So there is no other way to caution
consumers about the health risks associated with sugar - sweetened beverages other than taxing those who more than likely can't afford to be taxed any further?
Not exact matches
Despite early signs that a fast - food diet is no healthier in Beijing than it is in Boston,
consumers who are new to middle - class dining seem less concerned
about the
health risks of the high - fat, high - sodium fare that many Americans now seek to avoid.
«With the Sodium Mandate, the Board has required the disclosure of just enough inaccurate and controversial information
about sodium in certain food items to cause far reaching negative consequences rather than help
consumers and reduce public
health risks.»
Pepsi executives concede that aspartame has fallen out of favor with some
consumers amid concerns
about potential
health risks — and that's hurting sales.
The jury may be out still on whether trace amounts of the popular herbicide glyphosate pose
health risks to humans, but industry insiders predict mounting
consumer fear
about the possibility will pressure more food and beverage manufacturers in 2018 to...
However, the future of craft drinks labelling is a heated topic of debate between those in the industry and
health campaigners, who say that packaging should be aimed towards
consumer safety with minimal design and information
about the
risks of drinking.
While many uses pose no
risk to
consumers, some scientists have worried
about the
health effects of ingesting low doses of the chemical, which is used in the linings of canned foods as well as bottles and food storage products.
Their aim is to ensure that food produced or sold in the UK is safe to eat,
consumers have the information they need to make informed choices
about where and what they eat, and that regulation and enforcement is
risk - based and focused on improving public
health.
Such scaremongering is especially painful to me because even though I do not think that government - approved GMO foods pose meaningful
health risks to
consumers, and even though I believe strategic genetic engineering can be an important tool to ease human suffering on our warming and resource - constrained planet, I share the concerns of many environmentalists
about the homogenization and consolidation of the global food system — trends that are accelerated by the spread of industrially produced GMOs.
The Organic
Consumers Association is concerned
about health risks and commodity price manipulation by corporate giants such as Monsanto.
According to Evans and colleagues, their findings suggest the decision to overturn the FDA's rule based on these grounds was wrong; the team says the graphic images do not «browbeat»
consumers, and though they do evoke emotion in smokers, the researchers say these emotions make people think more carefully
about the
health risks of smoking.
Despite its concerns
about the
risk posed by artificial sweeteners, CSPI says
consumers who drink soda are still probably better off drinking diet soda than sugar - sweetened soda, which poses the greater and demonstrable
risks of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, gout, tooth decay, and other
health problems.
According to the report's sponsors, this kind of comparative analysis is useful for policymakers considering regulatory approaches; public interest organizations concerned
about public
health and
consumer costs; and financial analysts and investors assessing company
risk exposure as global warming emission limits in the U.S. gain more momentum.
But what can we as
consumers do to address concerns
about the possible
health and environmental
risks of genetically modified foods?
The company is currently facing
about 1,700 lawsuits which allege they failed to warn
consumers of the
risks involved with using their products despite their knowledge of the
health risks the products posed.
As
consumers increasingly rely upon smartphones and other mobile devices to access information, this Healthy Homes app offers a convenient tool for users to learn
about common
health and safety
risks in the home.