Listen to science and studies, not false claims and rhetoric

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Thorne, Teresa (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2021-03
    URL:
    https://thepacker.com/opinion/listen-science-and-studies-not-false-claims-and-rhetoric
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12136
    Journal Title:
    Packer
    Subject Term:
    appeals (message), environment, environmental communication, food, food safety, fruit, interest groups, message content, nutrition, pesticides, vegetables, bias, produce, and Environmental Working Group
    Notes:
    Online from publisher. 3 pages., In this commentary, the Executive Director of the Alliance for Food and Farming argues that the "dirty dozen" list published annually by the Environmental Working Group is "scientifically unsupportable, negatively impacts consumers and it is insulting to farmers and farm workers working hard every day to provide produce to consumers." She says, "If we have learned anything from the pandemic, it is that science (not rhetoric or false claims) needs to guide our health and safety choices."

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