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A Proposal for Improved Healthfulness in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Many Americans are in less than optimal health. Approximately two-thirds are overweight, half of whom are obese. Diabetes prevalence continues to climb with 25.8 million Americans suffering from the disease and an estimated 79 million more with prediabetes (CDC Diabetes 2011). Economically disadvantaged people are at |
The Origin of U.S. Dietary Guidelines
Current U.S. dietary policies still reflect the basic design of the food guides from the early part of this century. In 1894, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) developed the first food composition tables and dietary standards for Americans. In 1916, the first daily food guides appeared in U |
Frequently Asked Questions About Chemical Regulation
Frequently Asked Questions About Chemical Regulation What is toxicity testing? What are some concerns with the use of animals in toxicity testing? What is the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)? Is TSCA in need of modernization? How can chemical regulatory legislation be more effective? What is the Saf |
Chemical Testing Basics
Chemical Testing Basics Toxicity Testing | Toxic Substance Control Act Reform Legislative revisions to the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) will change the way industrial chemicals are regulated. Since chemicals are regulated based on their potential toxic effects, whether, how, and when toxicity testing is |
Chemical Testing Basics TSCA Reform
Chemical Testing Basics Toxicity Testing | Toxic Substance Control Act Reform About the Toxic Substances Control Act The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) was signed into law in 1976 and has been the prevailing legislation governing industrial che |
Analysis of the HPV Challenge: Industry Violations and EPA Negligence
By Nicole Cardello, M.H.S. Executive Summary The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) High Production Volume (HPV) Challenge encourages chemical companies to volunteer to conduct screening-level animal toxicity tests on 2,800 industrial chemicals. Pursuant to this program, companies have committed to |
Testimony on High Production Volume Chemical Tests to the House Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment
Neal D. Barnard, M.D. June 17, 1999 As a physician and president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, I would like to thank Chairman Calvert and the members of the Committee for the opportunity to comment on the EPA’s High Production Volume Challenge program. We are greatly concerned about seve |
Covance Image, Reality Don't Mesh
By Aysha Akhtar, M.D., M.P.H. November 9, 2006 This opinion piece was published in the Chandler Republic. For years, I have been drawn to Arizona time and again, from the top of Kitt Peak to the depths of the (Grand) Canyon. In the Arizona desert, there is no place to hide. There are no dense forests to cover the |
Getting Started with the Basics
In PCRM’s proposed improvements to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, participating grocers must supply basic healthful foods, referred to as “Healthy Basics”: Grains: Rolled oats Loaf of bread (high-fiber or pumpernickel) Brown rice Quinoa Whole w |
Taxpayer IOUs Highlight Food Stamp Reform Plan
American taxpayers could save $176.90 each per year if Congress enacted PCRM’s plan to reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to focus on healthful options. PCRM called attention to the possible savings by mailing select taxpayers IOUs and one check for this amount. Under PCRM’s “health |
Healthy Basics Recipes
In PCRM’s proposed improvements to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, participating grocers must supply basic healthful foods, referred to as “Healthy Basics.” Here are delicious recipes prepared from "Healthy Basics." Always Great Brown Rice Makes 6 1/2-cup servings B |
A Titanic Health Care Plan
By Neal Barnard, M.D. This opinion piece was published on Oct. 5, 2009, on HuffingtonPost.com. The luxury cruise ship was outfitted with a gymnasium, a squash court, a Turkish bath, and an on-board swimming pool, justifying the ticket price of $4,350 for first class passage. What it did not have was a hull capabl |
PCRM Steps up Campaign to EndLive Animal Laboratories In Medical Education
Last year, just months after PCRM launched its campaign urging the University of Miami School of Medicine to eliminate its live animal laboratory for basic physiology, the school announced it had done just that—future students would learn though teaching methods that involve no animals. In the wake |
725 Reasons Why You Don't Want to Be an Animal in a Military Lab: Pentagon Experiments under Investigation
© 1998, COREL The $435 hammers and $640 toilet seats bought by the U.S. military in the 1980s were nothing. The Department of Defense now spends $200 million a year on experiments using hundreds of thousands of animals, often with no more than the vaguest scientific rationale. By all appearances, |
Yet Another Medical School Victory
Just months after being selected for PCRM’s campaign to eliminate animal use in medical education, the University of Miami School of Medicine has abolished its live animal laboratory, which used dogs to demonstrate basic concepts to students. In so doing, it joins the ranks of other prestigiou |
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