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Sustainability Blog
Greenpeace Report Just Fundraising Clutter
The always-effective combination of hyperbole from Greenpeace and laziness by journalists is percolating through the media with myriad stories about Greenpeace’s new report Ghost Gear: The Abandoned...
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Health Blog
Consumer Reports Inches Closer To Accuracy
Consumer Reports is out with its new Guide to Healthy Seafood Choices and the magazine, better known for ranking speakers and lawn mowers, actually stumbles onto some good advice. Please keep in mi...
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Sustainability Blog
Lab Grown Reporting: The Future of Fish or the Land of Make-Believe
Los Angeles is called Tinsel Town because of the glitz, glamour, sizzle and style created by the hyperbole machine that is the movie business. It’s an industry that literally thrives on the magnific...
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Health Blog
Attention Reporters: USC Study Has Fatal Flaws
Taking a break from allowing Aunt Becky to bribe her kids’ way into the school, USC is now promoting a new study that looks at dietary recommendations for pregnant women and children regarding foods...
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Nutrition Blog
Debunking Prevention’s Fake Food Facts
Off to a questionable start When a list of “foods you should never eat” begins with whole wheat bread, you know you are in for a hyperbolic ride. Prevention’s article, 50 Foods You Should Never...
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Health Blog
Students at UC Santa Cruz Need to Eat More Tuna, Not Less: Administrators Get It Wrong
Imagine sitting in your college dining hall. Your roommate sits down across from you with a bowl of marshmallow-festooned cereal, a slice of pizza, a cheeseburger, and some ice cream. As he announces ...
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Health Blog
Note to Reporters: Stop Needlessly Scaring Consumers
Some opportunistic bloggers and click-bait reporters are using a new study on climate change and mercury to scare consumers away from eating seafood. It’s the same sad song and dance we’ve seen ti...
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Health Blog
Proper Perspective on the Latest Mercury Study
A new study focused on climate change, fishing and mercury in cod and bluefin tuna has sparked a bit of hyperbolic reporting that lacks a complete understanding of the findings and often ignores neede...
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Sustainability Blog
Is Bloomberg Beyond Fact-Checking?
A recent Bloomberg article claims, “the Beyond Meat of seafood is coming.” Beyond Meat is a company that creates plant-based imitation products to resemble burgers, sausages and other meat product...
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Sustainability Blog
Patagonia Marketing Masquerades as Eco-campaign
Artifishal: Patagonia Marketing Masquerades as Eco-campaign The importance of salmon to lives and livelihoods should not be underestimated. The nutritional components of salmon are a dietary wonder ...