Kristin Lawless
Kristin Lawless is the author of Formerly Known as Food: How the Industrial Food System Is Changing Our Minds, Bodies, and Culture. She has written for the New York Times , the Atlantic , and Newsweek , among many other publications. Follow her @kristinlawless
Eat This
There Are Nearly 1,000 Chemicals in Our Food That Have Never Been Tested for Safety
Why the FDA and the EPA aren't set up to protect us from contaminants in the food we eat.
Kristin Lawless
9.18.18
Tonic
The Story of How Fake Sugar Got Approved Is Scary as Hell
It involves Donald Rumsfeld.
Kristin Lawless
4.19.17
Eat This
Why Did the FDA Ever Approve Fake Sugar?
There's an unsettling story behind how it did.
Kristin Lawless
4.19.17
Eat This
Criticizing Trump's Diet Doesn't Make You a Food Snob
In fact, as one of those pesky liberals hell-bent on telling everyone what to eat, you have a real point.
Kristin Lawless
3.6.17
Health
No One Knows Exactly How Much Herbicide Is in Your Breakfast
A new lawsuit raises a lot of questions about what exactly is in the stuff we put in our faces every morning.
Kristin Lawless
5.11.16