A very small selection of the 200+ products that were entered into this year's FreeFrom Skincare Awards – and which we spent two very long, balm-filled and fragrant days judging last week. By the end of day two my right arm had been 'polished' (with the aid of salt, sugar and nut …
Allergies
Food allergies considered as disabilities
Many American universities, unlike those in the UK, require students living on campus to 'participate in a meal plan'. This, in the case of Lesley University in Massachusetts, has brought them into conflict with the 2009 amendments to US disability law that now class 'episodic …
Horses – labels – and freefrom…
A report on the radio last night suggested that the horse in your lasagne could have gone through around 12 'virtual' hands as it was traded from Romania (where there is a glut of horsemeat as horse-drawn carts have been banned from the highways) to Italy, to France, to Poland to …
Bad medicine: food intolerance
A few days ago Alex Gazzola pointed me to an article in the current issue of the BMJ by Dr Des Spence, a GP in Glasgow, laying into both the 'allergy industry' and the food industry for promoting food intolerance as a way to make money. You can read the article here and comment …
Barbie and American Girl dolls get allergy lunch boxes and hearing aids
I can't say that I have ever been a great Barbie doll enthusiast but I certainly applaud the makers of both Barbie and American Girl dolls for looking to include children with a wide range of disabilities. Both now offer a bald doll for children with cancer who may have lost …