Harmful Chemicals in Food December 5, 2008
How many of these questions can YOU answer?
READ THE LABEL CAMPAIGN QUESTIONS
1. Why do some food products have all these extra ingredients listed on the labels?
2. How many of these ingredients (with complicated names) do you recognize and
understand?
3. What is the difference between ingredients and additives?
4. What does the label “No Added Sugar” indicate? (eg. on Fruit juices, chewing gum, canned drinks/sodas)
5. Are artificial sweeteners and colouring in food good for us?
6. Do you think that things like allergies, acne, headaches, hyperactivity, obesity,
cancer etc. are related to what we eat?
7. What kind of choices do we have about the food we consume?
8. How does the production of each product we buy affect the planet?
9. What do you know about GM (genetically modified) foods?
10. How can we avoid some of the negative consequences of modern mass
food production?
11.Do you believe that you are what you eat?
Teenage Project – INVITATION November 26, 2008
GREEN SISTERS READ THE LABEL CAMPAIGN
The Green Sisters are an environmental group who are organizing a campaign to raise awareness, especially among teenagers, about the hidden substances that are contained in the food we eat and the cosmetics and beauty products we use.
Our research into this subject has made us progressively more concerned about the kinds of substances that we and our children are exposed to and are putting into our bodies on a daily basis. There is a growing amount of evidence that the accumulation of all these chemicals in our bodies and in the environment in general has very serious adverse effects not only on our health but on the health of the whole planet.
We are therefore encouraging teenagers to read the labels and see what ingredients are listed in these products.
In order to help identify these harmful ingredients we will provide tables and a list of which ones to look out for. Many of these substances have unfamiliar and complicated names but we will try to simplify things by identifying only the most harmful ones. We will also provide a fact sheet which includes information about how to eat more healthily in general and what substances we should try and avoid.
By informing ourselves we can make wiser choices about what we eat and also find alternatives which are nourishing and safe.
