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Pots & Pans
What are the best pots and pans to use if you want to avoid the nasty chemicals PTFE (Teflon), PFOA and PFAS?
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Brain-damaging pesticide has to go!
We applaud the call for submissions by the EPA NZ on a proposed ban of the insecticide chlorpyrifos
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Babies at risk from Unlabelled GE proteins in Infant Formula
GE ingredients are being added to baby formula, and FSANZ, does not require the labelling of GE ingredients on baby and other infant formula
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Is organic wine better?
Experts rate organic wines higher. Non-organic wines often contain harmful pesticides. Organic wine also supports sustainability.
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What's wrong with these rice crackers (and many other brands too)
An example of an ultra-processed food, with ingredients coming out of a laboratory. Yeast extract is a manufactured free glutamate, like MSG
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What do you know about genetic engineering?
Is the new technique gene editing more precise and controllable than older techniques of genetic engineering (GE)?
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Pesticides in strawberries
Conventional strawberries are heavily sprayed, being in NZ's dirty dozen, food available here that is more likely to contain pesticides
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MSG and Obesity: fat rats, brains and eyeballs
MSG and Obesity: fat rats, brains and eyeballs
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The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth about MSG
MSG: the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. What is MSG? Why does the manufactured free glutamate cause problems?
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Aspartame not so sweet
Did you know that two international bodies have cautioned against aspartame this year (2023), the artificial sweetener? Nevertheless...
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NZ's Dirty Dozen Presentation - Organic Week
Listen to Alison talk about which food in NZ is more likely to contain pesticide residues and why pesticides in food matter. Alison White...
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Chlorpyrifos Petition Summary
The government needs to urgently reassess and ban the brain-damaging insecticide chlorpyrifos. NZ children are exposed to high levels of...
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Children at risk from toxic pesticide: chlorpyrifos
Children are at risk from a toxic pesticide – New Zealand should urgently reassess chlorpyrifos.
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Pesticides in tomatoes
Why should you choose organic tomatoes? More than two thirds of samples tested had pesticides, including sauce and juice.
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What’s wrong with aspartame?
What's wrong with aspartame, the artificial sweetener 951, found in thousands of products?
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7 Facts about Genetically Engineered Food
Fact No. 1: Genetic engineering (GE) is a laboratory technique. Genetic engineering is a laboratory created seed technology that was...
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EPA make right decision on three toxic organophosphates
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA NZ) has made the right decision on the reassessment of three toxic organophosphates.
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Chlorpyrifos Petition
Sign our parliamentary petition to get rid of the insecticide chlorpyrifos
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Food packaging and PFAS
How can you lower PFAS going into your body? By not buying certain types of food packaging, you will lower chemicals going into your body.
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Tea with plastic, anyone?
Did you know that most tea bags contain plastic? Manufacturers use plastic, commonly polypropylene, because it is cheap, durable, can...
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