Wenonah Hauter

Executive Director of the Consumer Advocacy Group Food & Water Watch
Blog Posts

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As of right now, only a few items in the produce aisle are genetically engineered (GE) – some squash, papayas and sweet corn. But pretty soon, we could be seeing GE apples in grocery stores. Since...

Added to Nutrition, Food Safety on Fri 08/03/2012

Summer has unofficially arrived. For many families, that means backyard barbeques and steaks and hamburgers on the grill. But between pink slime – the beef filler made of extra parts and...

Added to Diet, Family Health, Food Safety on Wed 05/23/2012

Lots of people were shocked to hear about a recent study that found arsenic in foods made with organic brown rice syrup. But this is not a problem that’s isolated to a specific ingredient, or to...

Added to Diet, Family Health, Food Safety on Sun 03/04/2012

Salmon is popular among consumers because it’s a healthy food choice that has a variety of nutritional benefits. Now, a company has created a genetically engineered (GE) salmon that they say grows...

Added to Diet, Wellness, Food Safety, Health News on Mon 02/27/2012

Americans spent over $10 billion on bottled water in 2009 because they’ve been led to believe that it’s safer and healthier than tap water, but this just isn’t true. Taking a holiday from bottled...

Added to Wellness, Family Health on Mon 12/19/2011

Thanksgiving dinner is not what it used to be. Historians say that for the first Thanksgiving meal, wild turkey shared the spotlight with lobster, clams, oysters and an eclectic assortment of...

Added to Nutrition, Diet, Family Health, Holidays, Health News on Tue 11/22/2011

This fall, a genetically modified sweet corn was introduced to farmers. Sweet corn is the variety that we eat right off the cob, in cans or frozen, versus other varieties of corn that are used in...

Added to Diet, Smart Patient, Health News on Sun 11/06/2011