What is IARC?
October 19, 2020
What do a cell phone and a career as a hairdresser have in common? Both could possibly be carinogenic (or cause cancer), according to the International Agency for Research on…
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Picking Up The Missing Pieces: IARC Glyphosate Review Update
October 25, 2017
Eating food to survive is not a choice, it is a necessity. Thus, food safety is of the highest importance to all of us. How can food safety be upheld?…
Putting IARC Into Perspective
June 15, 2016
A vast body of information and research has grown regarding cancer. But for several decades, the illness was at best a mystery. This gave rise to knowledge-seeking organizations such as…
The Truth Behind Nitrites in Your Meat
June 13, 2016
Nitrites. Fear the word! I am betting at some point in the endless ritual of perusing the internet, you have stumbled across the topic of nitrites/nitrates in food. You might recall a…
Cutting Through the Clutter on Glyphosate
January 14, 2016
(UPDATED below) The news reports about the herbicide glyphosate in the last few months are enough to make you dizzy. The seemingly neverending back-and-forth of messages coming from a variety…
Chew on This: A Food Technologist Puts Red and Processed Meat in Perspective
December 21, 2015
by Aurora A. Saulo A report in late October on the potential cancer-causing risk of red and processed meat by an arm of the World Health Organization—as well as its…
News Bite: IARC “Clarifies” Report About Potential Carcinogenicity of Red and Processed Meat
November 4, 2015
A report Oct. 26 by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), an arm of the World Health Organization (WHO), regarding red and processed meat lit up the news and social media. But just…
WHO Chimes in on Meats: What it Means for Your Health
October 23, 2015
Heard lots of panic about the latest IARC (WHO) announcement on red meat? Here’s the background you need to put that panic in perspective: Who is WHO’s IARC and…
Regarding a Petition to FDA to Ban Eight Food Additives
June 10, 2015
We have received a number of questions regarding a petition to the FDA by seven primarily environmental advocacy groups seeking to ban eight food additives, so we wanted to help put…