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Is Our Food Safe: A Consumer's Guide to Protecting Your Health and the Environment [Paperback]

Warren Leon (Author), Caroline Smith Dewaal (Author)
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June 25, 2002
Every day, new warnings emerge about the safety of the food in our markets, school cafeterias, and restaurants. As industry and government officials rush in with reassurances—and food alarmists call for drastic changes in the American diet—ordinary consumers are caught in the middle. Is Our Food Safe? separates the facts from the rumors and offers straightforward, reliable advice on how to protect your health and the environment without going to extremes.

Is Our Food Safe? answers common questions about the safety of meat, dairy products, fish, fruits, and other foods that make up our daily diet. It assesses the positive and negative aspects of genetically engineered foods, compares organic and conventionally produced foods, and makes recommendations about when (and if) you should choose local suppliers over industry giants. It also explains which foods to eat and which to avoid if you are concerned about clean water and air and a safe environment. Finally, it provides valuable information on how you can improve the quality of the food available in your communities, including specific issues to raise with grocers and food service providers.

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This guide presents the facts and myths about the safety of meat, dairy, seafood, breads, pastas, fruits, vegetables, water, and other food products, whether conventional, organic, or genetically engineered, that we consume daily. Leon, executive director of the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association, and DeWaal, director of the Food Safety Program at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a food industry watchdog organization, give commonsense advice on protecting oneself against illnesses caused by contaminated or spoiled food. Focusing on three issues food safety and food-borne illnesses, environmental aspects of food choices, and sound diet and nutrition the book describes the symptoms of food-borne illnesses, the dangers of exposure to bacteria, toxins, chemicals, waste products, pesticides, and other contaminants, and the way these contaminants get into our food supply. The text also explains how to avoid food hazards, what to look for when shopping, and how to cook and prepare food that's free of contaminants. Naturally occurring substances may put consumers at risk as well; to find out more, read James P. Collman's Naturally Dangerous: Surprising Facts About Food, Health, and the Environment. For basic information on food contaminants, this book is solid and well crafted. Irwin Weintraub, Brooklyn Coll. Lib., NY
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Scarcely a day passes without a news story about a foodborne illness outbreak or some event that raises public fear about the safety of America's food supply. The modern-day disconnection between the sources of our food and our consumption habits leaves many people so unaware of food production that they think their food is made by the grocery store the way Ford makes cars. Leon and the other contributors have some very prescriptive advice about what people can do to minimize the danger of foodborne and food-related disease. They advocate awareness of foods' origins and preparation so that people can make intelligent choices. They want people to be aware of dangers that can arise in food production, such as use of dangerous pesticides, antibiotics, hormones, and other chemical additives. The authors also encourage people to eat thoughtful, balanced diets that follow the latest nutritional guidelines lest overconsumption of even safely prepared foods become in itself a health risk. Mark Knoblauch
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

Product Details

  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Three Rivers Press; 1 edition (June 25, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 060980782X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0609807828
  • Product Dimensions: 3.7 x 0.6 x 6.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,085,823 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent advice and valuable information!, July 14, 2002
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This review is from: Is Our Food Safe: A Consumer's Guide to Protecting Your Health and the Environment (Paperback)
"Is Our Food Safe?" provides an easy to follow, step-by-step guide to avoiding dangerous foods and reducing individual and widespread environmental impacts. The authors outline clear environmental and food safety issues. Particularly useful is the extensive appendix which offers valuable resources for further information. This book covers the topics of food safety and the environmental impacts of food thoroughly and interestingly. Nothing is left to question. Strongly recommended!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Decent book, March 21, 2005
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Overall, this is a decent "beginner's" guide. However, I found the authors' stance on bioengineered foods to be a little disturbing. Though they attempted to present a balanced view I definitely got the sense that they were in favor of genetically engineered foods. This stance is troubling, given the unknown and potentially disastrous consequences of bioengineered foods. Think of the mammoth butterflies killed by genetically altered corn, rats who developed tumors from genetically altered potatoes.

The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World by John Robbins (foreword by Dean Ornish) presents a more thorough chapter on the hazards of genetically engineered foods. Actually, Robbins's eye-opening book takes a more in-depth look at the impact of your food choices on your health and the environment, and covers other topics of related interest such as deceptive advertising by the food industry. And in doing so, he also presents a persuasive case for vegetarianism--his book is fascinating, well-researched, & well-written.

If you are truly serious about your food choices, get Is Our Food Safe, and then read The Food Revolution by John Robbins.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Not the best. Over simplistic., October 21, 2010
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The authors seem to be pro biotech industry. I found it disturbing that they could so confidently write that Genetically Modiefied foods are safe to eat. Even when they present evidence from scientific studies that say otherwise, they still come right back and say the we should not be alarmed in eating these foods. The authors have an over-simplistic sheep-mentality viewpoint. There were some erroneous information presented in their GM foods historical timeline.
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Confusing messages about food are everywhere. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
reducing meat consumption, safest food supply, engineered ingredients, engineered fish, regulating pesticides, organic label, engineered foods, pesticide tolerances, engineered crops, seafood choices, safer food, environmental choices
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United States, National Academy of Sciences, Food Quality Protection Act, New York, Department of Agriculture, North Carolina, World War, Consumers Union, Washington State, Consumer Reports, Environmental Protection Agency, Great Lakes, Gulf Coast, Nancy Donley, Natural Resources Defense Council, Safe Drinking Water Act, Stonyfield Farm, Carol Tucker Foreman, Energy Star, Greenfields Market, Latin America, Outbreak Alert, Urge Congress, Cornell University, Duplin County
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