The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted GRAS approval for a natural, zero-calorie sweetener it once sought to wipe out from the U.S. marketplace. Following political pressure from powerful consumer product corporations (Coca-Cola and Pepsi, prim

We were gravely disappointed to learn that Rev. Rick Warren has been selected to deliver the invocation at your inauguration. Rev. Warren was a poor choice to lead the invocation due to his long history of hateful, divisive rhetoric on important cultural

On December 16, Edwin Legarda, the husband of Aida Quilcue - one of the main leaders of the indigenous rights protests this fall - was murdered by members of the Colombian Army. The WFP Colombia team was in Cauca meeting with members of the leadership

Sixteen thousand children in seven African countries are due to undergo final-stage tests of a potential malaria vaccine early next year after research showed it halves the risk of malaria among infants and children in Kenya and Tanzania.

Russell Corporation, the apparel manufacturer owned by Berkshire Hathaway Corp., the Nebraska-based investment firm headed by Warren Buffett - world's wealthiest man, known as the "Seer of Omaha" for his financial prowess - has been linked to some of the

In a truly astonishing betrayal of public safety (even for the FDA), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today revoked its warning about mercury in fish, saying that eating mercury-contaminated fish no longer poses any health threat to children, pregnan

An important action step parents can take to counter the media marketing of unhealthy foods directed towards children is to make your voices heard directly to the people in charge of making the media marketing decisions. The Center for Scienc

Today, in his regular blog "Animals & Politics," my colleague Michael Markarian posted a blog well worth reading about today's announcement by President-elect Barack Obama on his latest cabinet selections: former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack for Agriculture Secr

Muntadhar al-Zaidi's feelings were influenced by watching the agony suffered by everyday Iraqis. Most of the reporter's stories focused on Iraqi widows, orphans, and children, said the brother. Sometimes the 29-year-old journalist would cry.

Ask President-Elect Obama not to let the outgoing Bush Admin Steal Farm Worker Protections! In November we told you about how the Bush Administration's Department of Labor (DOL) was considering putting out new H-2A regulations that would gut e