One great Legacy of the 60s...

... which will be dealt with in my book, "The War On The 60s" - is how, so far from having faded into the mists of history, the 60s generation with their Hippies, Communes, and Back-to-Nature philosophies, gave rise to our thriving Organic Food movement today - a movement which may prove vital if and when our Corporate overlords destroy the food-producing bounty of our Planet in the not-too-distant future.

Here's the latest genius-stroke of those overlords:

Feds Stall Landmark EPA Report -- Children and Toxins in Food

The publication of an EPA report linking toxic substances to health problems in children has been delayed due to political pressure from the chemical industry, according to Sheila Kaplan of Harvard University’s Safra Center for Ethics.

The report, which was released in draft form for public comment in March 2011, is a summary of peer-reviewed research and data from a number of different government agencies. It covers air and water pollution, pesticide contamination in food, toxic indoor environments in schools and daycares, and contaminated lands.

“America’s Children and the Environment, 3rd Edition” was supposed to be published by the end of 2011. However, it has been sidetracked since it was forwarded for review to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) — an executive branch agency with a long track record of slowing environmental and health initiatives.

While President Obama, speaking after the Newtown, CT tragedy, recently asked the nation, “Can we honestly say that we’re doing enough to keep our children — all of them — safe from harm?” Spokesmen for both EPA and OMB publicly refused to give a reason for the delay or offer a timetable for the report’s release.

Read Kaplan’s full coverage here.

The story is included in a bulletin from the excellent whole-food organization, the Cornucopia Institute:  http://www.cornucopia.org/

Simple rule of thumb: only shop in the outer edges of your supermarket!