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The Editors of Effect Measure are senior public health scientists and practitioners. Paul Revere was a member of the first local Board of Health in the United States (Boston, 1799). The Editors sign their posts "Revere" to recognize the public service of a professional forerunner better known for other things.
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Food safety:
Salmonella in frozen chicken entrees: multistate outbreak
Heat and serve and get sickPosted on October 7, 2008 7:01 AM • 3 Comments •
Getting sick for science (and money)
Fecal sandwich anyone?Posted on October 3, 2008 7:35 AM • 10 Comments •
Tainted Chinese candy in California
The milk of human greed.Posted on October 1, 2008 7:37 AM • 12 Comments •
Food poisoning and factory farm animals: caveat lector
A new study is not everything it is said to be.Posted on September 29, 2008 7:48 AM • 6 Comments •
The Chinese food scandal: at least it wasn't a bird flu outbreak
More than 54,000 babies sick, at least four dead.Posted on September 27, 2008 7:49 AM • 17 Comments •
Spilt milk in China
Something to cry about.Posted on September 26, 2008 7:54 AM • 5 Comments •
Bisphenol A (BPA) back in the news
Another FDA failure.Posted on September 17, 2008 7:22 AM • 21 Comments •
Chinese baby formula scandal
Kidney stones in babies.Posted on September 15, 2008 7:37 AM • 9 Comments •
Justice meated [sic] out to serial (food) adulterer
For some, the wheels of Justice grind slowly, but exceedingly benignly .Posted on September 14, 2008 3:09 PM • 3 Comments •
USDA on mad cow: hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil. That's the law!
Common sense isn't all that common.Posted on September 1, 2008 7:35 AM • 19 Comments •
A plate of tomato and pepper stew a la FDA, hold the credibility [updated]
Seeing through the FDA is not the same as transparency.Posted on July 30, 2008 7:54 AM • 6 Comments •
Produce industry and Bush administration's short sighted and costly mistake
Hoist on their own petard, with help from the Bush administration.Posted on July 26, 2008 7:26 AM • 8 Comments •
Salmonella outbreak developments
A little progress sounds pretty good when there's been no progress until now.Posted on July 22, 2008 7:26 AM • 7 Comments •
Spoiling the tomato barrel
One rotten tomato can spoil the whole industry.Posted on July 20, 2008 3:28 PM • 14 Comments •
"One donut, decaf, no glaze, no powdered sugar"
Filling the hole in the donut -- with caffeinePosted on July 19, 2008 7:50 AM • 13 Comments •
Bush administration is protecting privacy and constitutional rights -- of tomatoes
At least the Constitution is still intact for tomatoes.Posted on July 8, 2008 7:30 AM • 19 Comments •
Food safety proposal: throw the bums out
Keystone cops tomato caper.Posted on July 1, 2008 7:49 AM • 27 Comments •
Why the Right Wing attacks science
How and and what for.Posted on June 13, 2008 8:08 AM • 79 Comments •
Oversight-free chickens
What do you think "raised without antibiotics" means on a package of chicken?Posted on June 9, 2008 7:47 AM • 4 Comments •
I'll have some tomatoes, Salmonella on the side
The food chain, compromised.Posted on June 4, 2008 8:31 AM • 10 Comments •
More hilarity from "junk science expert" Stephen Milloy
Shill for corporate America says, "Don't worry, be happy."Posted on May 29, 2008 10:25 AM • 5 Comments •
Now keeping us safe is illegal, too
Protecting the cattle industry, one Bush appointment at a time.Posted on May 11, 2008 4:02 PM • 31 Comments •
Benzene in soda: update
New and improved. Less carcinogen.Posted on April 29, 2008 7:18 AM • 7 Comments •
Manufacturing chemicals, manufacturing doubt
A new book with sordid details on the manipulation of science and a current example of the same.Posted on April 28, 2008 7:13 AM • 15 Comments •
EPA gets the doubt of the benefits
Risk benefit trade-offs without consistently evaluating benefit.Posted on April 26, 2008 7:29 AM • 0 Comments •
EPA, scientific committees and conflicts of interest: a follow-up on the Deborah Rice affair
Congress investigates the EPA -- again.Posted on April 6, 2008 3:26 PM • 1 Comments •
The importance of research on beef jerky
Keeping the jerky supply safe.Posted on March 27, 2008 4:10 PM • 13 Comments •
My salad days
Big increase in foodborne diesase from green leafy vegetablesPosted on March 20, 2008 4:25 PM • 16 Comments •
Prostitution. It's what's for lunch.
Consorting with prostitutes for fun and profit.Posted on March 18, 2008 3:50 PM • 7 Comments •
Listeria sandwiches
The low down on Listeria.Posted on March 9, 2008 3:38 PM • 7 Comments •
US beef recall: safety, cruelty and record size
Four times bigger than the previous record. And with a twist: animal cruelty.Posted on February 19, 2008 4:38 PM • 9 Comments •
Criminal indictments in melamine-in-pet food scandal
Poisoning pets for profit.Posted on February 7, 2008 4:45 PM • 4 Comments •
Bush responds to my plea to shore up the infrastructure
The slasher is a serial killer.Posted on February 3, 2008 3:14 PM • 37 Comments •
Food labels: the font of all knowledge can be pretty small
There's a lot of stuff about tainted food in the news, whether it is toxins in imports or questionable additives in US products (e.g., bisphenol A in hard plastics). This stuff is not on any food label, of course, but...Posted on December 26, 2007 4:14 PM • 9 Comments •
Poultry workers and drug resistant E. coli
Another hazard of poultry workers. As if they didn't have enough.Posted on December 21, 2007 4:58 PM • 3 Comments •
Buttering up the popcorn market
Buttered popcorn, please. Hold the diacetyl.Posted on December 18, 2007 4:20 PM • 1 Comments •
Wet markets: going viral
A recipe for emerging infectious diseasesPosted on December 11, 2007 7:01 AM • 4 Comments •
MRSA and agribusiness
Question, questions.Posted on November 8, 2007 4:03 PM • 10 Comments •
Puffer fish: your last meal?
Puffer fish are notorious. Considerable delicacy in Japan (a taste adopted by some non-Japanese Foodies), they come with a side of risk: some puffer fish have the potent lethal toxins tetrodotoxin and/or saxitoxin, neurotoxins more than 1000 times the lethal...Posted on October 27, 2007 7:30 AM • 10 Comments •
EPA approves methyl iodide use. No surprise.
EPA approves use of a nasty poison. It's safe. But only for a year.Posted on October 9, 2007 7:09 AM • 11 Comments •
Bush administration's murderous incompetence continues
Bush administration makes hamburger out of food safety.Posted on October 5, 2007 7:27 AM • 10 Comments •
Bisphenol A. What's all the noise about?
I have just one word for you. Plastics.Posted on October 4, 2007 4:19 PM • 24 Comments •
New (and good) paper on DDT and breast cancer
It's all about timing.Posted on October 2, 2007 7:36 AM • 13 Comments •
Methyl iodide: strawberry fields forever
Toxic fumigant on the way to a field or store near you.Posted on September 28, 2007 7:54 AM • 2 Comments •
The federal government and hot buttered popcorn. Something smells.
The argument about whether bloggers ever do real reporting is not very interesting to us, but suffice it to say there are numerous instances where they do the same thing as journalists, even in the tiny public health blogosphere. A...Posted on September 4, 2007 3:29 PM • 0 Comments •
Scombroid on the menu
Antihistamines as an after dinner mint.Posted on August 24, 2007 4:07 PM • 8 Comments •
Pathogens to go
I'll have my E. coli on the side, please.Posted on August 15, 2007 7:19 AM • 1 Comments •
Spoiled food recall
Is eating spoiled food bad for you?Posted on August 13, 2007 7:18 AM • 2 Comments •
Chinese gymnasts
We're taking this very seriously, although there's nothing to take seriously.Posted on August 11, 2007 7:17 AM • 1 Comments •
Turkeys in Nebraska and the USDA
Cooking the spin on low path bird flu in NebraskaPosted on August 10, 2007 7:44 AM • 4 Comments •
Botulism in the news
Don't do this at home.Posted on July 24, 2007 7:29 AM • 5 Comments •
Pass the nuts. Please.
Cashews are worse than peanuts (but I like them more).Posted on July 21, 2007 7:06 AM • 33 Comments •
Salmonella sequel
Some meals are less satisfying than others.Posted on July 19, 2007 7:17 AM • 9 Comments •
A picture worth a thousand 378 barfs
I must confess to a (possibly unhealthy) fascination for the topic of food poisoning. You know the kind. First you're afraid you're going to die. Then you're afraid you're not going to die. When I taught the food sanitation course...
Posted on July 15, 2007 3:35 PM • 24 Comments •
Benzene in soda lawsuits settled
One small step for soda addicts.Posted on July 14, 2007 7:54 AM • 4 Comments •
Caffeine in carbonated beverages
A very stimulating post.Posted on July 9, 2007 4:12 PM • 17 Comments •
Made in China: spoiling the brand
How not to restore confidence.Posted on July 4, 2007 3:52 PM • 15 Comments •
Keeping meat fresh (looking)
A red meat issue for food safety advocates.Posted on July 1, 2007 3:44 PM • 9 Comments •
USDA bird's eye view not so sweeping
The US bird establishment isn't ready.Posted on June 26, 2007 7:09 AM • 2 Comments •
Promptness is not a virtue at the FDA
The FDA will get back to you. But don't hold your breath.Posted on June 22, 2007 3:24 PM • 5 Comments •
Practicing safe salads
Taking the tomato and lettuce initiative.Posted on June 15, 2007 6:53 AM • 8 Comments •
Hot and filthy
Filth standards. Never heard of them? Read on.Posted on June 14, 2007 3:43 PM • 5 Comments •
Benzene in soda: progress but still some way to go
Coca Cola settles. Pepsi, Shasta and others still holding out.Posted on May 15, 2007 3:07 PM • 10 Comments •
Melamine follow-up
What we think we know so far (and may be wrong about).Posted on May 12, 2007 7:38 AM • 23 Comments •