“330,000 children die every year for want of vitamin A” (The Hindu) NEW DELHI: India has the highest number of vitamin A deficient children in the world, with 330,000 of them dying annually because of this malady. Despite years of various supplementation approaches, deficiencies of these micronutrients ... [News Source]

As ice thins, so does Canada’s polar bear population. Polar bears in Canada's Hudson Bay area are battling for survival, as climate change reduces the time they can hunt for food, warn environmentalists and locals in Churchill. [News Source]

Is there any link between leukemia and nuclear power? A new German study raises questions once again about the link between childhood leukemia and the distance of the home from the nearest nuclear power plant. [News Source]

Farm bill amendment to limit crop subsidies plowed under in Senate. An effort to limit government payments to the largest farms failed in the Senate, quashing consumer and environmental group hopes to promote healthier diets and better environmental stewardship in the $288 billion farm bill. [News Source]

The deep-fried truth. We should press big food companies to find safer, healthier and more environmentally sustainable methods of supplying our dinner tables. [News Source]

DSM May Spend EU1 Billion to Expand Food, Fiber Units (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Royal DSM NV, the world's biggest maker of vitamins, may spend more than 1 billion euros ($1.5 billion) on an acquisition to expand its food-additives and synthetic fibers units. [News Source]

Doctors call for vitamin to be added to flour (Guardian Unlimited) Doctors call on government to allow folic acid to be added to flour in a bid to cut birth defects [News Source]

DSM May Spend EU1 Billion to Expand Food Additive, Fiber Units (Bloomberg.com) Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Royal DSM NV, the world's biggest maker of vitamins, may spend more than 1 billion euros ($1.5 billion) on an acquisition to expand its food-additives and synthetic fibers units. [News Source]