Appetite for a Change Archives
Children's Environmental Health News Archive 2000-2004
OCA's nationwide campaign working to integrate organic foods and non-toxic products into our schools and homes, creating a safer and healthier environment for our children to learn and grow.
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Children's Environmental Health News
2004
- 12/30 - Pesticides & Household Cleaning Chemicals Linked to Asthma Epidemic in Children
- 12/24 - Action Alert--Kick School Junk Food Marketers out of Your State
- 12/13 - School Food Policies and Strategies for Change
- 12/2 - Child Rat Poisoning Rate Increases as EPA Cuts Pesticide Regulations (sign petition)
- 12/1 - Minneapolis Newspaper on EPA Rat Poison Controversy
- 12/1 - Sophisticated Corporate Marketers Manipulating Children's Appetites
- 11/29 - OCA's National Petition Against EPA Pesticide Study on Children Shows Results
- 11/18 - EPA Allows Rat Poison Manufacturers to Poison Kids
- 11/18 - Coke booted from Chicago Schools
- 11/18 - Salad Bars Taking Root in Urban Schools
- 11/12 - EPA Using Kids as Guinea Pigs to Test Pesticides (Alert and other Organic News Tidbits)
- 11/8 - Schools will reward kids who make good choices at lunch
- 11/1 - EPA Will Use Poor Kids as Guinea Pigs in New Study on Toxic Pesticides
- 10/25 - Mercury Contamination in Fish Threatens Women & Children
- 10/19 - Food Giants & California Legislature Preserve Junk Food Diet for Schools
- 10/7 - U.S. Senate Bill Introduced to Ban the Sale of Soda & Junk Food in Schools
- 10/5 - Children Will Pay for "Me First" Corporate & Government Greed
- 10/4 - Biotech Propaganda Express Taking Aim at Students
- 9/16 - Corporate America Spending $15 Billion Annually to Brainwash Children
- 9/16 - School Cafeterias Starting to Go Organic
- 9/13 - Air Pollution Causes Lifelong Damage to Kid's Lungs
- 9/9 - Help Get Organic Milk Into Your Kid's School
- 9/8 - Schwarzenegger Urged to Sign Bill Banning Hazardous Mercury-Tainted Vaccines for Children
- 9/7 - Seattle Bans Soda & Junk Food from Schools
- 9/3 - Why Schools Should Remove GE-Tainted Foods from Their Cafeterias
- 9/3 - Schools & Day Care Centers to Serve Irradiated Beef to Children
- 8/31 - Great New Book on How Corporations Are Brainwashing Children
- 8/30 - Organic Food Will Become Part of School Curriculum in California District
- 8/25 - AMA Warns that Soda Pop is Major Health Hazard for Kids & Adults
- 8/18 - Millions of Children Will Return to Unsafe Schools
- 8/12 - Congress Applauded for Restrictions on Force-Feeding Irradiated Meat To Students
- 7/22 - Sugar Wars: Coca-Cola & Junk Food Industry Under Attack
- 7/20 - The Troubling State of America's Children 2004
- 7/20 - TV Watching for Kids Linked to Smoking & Obesity
- 7/14 - Action Alert: EPA Refusing to Regulate Carcinogens to Protect Childrens Health
- 7/12 - Junking the Junk Food Machines in Schools
- 7/7 - Action Alert: Tell Your Local School Board to Kick Junk Foods Out of Schools
- 7/5 - Sustainable Foods & Farms: Changing Minds As Well As Eating Habits
- 7/5 - Organic School Lunch Program Expands in California
- 6/28 - Italian Law Calls for All Organic Foods in Nation's Schools
- 6/25 - Senate Votes Against Forcefeeding Irradiated Meat to Schoolchildren
- 6/24 - Stop Deadly Corporate Marketing to Children
- 6/17 - USDA Classifies Frozen Fries as "Fresh Vegetables"
- 6/10 - Coming soon: a rare opportunity to prod schools to serve more healthy food to children nationwide
- 6/9 - Tell Congress to Get Our Schools Out of the Junk Foods Business
- 6/4 - Junk Food Wreaking Havoc on Kids
- 5/20 - Campaign Against Obesity & Junk Foods Moves Forward
- 5/2 - San Francisco Bans Irradiated Food in Schools!
- 3/24 - How Greedy Corporations Are Making American Children Fat
- 3/19 - Schools Across U.S. Target Vending Machines in Obesity Controversy
- 2/9 - FDA Not Protecting Children from Mercury in Fish
- 1/23 - Too Much Sugar
- 1/19 - Canada Begins to Get Soda Pop out of Schools
- 1/12 - Italy Leads in Organic Catering for Schools
- 1/6 - Pediatricians Say Ban Sodas in Schools
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2003
- 12/15 - Early exposure to chemicals may increase risk of childhood asthma
- 12/3 - GE Ingredients in school lunches laced with more herbicides
- 10/19 -Students Hungry for Change
- 9/17 -Congress Debates Labeling & Choice over Irradiated Foods in Schools
- 9/16 -States Sue EPA Over Pesticde Hazards for Kids
- 7/29 - Commercial Alert—Fighting Corporate Colonization of the Mind
- 7/7 - Industry Fights Toronto Law Banning Lawn Pesticides
- 6/5 - Senate Bill to Limit Sales in Schools of Sodas & Candy
- 5/9 - New Study Reveals Hazards of Pesticide Drift
- 4/28 - Sugar Industry Pressuring UN to Lie About Obesity
- 3/25 - Groups want change in irradiated beef plan
- 3/25 - Soft Drink Industry Kills Senate Junkfood Bill in Washington State
- 3/5 - EPA Proposes Limits on Pesticides & Chemical Poisons for Children
- 2/7 - Activists encourage Denver Schools to dump Pepsi contract
- 2/5 - Anti-social behaviour, diet linked
- 2/1 - Pesticide levels in children twice that of adults, CDC says
- 1/30 - Eating Organics Cuts Kids' Pesticide Loads
- 1/30 - CA School District Considering Schools as Corporate Showcases
- 1/29 - Irradiated Beef in Lunchrooms?
- 1/3 · USDA Moves to Force Irradiated Food on Students
- 12/12- New Study Links Eating Organic to Lowered Pesticide Levels in Children's Bodies
- 12/2 - Bush Admin. Urges Junk Food Lobby War on Critics
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2002
- 12/12 - New Study Links Eating Organic to Lowered Pesticide Levels in Children's Bodies
- 12/9 - New Study Proves that Organic Foods are Safer for Children
- 12/2 - Bush Administration Urges Junk Food Lobby to Wage War on Critics
- Nov - Bush Administration Urges Junk Food Lobby to Wage War on its Critics
- Oct. - Ten Ways to Stop Corporate Commercialization of Our Schools
- 9/25 - USDA Permits the Sale of Carbonated Milk in Schools
- 9/11 Organic Farm Will Supply Food for PA University
- 9/1 - LA Bans Sale of Soda on School Campuses
- 7/22 - Irish Greens Call for Tax on Junk Foods
- 7/17 - Bush's Youth Anti-Obesity Campaign-Junk Food Greenwashing
- 7/5 - Pesticide Giants Vow to Smash Quebec Ban on Toxics
- 7/5 - Quebec to Ban Pesticides for Schools & Lawns
- 6/30 Youth Crime Linked to Consumption of Junk Food
- 6/13 Food Giants Fear Lawsuits over Pushing Junk Foods
- 6/12 Seattle Group Bans Commercial & Junk Food Ads in Schools
- 6/11 Toxic Chemicals & Pesticides Damaging Children
- Clarification of Fairfax CA Pesticide Ordinance
- 6/1 Palo Alto CA Schools Move Toward Organic Lunches
- 5/22 California Refuses to Ban Soda Pop in School Vending Machines
- 5/20-School Junk Food Debate Intensifies
- 5/18 Philadelphia School Teaches Healthy Food Choices
- 5/10- Open Letter to US Health Officials on Curbing Junk Food Promotion
- 2/20-Senate Bill Could Reduce School Pesticide Use and Require Country of Origin Food Labels
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2001
- 12/18 - Congress Restricts Corporations Extracting Personal Information from Students
- 12/14- Oakland School District bans soft drinks and candy
- 12/9- Heat & Serve-- America's Food Service Vendors Poison Students Dec- Congress Debates Bill to Reduce Pesticide Use in Schools -
- Republicans kill Bill to Reduce Pesticide Use in Schools
- 11/30 -Pesticide Notification Legislation defeated by Industry Friendly Republicans
- 10/3- The Chemical Threat to Kids
- 9/24 - Coke Hires PR Flacks to Protect School Vending Machines
- 9/17-Poison Playgrounds-Children at Risk from Arsenic in Treated Wood
- 9/9- School & Industry Fight for "Right" to Sell Junk Foods to Students
- 9/5 - Vegetarian School Lunches Are Hard to Find
- Aug - CA Schools Sending Pesticide Reports to Parents
- 8/28 - Concern Mounts Over Pesticide Spraying at Schools
- 8/21- Childhood Consumerism--Who's to Blame
- 8/10 - Pre-Schoolers All Have Pesticide Residues in Their Bodies
- 8/7 Technology picks bones, may spread mad cow to school lunches Petitioning Starts for GE food initiative in Denver
- 7/30- McCensored: Student Punished for Criticizing McDonalds
- 4/18- Chico State Becomes First College to Sell Organic School Sweatshirts
- 4/15- Scots Angry at Pro-GE School Materials Supplied by Biotech Industry
- 4/5- USDA Says It's OK to Serve Tainted Beef to American Students
2000
- Dec 00- OCA Joins Nader Organization to Ban Junk Food in Schools
- Spring 2000 - Healthy School Lunches
- Berkeley School District Going Organic
- Studies Show that Diet May Trigger Adverse Behavior in Children
- ADHD & Diet How Food Affects Mood

