Is Our Food Safe?: A Consumer's Guide to Protecting Your Health and the Environment

by Warren Leon and Caroline Smith DeWaal

Answers frequently asked questions about the safety of meat, dairy products, fish, fruits, vegetables, and other food products in a daily diet.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 060980782X
• ISBN13: 9780609807828
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
• Length: 253 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Interesting But Somewhat Biased

Obviously, if anyone is insane enough to be paying attention, this is one in a series of books on the topic of diet (as in eating habits), health, and environmental sustainability that I'm reading though to get a better sense of what is really the best way to "manage one's health" these days...and while I enjoyed reading this book, it was not an enjoyable book. Is Our Food Safe? Is not written to entertain or to include an entertaining aspect. It's all pretty much fact, after fact, after fact. It's a bit dry, but packed with info. The premise here is that they authors are trying to present a balanced and unbiased look at a variety of issues from eating meat, to bioengineered foods, to pesticide use, and so on. While I do feel that they TRIED to present these topics in a balanced way, I don't think they really succeeded and that is particularly clear in the area of meat eating and bioengineered foods. I think what Is Our Food Safe does is provide a solid foundation for someone just starting to investigate food choices, food safety, and sustainable/organic food choices, but it's ONLY a starting place...you'd want to read more to get a truly balanced overview and to narrow down how YOU feel on a given issue and how feasible any eating/living choices you can make given your budge and time. I'd rate this about a B-.

Excellent advice and valuable information!

"Is Our Food Safe?" provides an easy to follow, step-by-step guide to avoiding dangerous foods and reducing individual and widespread environmental impacts. The authors outline clear environmental and food safety issues. Particularly useful is the extensive appendix which offers valuable resources for further information. This book covers the topics of food safety and the environmental impacts of food thoroughly and interestingly. Nothing is left to question. Strongly recommended!