Vegetarians aren't the only ones who should be concerned; there's soy in just about everything you eat these days -- including hamburgers, mac 'n cheese and salad dressing.

And not a moment too soon! On Wednesday, a key Senate committee is slated to vote on a bill that will encourage food producers to clean up their acts and prevent deadly contamination in the foods we buy each day. With the holidays just around the corner,

"I know that pesticides are very dangerous for my son. Not only to his health, but they can also can affect my son's capacity to learn. In Kern county we have a lot of schools near agricultural operations.

Attending COVD's annual convention proved a great experience for Janet Hughes of Vision First. View fun photos and join the Kids Eyes Count Campaign! COVD is a national organization that provides board certification for eye doctors and vision therapists.

Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that foodborne diseases, such as Salmonella and Campylobacter, are increasingly resistant to antibiotic treatments. Countless scientific studies have concluded that antibiotic resistance is re

A study of thousands of men and women revealed that those who stick to a vegetarian diet have IQs that are around five points higher than those who regularly eat meat.

The House of Representatives has passed their historic health reform legislation, the first time in our country's history that a comprehensive health care bill has passed the House. How did your Representative vote on this historic day?

Islam Siddiqui has been nominated as the Chief Agricultural Negotiator for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. If Congress confirms Siddiqui, he will no doubt continue to undermine public health, biodiversity,

MORRISON, Wis. - All it took was an early thaw for the drinking water here to become unsafe. There are 41,000 dairy cows in Brown County, which includes Morrison, and they produce more than 260 million gallons of manure each year, much of which is spr

New York (CNN) -- Beyond the unhealthy influence that our demand for factory-farmed meat has in the area of food-borne illness and communicable diseases, we could cite many other influences on public health, most obviously the now-widely recognized relat