By Daniel Aaron This post is, in part, a response to a panel discussion on soda taxes and obesity, given by Professors Emily Broad Leib, Steven Gortmaker, and Carmel Shachar on February 14, 2020. Diet is devastating the public’s health Diet is the top cause of death and disability in the United States and abroad.…
By Stephen Wood I used to be averse to mayonnaise and I still am for its use as a condiment or in dishes like coleslaw or potato salad. My grandmother made our potato salad with oil and vinegar and lots of garlic and our coleslaw was vinegar-based too. I would tell friends that I was…
It is great for consumers to think ethically about what we buy and eat. But it is unfair to expect consumer preferences to adequately protect animals.
It is possible that particular gene drives will kill us all. But academia’s emphasis on the risks of human, rather than environmental, genetic engineering mean their heads are in the right place.
Despite being curable, and eliminated from most developed countries, malaria is the fifth deadliest infectious disease in the world. Gene drives could change that. Let’s give it a try.
Questions about “filth” in food illuminate how complex our relationship to food is, and how difficult it can be to balance the imperative to inform the public with other health policy goals.
By Kevin Outterson The American Society for Law, Medicine & Ethics (ASLME) is pleased to announce the 4th annual bioIP Faculty Workshop on Friday April 26, 2019, at Boston University. The Workshop offers a unique opportunity for three scholars in their first decade of teaching to present their work in progress for in-depth critique and…
By Rebecca Friedman A debate has been brewing between the cattle milk industry and the plant-based milk industry (producing drinks made from ingredients such as almonds, soy, and rice), regarding what products can actually be labeled “milk.” This has motivated the Federal Drug Administration to review how milk is defined under federal regulations, in order to…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research The newest map on LawAtlas.org analyzes state laws governing the production, sale, and regulation of cottage food operations. Typically, commercial food production is required to take place in certified commercial kitchens that are heavily regulated. Cottage foods laws regulate the production and sale of certain foods…
Join us at the Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR) Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen on 20 November, 2017 to discuss Legal Perspectives on Synthetic Biology and Gene Editing. CALL FOR PAPERS Emerging technologies in Synthetic Biology and Gene Editing offer incredible opportunities and promising solutions to some of the most urgent challenges faced by…
