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How Vermont changed the national GMO-labeling debate

Lonnie Shekhtman

July 08, 2016 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, Vermont

Vermont's passage of a law requiring food that is genetically modified to be labeled spurred action at the national level to create one standard, rather than a patchwork of state laws, that offers food companies several ways to label foods with GMOs. The national bill did eventually pass, but as this piece illustrates, no one seems very happy about it. Environmentalists feel it leaves large loopholes and while the food industry likes one standard, it does not like the stigma the GMO label confers.

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Ugly Is the New Look for Cigarette Packs

Tina Rosenberg

July 05, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United Kingdom

During the twentieth century, imagery on cigarette packs communicated that smoking was cool and young, and it encouraged young people, as well as adults, to smoke. In 2012, Australia started “unbranding the pack,” which standardized cigarettes without a brand and showed the physically gruesome effects of smoking with health factoids on the packaging. Since then, the World Health Organization has recommended this new kind of packaging and the idea has spread to other countries to scale the success.

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From Uruguay, a Model for Making Abortion Safer

Patrick Adams

June 28, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Uruguay

In Uruguay, illegality and stigma surrounding abortions resulted in problems with maternal mortality rates. Utilizing a unique solution, a medical protocol was created to provide initial information and followup care to women seeking abortions.

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HIV-prevention pill: The deeply personal journey of a male sex worker in Kenya

Kiundu Waweru

June 20, 2016 |

Bhekisisa |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

For sex workers or other vulnerable populations, they are at a high risk to be exposed to HIV. Truvada is an HIV prevention pill that is currently being tested and could help protect individuals from this disease.

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New federal rules are aiming to crush payday lenders. But is it enough?

Anne Kim

June 10, 2016 |

Washington Monthly |

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Response Location: United States, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

Earlier this month, the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed new rules to regulate payday lending – the business of offering high-cost short-term loans to Americans on terms that many consumer advocates consider predatory.

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Tribes Create Their Own Food Laws to Stop USDA From Killing Native Food Economies

Tristan Ahtone

May 24, 2016 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, United States, Arizona

Tribal systems are preserving their culture by teaming up with advocates and lawyers to write tribal food codes. Food codes are federal laws that govern food processing, and are supposed to protect consumers. However, some food codes ignore tribal customs. By writing their own food codes tribes can protect their customs. “It’s one thing to say that we have to develop food and process food in certain ways, but it’s another thing to recognize that tribes have their own versions of food safety.”

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Labeling the Danger in Soda

Tina Rosenberg

March 30, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States

Nutrition labeling on sugary drinks hardly gives understandable measurements so that consumers can make informed choices for their well-being. Outside of the United States, other countries like Mexico have tried the “12 teaspoonfuls” campaign that clearly informs consumers what is in their soda, and Ecuador has tried the traffic-light label to demonstrate nutrition information through colorful symbols. Both of these approaches have shown to be successful at reducing the consumption of high-sugar goods.

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Tracking Fish From Hook to Fork

John H. Tibbetts

February 09, 2016 |

Hakai Magazine |

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Response Location: Mexico

Sourcing food locally is an increasingly popular trend. New tracing technologies will make it easier to see where fish are coming from.

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Denmark Might Be Winning The Global Race To Prevent Food Waste

Sidsel Overgaard

September 01, 2015 |

NPR |

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Response Location: Denmark, Tommerup

To decrease the nation's food waste, activists in Denmark showed the people that it was safe to buy and consume items that were very recently expired. From live demonstrations where celebrity chef features expired items in the entrees to reducing prices for out-of-date items, "Danes now throw away 25 percent less food than they did five years ago."

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One by One, States are Giving Consumers the Right to Know About Chemicals in Products

Rachel Cernansky

September 01, 2015 |

Ensia |

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Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

The U.S. federal government rarely requires manufacturers to list the chemicals in consumer goods outside of food. Various states are starting to enact legislation requiring greater transparency.

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