makers. |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Jun 15, 2011 |
Pew Urges Congress to Spur Development of Antibiotics Sharon Ladin, director of the Pew Health Group’s Antibiotics and Innovation Project, issued the following statement regarding the Generating Antibiotics Incentives Now (GAIN) Act (H.R. 2182)... |
Health Topics, Antibiotic Innovation |
| Nov 10, 2009 |
findNano App Puts Nanotech in Your Pocket Washington, DC - The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) has developed findNano , an application for Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch that lets users discover and determine whether consumer products are nanotechnology-enabled. Nanotechnology, the emerging technology of using materials by engineering th |
Health Topics |
| Sep 29, 2009 |
Nanotechnology and Synthetic Biology: What Does the American Public Think? Nanotechnology and synthetic biology continue to develop as two of the most exciting areas of scientific discovery, but research has shown that the public is almost completely unaware of the science and its applications. A groundbreaking poll of 1,001 U.S. adults conducted by Peter D. Hart Research Associates and the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) found 90 percent of Americans think that the public should be better informed about the development of cutting-edge technologies. |
Health Topics |
