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The anti-pleasure principle.(Letters)
Jacob Sullum has made something of a career pooh-poohing the dangers of tobacco, so I wasn't exactly surprised to learn that he's similarly dismissive ("The Anti-Pleasure Principle," July) of the concerns the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) raises about various foods and food additives.
First of all, to say that CSPI is "anti-pleasure" or out to impose some kind of code of self-denial on others just isn't supported by the facts. We certainly don't force anyone to buy our books or read our Nutrition Action Healthletter, which Sullum admits has some 800,000 subscribers.
For every restaurant meal or food product we've criticized in our pages, we've praised another. For every "Food Porn" we've highlighted a "Right
Stuff" We've said good things about sirloin steaks and roast beef sandwiches, along with the less charitable…
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...Project. She's in Los Angeles. And Jacob Sullum is a senior editor of "Reason" magazine...HUFFINGTON, DETROIT PROJECT: Thank you. JACOB SULLUM, SENIOR EDITOR, "REASON" MAGAZINE...HUFFINGTON: OK, but... WHITFIELD: Jacob Sullum, I'm going to have to have that be...
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- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire July 5, 2003 700+ words
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- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire February 17, 2004 700+ words
...called "Sex Parasite." Joining us now from Washington is Jacob Sullum, the senior editor of "Reason" magazine, who is following...and it doesn't matter? Is that what's going on here? JACOB SULLUM, "REASON" MAGAZINE SENIOR EDITOR: I think the NEA does...
- CSPI: tests show not all steaks live up to label, but firm doubts data....
- Newspaper article from: Food Chemical News Gilcrest, Laura April 7, 2003 700+ words
...Laura's Lean-brand steaks tested by a CSPI-commissioned laboratory had more fat...based firm says its products contain, CSPI said in a statement. "It's pretty rare...find that a [food] label is wrong," CSPI spokesman Jeff Cronin told Food Chemical...
- CSPI's integrity measurement for scientists misses mark since results are...
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune October 3, 2001 700+ words
...of industry-funded researchers. Says CSPI executive director Michael Jacobsen...including some on the database, say CSPI's project is intended to silence critics...ethically questionable motives. They say CSPI ignores sound science and raises money...
- CSPI, Marlow Foods continue to battle over meat substitute.(Brief Article)
- Newspaper article from: Food Chemical News Acord, David June 10, 2002 700+ words
...matters," Wilson told Food Chemical News. CSPI has argued to FDA that while Quorn Foods...of mushrooms, truffles, and morel." CSPI's Web site states that "[Quorn] is...reactions, severe vomiting and diarrhea. CSPI has even set up a special section on its...
- CSPI asks FDA for health warnings on soda.(Food and Drug Administration)(Center...
- Newspaper article from: Food Chemical News Feldman, Bill July 18, 2005 700+ words
...sodas in restaurant menus and menu boards. CSPI's announcement, made at a press conference...report on U.S. soda consumption. CSPI is asking FDA to set a Daily Value for...rotate like those on cigarettes. Several of CSPI's suggestions are: * Drinking too much...
- CSPI Announces Year End Results
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 3, 1996 700+ words
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- CSPI petitions FDA to disallow misleading 'fat-free" and 'low-fat' claims on...
- Newspaper article from: Food Chemical News June 22, 1998 700+ words
...consumers (See Food Chemical News, June 15, Page 4). CSPI Executive Director Michael Jacobson asked FDA to take...includes explanatory information. Olestra is a fat, says CSPI The CSPI petition noted the "explosive increase" in the number...
Source: HighBeam Research, The anti-pleasure principle.(Letters)
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