Children

It Depends on Your Definition of Indisputable

by Judith Siers-Poisson — June 28, 2006 - 9:22pm

from www.TobaccoFree.org

On June 27, 2006, U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona M.D. released a definitive report on second-hand – or “involuntary” – smoking.

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The New York Times, June 26, 2006

Kids to Kraft: Where's the Wheat?

by Jonathan Rosenblum — June 27, 2006 - 1:02pm

In contrast to the more than $15 billion in direct marketing spent in the U.S. to exhort children to buy food and non-food products, children often don’t get very far with the companies when they start asking questions. Olympia, Washington teacher Michi Thacker assigned her elementary students to write food manufacturers to raise questions, such as where the macaroni comes from.

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Rethinking Schools, Summer 2006

Antibiotic Trial Continues Despite Reported Threat to Children

by Jonathan Rosenblum — June 9, 2006 - 11:01am

A new antibiotic that has been found to cause four times the average rate of acute liver failure in adults continues in a trial for more than 900 children worldwide, despite criticism from a U.S. Food and Drug Administration official and a study consultant. The drug, Ketek (internationally known as Telithromycin) is manufactured by Sanofi-Aventis, a French pharmaceutical firm with U.S.

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The New York Times, June 8, 2006 (reg req'd)

Media Literacy, Alternative Media and More

by Diane Farsetta — May 24, 2006 - 9:33am

The 2006 Allied Media Conference, organized by Clamor magazine's Allied Media Projects and two Bowling Green State University departments, will be held in Bowling Green, Ohio, from June 23 to 25.

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Allied Media Conference, May 24, 2006

Ex-Prez Rapped as Flack for Soda Jerks

by Jonathan Rosenblum — May 18, 2006 - 8:15am

The deal already looks suspiciously sweetened. On May 3, 2006, U.S. beverage firms announced an agreement with the Clinton Foundation and the American Heart Association gradually to pull most sweetened soft drinks from U.S. schools.

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Informed Eating, May, 2006

Connecticut Cuts 'Ade at Schools

by Jonathan Rosenblum — May 2, 2006 - 12:20pm

Gatorade and Powerade, as well as soda and other sports drinks, will be banned from Connecticut schools after a "feverish" double-team by Coca-Cola and Pepsi failed to stop the state's House of Representatives from passing "the strongest school nutrition law in the nation." A flier distributed by Coke's PR reps, Sullivan & LeShane, attacked the bill, urging, "It is counterproductive to tell an 18-year-old who can drive a car, fl

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Hartford Courant, April 26, 2006

Crunch Time for School Junk Food?

by Jonathan Rosenblum — April 18, 2006 - 9:12am

U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), a frequent proponent of legislation protecting children, is now taking on a formidable opponent: the snack industry. Matthew Chayes reports that Harkin has introduced legislation that would tighten the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) definition for "foods of minimal nutritional value." Sen.

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Chicago Tribune, April 14, 2006
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