Illinois

Know Your Food — Meat & Dairy

Americans eat more meat per capita than almost any other country in the world, and most of that meat comes […]

Ultra-processed food is not just food with a long ingredient list. It is a distinct category of industrial product engineered

The United States uses approximately 1 billion pounds of pesticides per year. Most of it goes on food crops. Regulatory

The average American consumes approximately 3-5 pounds of food additives per year. Most of them have never read the label

You have read through the Know Your Water series. You know about PFAS, fluoride, chlorine and its byproducts, heavy metals,

Not everything in your water is there to harm you. Hard water — water with high dissolved mineral content, primarily

Microplastics are in your drinking water. This is not a projection or a possibility — it is a documented fact.

Heavy metals in drinking water are not a single problem. They come from different sources, affect different organ systems, and

Chlorine is added to municipal water systems to kill pathogens — bacteria, viruses, and parasites that would otherwise make tap