New York Times Delivers Scathing Report on How DuPont Hid Decades of Pollution 

Top merger companies, Dupont and Dow, which do everything in their power to push down public interests, and worse than that lie about when they’ve done wrong!

According to a scathing exposé published in The New York Times this week, industrial giant DuPont dumped thousands of tons of polluted waste into landfills and spent decades hiding its knowledge that a chemical used in Teflon was toxic.

With the recent release and selected film, The Devil We Know, at this 2018 Sundance Film Festival, we can see how local West Virginian’s have taken on the powerful corporation; after learning the company was knowingly dumping PFOA, a chemical used in nonstick products (food wrappers, bakeware, and lots more!), into the drinking water supply. This chemical is now found in the blood of 99.7% of Americans, and seemingly more concentrated in those not directly exposed. 

Pea-based Plant-Milk Boosts Same Level of Protein as Traditional Cows Milk

NPR reports that “the nearly $8 billion dairy-alternatives market is expected to double in size over the next four years” due to the growing number of people choosing cow’s milk alternatives. However, regardless of taste and origin, these (often nut-based) options do not provide the same level of protein which traditional dairy does. Yet, since 2015, a pea-based product line has been introduced into the market, which provides 8 grams of protein per cup! The company, Ripple, boasts that their product has half the sugar and the same amount of protein in a cup, as there is in a cup of cow’s milk — compared with 1 gram of protein in a cup of almond milk. 

Read the full NPR article online here. 

Food Tank’s Reading List: 22 Books for Winter 2018

‘Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.’ By now, you’ve probably heard this phrase—the opening line to Michael Pollan’s In Defense of Food.

“Food Tank has gathered the latest books for Winter 2018 to feed your voracious appetite for reading! From North America’s fisheries and oceans to Australia’s sunburned landscapes and regenerative farmers, these books cover a range of themes. Discover the growing movements for land and culinary justice, how capitalism shapes the food system, or how to incorporate insects into a dessert menu. Whether you’re looking for inspiration in the kitchen or beginning your journey as a food activist, there are plenty of great books below to choose from to help feed your imagination.” 

Find full list online here.