School Nutrition

Based Underground: Melissa J. Perry quoted in article on toxins, pesticides in school lunches

December 3, 2024

Alarming Levels of Heavy Metals and Pesticides Found in US School Lunches.
WTVC-TV9 (local ABC affiliate in Chattanooga, TN; video option): Picks up the WJLA-TV7 piece in which Melissa J. Perry quoted in article on school lunch samples in the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area containing toxins.

October 9, 2024

School lunch tests reveal dozens of pesticides on single items, heavy metals, other toxins.
WJLA (video option): Melissa Perry among those quoted about toxins in school lunches in article on Senator Cory Booker’s introduction of a bill to address the issue.

September 19, 2024

Senior U.S. Senator calls for toxins to be removed from school lunches.
Four-part nutrition intervention program reduced adolescent malnutrition in Tanzania

April 8, 2024

A new study by Dongqing Wang found that combining school meals, nutrition education, school gardens, and community workshops reduced undernutrition and obesity in adolescents and their family members.

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