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Issue under broad category of society about Food and Drink. Although under environmental category, this category is about more than the environmental consequences of organic or not organic growing. It is about what people put into themselves as well.

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Farming (6) Food Additives@ (35) Food and Water Borne Illness@ (141)

Genetically Modified Food@ (62) Organic Food (26) Water Treatment@ (104)

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Questions and Answers - Food Answers to some common environmental health questions from NIEHS, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. www.niehs.nih.gov/external/faq/qafood.htm

Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT) Part of the US Department of Health, this committee makes recommendations on the safety of food and commercial products. The site is very dry reading, but contains quite a bit of good information. www.doh.gov.uk/cot.htm

ACSH on Food Safety American Council on Science and Health's food safety page. www.acsh.org/food/index.html

The Spelt Pages Information site discussing the reintroduction and development of the ancient grain spelt www.spelt.com

The Center for Food Safety A public interest and environmental advocacy organization which works to address the impacts of our food production system on human health, animal welfare and the environment. www.foodsafetynow.org

The Food Commission The UK's leading independent watchdog on food issues. www.foodcomm.org.uk

E. Coli Food Safety News: MedNews.Net Offers information about E.Coli and food safety (E. coli O157:H7). Access to news, information, books and literature searches. www.MedNews.Net/bacteria

Pure-food.com Articles intended to educate and raise awareness of the issues of food safety. www.pure-food.com

Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet Anna Lappé and Frances Moore Lappé travel the world in search of answers about how societies create inequalities and environmental devastation via food production. www.dietforasmallplanet.com

Friends of the Earth's Real Food campaign Introduction to a range of issues currently affecting food and farming such as genetic modification, organic food, food miles and pesticides. www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/real_food

Organic Consumers Association Pure Food Campaign acts to require disclosure of what is in food and what has been done in processing it. www.organicconsumers.org

FoodNews.org Information about pesticides and other toxic chemicals in food. Project of the Environmental Working Group. www.foodnews.org