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Works to prevent the commercial culture from exploiting children and subverting the higher values of family, community, environmental integrity and democracy.

CSPI Kid Stuff CHOW Club!
Gives suggestions for better school foods & nutrition information geared toward children.

Red Tomato
Connecting farmers and consumers through marketing, trade, and education

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Center for Science in the Public Interest
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California Safe Schools
A nonprofit environmental coalition of over fifty organizations located in Southern California committed to the health and safety of children, teachers, staff and community members who reside near school sites.

Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems
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01/14/09 - The Obama Cancer Plan: Where is the Plan for Prevention?
01/14/09 - Largest-Ever Study of U.S. Child Health Begins
01/13/09 - Decades-Old Vaccine Mystery Solved -- Why Did RSV Vaccine Make Kids Sick?
01/10/09 - Medicinal Plants on Verge of Extinction
01/09/09 - Toxic Toy Guide Lists Chemicals Found in Hundreds of Toys
01/08/09 - Why You Should Avoid Fast Food at All Costs
12/30/08 - Dr. Bernadine Healy, Former Head of the NIH, Pushes for Study of Autism-Vaccine Link
12/27/08 - Born Under a Bad Sky & Cancerous Air
12/24/08 - Farm-to-School Lunch Organizer Sees Benefits for All
12/24/08 - Ten Dangerous Everyday Things in Your Home - Mercola
12/22/08 - Will Obama Integrate Food, Farming & Health Policies?
12/21/08 - Would We Sell Our Children's Future to a Health Insurance Company?
12/18/08 - Closing Santa's Sweatshop: How to Deliver on Obama's and Congress' Toy Safety and Fair-Trade Promises
12/18/08 - Children and Teenagers Found to Have Arteries of Middle Aged Adults
12/16/08 - Breastfeeding Petition to President-Elect Obama
12/14/08 - Elimination of Junk Food Ads Directed at Children Could Reduce Obesity in U.S. by 20 Percent
12/13/08 - The Cover-Up of Hidden MSG Food Additives in Brand Name Processed Food
12/12/08 - Good News-- Happiness is Contagious
12/10/08 - Everything You Need to Know About the Latest Threat to Your Baby
12/08/08 - USA TODAY Report - Toxic Air and America's Schools
12/08/08 - Toxic Air and Americaâ€™s Schools
12/06/08 - FDA Reluctantly Admits Mercury Fillings Have Neurotoxic Effects on Children
12/06/08 - Study Shows Misleading Health Claims on Food for Children
12/04/08 - CCFC's Guide to Commercial-Free Holidays: Reclaim the Holidays from Corporate Marketers
12/04/08 - Toxic Toy Guide Lists Chemicals Found in Hundreds of Toys
12/03/08 - Got Milk? Schools Reconsider Milk Menu, Cite Concerns of Health and Nutrition
12/03/08 - 90 Percent of U.S. Infant Formula May Be Contaminated with Melamine; FDA Abruptly Declares Chemical Safe for Babies
12/02/08 - Where's The Bailout for Nonprofits?
12/02/08 - How Healing Became a Commodity - Part I: The Story of Soap
11/30/08 - Disney Corrupts Chidrens' Minds
11/28/08 - FDA Hid Names of Melamine Contaminated Infant Formula Products from the Public
11/20/08 - Food Allergies Among Children in the US on the Rise
11/17/08 - More Schools Cultivating Organic School Gardens
11/17/08 - How Our Hospitals Unleashed a MRSA Epidemic
11/17/08 - Will the Down Economy Herald the Use of Natural Medicine?
11/17/08 - Improve School Lunches with Organic Locally Grown Food
11/14/08 - The FDA is Running an Extortion Racket
11/12/08 - Comparing Apples to Organic Apples - Why Organic is Worth the Extra Price
11/12/08 - Prescription Drugs Can Deliver High Doses of Phthalates
11/10/08 - School Menus Freshen Up --Chicago Schools Start the Transition to Local & Organic
11/09/08 - Toward a Healthy America: Prevention as Part of the Stimulus
11/03/08 - Infant Formula Makers and Canned Food Producers Called On To Remove BPA
10/30/08 - USDA's Billion Dollar Subsidy Program for School Lunches Causing Epidemic of Childhood Obesity
10/28/08 - Why You Should Get To Know Neem: The Tree of Life
10/27/08 - Lead Researcher on BPA Study Accepts $5 Million From Industry
10/27/08 - Sally Fallon: Challenging What You Think You Know about Nutrition & Raw Milk
10/27/08 - FDA Conspired with Chemical Industry to Declare Bisphenol-A Harmless
10/27/08 - Wal-Mart Hammered Again on Sweatshop Conditions
10/27/08 - Tell Greedy Toy Marketers: Leave Kids Alone During Economic Crisis
10/24/08 - No Child Left Behind, Mexican-Style
10/21/08 - The Story Behind the Corn Industry's Cloying Ad Blitz
10/21/08 - Homemade Baby Food: Yummy, Nutritious And Economical
10/21/08 - Farm-To-School Programs Grow Students' Appreciation for Locally Grown Food
10/21/08 - New Regulations Mandate Country of Origin Labels

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