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Linda Bonvie

Linda Bonvie (pictured with her cat, Stevia, is a journalist, author, and consumer advocate with 20 years of experience around food safety issues. She has written articles for major newspapers and national publications around the country, including USA Today, the New York Times, NBC-TV’s Dateline, the New Yorker, the Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, New Age Journal, Vegetarian Times, and more. She lives in Little Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey.  Her books include Chemical-free Kids: How to Safeguard Your Child's Diet and Environment, Chemical-free Kids the Organic Sequel, and The Stevia Story, about the FDA’s failed attempt to suppress the natural herb Stevia and the controversy that stemmed from a trade complaint reportedly filed by its competitor, NutraSweet.  She is a regular contributor to Food Identity Theft, by Citizens for Health.

Chemical Free Living

ADHD-Linked Artificial Colors Fading Out Of Site

Linda Bonvie Mar 10, 2015 0
The good news about artificial colors, tenth on our list of food additives to be avoided, is that they’re now showing signs of fading from the food scene. That…
Chemical Free Living

How We’ve Been Conned Into Using CFLs, And Why They Should Be Removed…

Linda Bonvie Nov 26, 2013 1
The first time I saw a compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulb was on Earth Day three years ago. This spiral-shaped light fixture was being given out free by the…
Sustainability

Is “BPA-Free” Labeling on Plastics and Baby Bottles a Lie?

Linda Bonvie Jul 18, 2013 0
Thanks to all the concern and negative publicity about BPA over the past few years, the vast majority of plastic water bottles, baby bottles and plastic food…
Chemical Free Living

Groundbreaking Civil Action Launched Against High Fructose Corn Syrup…

Linda Bonvie Jun 25, 2013 0
Last year at this time the news wires were abuzz with the FDA’s decision denying the Corn Refiners Association (CRA) petition to rename high fructose corn syrup…
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There Are More Ways Than One That Antibiotics End Up In Food

Linda Bonvie May 3, 2013 1
While the big media “meat” of last year, pink slime, a filler in ground beef, got some extreme press exposure, there’s another additive present in meat – and…
Chemical Free Living

Just the Facts! Deciphering Nutrition Labels, Watch the Video, too!

Linda Bonvie Feb 19, 2013 0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2Qz6ZRXTIQM How much is that in HFCS? With all the confusing terms, claims and information to…
Chemical Free Living

Food Fraud is on the Rise, New Study Finds

Linda Bonvie Feb 8, 2013 0
As if it wasn’t hard enough to shop for food, a new report out from the United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) has found that food fraud is on the rise,…
Chemical Free Living

A “Water Enhancer”? Or Simply Something in the Water?

Linda Bonvie Jan 12, 2013 0
What happens when you take a perfectly drinkable glass of water and add some propylene glycol, acesulfame potassium, some artificial colors and a…
Wellbeing

Citizens for Health Demands FDA Have Accurate Labeling for HFCS

Linda Bonvie Sep 4, 2012 0
Food Identity Theft — September 4, 2011: Last week I wrote about our petition here at Food Identity Theft to counteract the hype…
Chemical Free Living

Confusion Continues Over “Sugary Drinks” While…

Linda Bonvie Aug 21, 2012 0
With the media still focused on the latest attempts at banning so-called “sugary drinks,” kicked off by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg…
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  • About
    • Who Are We?
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    • Lisa Reagan, Kindred’s Editor
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  • Articles
    • Conscious Parenting
      • ACES, Adverse Childhood Experiences
      • Attachment Parenting
      • Black Mothers
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      • Evolved Nest
      • Midwifery
      • Parenting for Social Change
      • Pregnancy & Birth
      • Worklife Law
    • Culture
      • Adultism
      • American Democracy At The Crossroads
      • Authoritarianism
      • Caring Economy
      • Childism
      • Conscious Activism
      • Dominator System
      • Education
      • Inspiration
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      • Partnerism
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      • Food Sovereignty
      • Indigenous Wisdom
      • Neurobiology and Wisdom
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  • DONATE – Conscious Giving Is Fun!

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