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Food Cops Closer To Banning Fast Food (July 23, 2008)
Food Cops Closer To Banning Fast Food   After moving out of committee yesterday, Los Angeles’ proposed “fast food” moratorium is one step closer to becoming law. It’s worthwhile to note that L.A. County commissioned a study last year, which found “fast food” restaurants were not significantly correlated with childhood obesity. This didn’t faze the food cops. The city official who first called for the ban continues to justify the regulation on the grounds... read more here »

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Food Cops Target Your Freedom. We Fire Back. (July 22, 2008)
Food Cops Target Your Freedom. We Fire Back. Our national fascination with obesity attracts plenty of media attention. And with more than a few politicians in search of the limelight, that means there’s a lot of legislation focused on the issue too. At home and across the globe, food cops are going after our food freedoms. In Los Angeles, city officials are working to permanently ban fast food restaurants from building new locations... read more here »

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The Book HSUS and PETA Don’t Want You to Read
In his book Redemption, Nathan Winograd argues that the idea of pet overpopulation in America is a myth. PETA cites this “overpopulation” as the reason it kills nearly 90 percent of the dogs and cats it takes in. And HSUS literally wrote the book

Study: Why Food and Drink Bans Won't Solve Childhood Obesity
Despite the fact that almost all the research on in-school nutrition indicates that food bans are ineffective (and sometimes counterproductive), numerous groups are pushing for more regulations. Here's our study explaining why they're wrong.

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FOIE GRAS PROHIBITION REPEALED! CONSUMERS WIN!
Today in a stunning yet welcome reversal of an ordinance that had made the Windy City a national laughingstock, Chicago's City Council voted 37-6 to repeal a two-year-old ban on the sale of the delicacy foie gras.... read more here »

Government Records Show PETA Killed over 90 Percent of "Companion Animals" in 2007
An official report filed by People for The Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) with the Virginia government shows that the organization put to death more than 90 percent of the dogs, cats, and other pets it took in for adoption during 2007.... read more here »



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Put Helmsley's billions to use in animal shelters
PETA and HSUS have announced their intentions to claim big slices of the $8 billion bounty. But neither one has the track record to handle such a responsibility.... read more here »

Exercise, not food cost, key to good weight
here's no shortage of scapegoats to take the blame for obesity. From our genes to our social circles, headlines over the last few decades have been filled with "surprising" and "new" causes of weight gain.... read more here »

The mercury-in-the-fish story
Americans have been drowning in stories about “toxic” tuna sushi and high mercury levels in fish.... read more here »



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