He Says: Eco-labels on WNYC

by Mark Tuesday, November 17, 2009

When I heard this on the radio last Friday I thought of you.

It is WNYC’s Leonard Lopate interviewing Dr. Urvashi Rangan (Greener Choices) and Dara O’Rourke (founder and CEO of GoodGuide.com) on his always interesting radio show Please Explain. They discuss the prevalent use of non-existent or lenient standards for product labels, sometimes referred to as green washing.

They talk:

• organic (for food, personal care items, and fish)
• fair-trade
• free-range
• natural
• fresh
• bird friendly
• biodynamic
• hormone-free
• and many others.

Please check it out and let me know what you think.

6 Responses to “He Says: Eco-labels on WNYC”

1. 1 Estela @ Weekly Bite says:

   November 17, 2009 at 2:49 pm

   THanks for posting! I’ll definitely check it out!

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2. 2 Marissa says:

   November 17, 2009 at 2:54 pm

   Thanks for sharing I will check it out!

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3. 3 katherine says:

   November 17, 2009 at 3:33 pm

   Thanks for posting this!

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4. 4 Hil says:

   November 17, 2009 at 4:56 pm

   I actually wrote a post about this just yesterday. Green washing is definitely a problem!

   http://blueberryhil.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/food-jargon-a-shoppers-glossary/

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5. 5 Kara says:

   November 17, 2009 at 8:23 pm

   Thanks for posting this — I’m going to listen to it now!

   “Organic” and “natural” are labels thrown around pretty loosely on packaging these days (like “low-carb” used to be), and it’s important to know what these things really mean when it comes to our food…

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6. 6 Heather says:

   November 21, 2009 at 6:00 pm

   Thank you for showing me this Mark. I thought it was really informative and will make me think twice before I am swayed by labels and packaging!

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