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Questions and Answers - Food  - http://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/faq/qafood.htm  Answers to some common environmental health questions from NIEHS, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.  Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT)  - http://www.doh.gov.uk/cot.htm  Part of the US Department of Health, this committee makes recommendations on the safety of food and commercial products. The site is very dry reading, but contains quite a bit of good information.  ACSH on Food Safety  - http://www.acsh.org/food/index.html  American Council on Science and Health's food safety page.  The Spelt Pages  - http://www.spelt.com  Information site discussing the reintroduction and development of the ancient grain spelt  The Center for Food Safety  - http://www.foodsafetynow.org/  A public interest and environmental advocacy organization which works to address the impacts of our food production system on human health, animal welfare and the environment.  The Food Commission  - http://www.foodcomm.org.uk/  The UK's leading independent watchdog on food issues.  E. Coli Food Safety News: MedNews.Net  - http://www.MedNews.Net/bacteria/  Offers information about E.Coli and food safety (E. coli O157:H7). Access to news, information, books and literature searches.  Pure-food.com  - http://www.pure-food.com/  Articles intended to educate and raise awareness of the issues of food safety.  Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet  - http://www.dietforasmallplanet.com/  Anna Lappé and Frances Moore Lappé travel the world in search of answers about how societies create inequalities and environmental devastation via food production.  Friends of the Earth's Real Food campaign  - http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/real_food/  Introduction to a range of issues currently affecting food and farming such as genetic modification, organic food, food miles and pesticides.  Organic Consumers Association  - http://www.organicconsumers.org/  Pure Food Campaign acts to require disclosure of what is in food and what has been done in processing it.  FoodNews.org  - http://www.foodnews.org/  Information about pesticides and other toxic chemicals in food. Project of the Environmental Working Group.