Fast Food Giant McDonalds Reducing Antibiotics in Beef Within Four Years

Here at CFL we are always looking for the positive efforts Big Food is making for reducing chemicals of concern … More

Manufacturing Illusions: Americans Penchant for Synthetic Food Dyes

In some parts of the industrialized world (like Australia) synthetic food dyes that have been linked in scientific studies to … More

What Americans Really Think About Food Additives & GMOs: Report

Do Americans believe that food additives are really harmful to health and well-being?  Interesting results have been reported by the … More

Safer Chemical on Non-Stick Cookware Actually Quite Dangerous, says EPA

OK, here are those PFAS chemicals (perfluoroalkyl/polyfluoroalkyl substances) rearing their ugly little heads again.  This time it is the newer … More

Processed Food Flavoring Additive ‘Diacetyl’ also in Vape

It was big news in the mainstream media this week with the announcement that one of the most popular vape … More

Avoid these Food Additives in Your Kid’s Lunch: Mainstream Media Report

It is good to see that the mainstream media is now calling out potentially problematic food additives. The reason? They … More

Safer Alternative to Phthalates Discovered

Phthalates are used to make plastics more flexible and are present in everything from food containers, to shampoo and other … More

Humans are Now Pooping Plastic: New pilot study

Oh, no.  This is not good. A new study tested feces samples of participants and discovered that 100% of the … More

Majority of Fast Food Still Filled with Antibiotics

So this is distressing, though hardly surprising: according to a new consumer and environmental group report the majority of fast … More

Junk Food Addiction Study

Are the chemical additives in highly processed “junk” food addictive?  A new study has examined the issue and concludes that … More