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Environmental Groups Across the U.S. Call on EPA to Intervene in National Drinking Water Nitrate Crisis
Groups Request EPA use Safe Drinking Water Emergency Powers to Protect MN, WI, IA, WA, and OR Communities from Further Harm ...
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Center for Food Safety's Statement on Oregon Department of Agriculture's Re-approval of Mega-Chicken Factory Farm
Late yesterday, the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) announced that it is issuing an individual water quality ...
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Center for Food Safety to FDA: GE is Not Natural
Center for Food Safety (CFS) today wrote to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asking the agency to decline a District Court request to define the marketing label “natural,” arguing that ...
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Coalition Appeals EPA Permit Allowing Industrial Wastewater from Fish Farm in Gulf of Mexico
SARASOTA, FL—On Friday, Center for Food Safety, the Don't Cage Our Ocean Coalition, and allies filed an appeal against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) pollution discharge permit for ...
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Analysis: California's Poorest Counties Hit Hardest by Spraying of Glyphosate
OAKLAND, Calif.— A new report finds that more than half of the glyphosate sprayed in California is applied in the state’s eight most impoverished counties. Glyphosate, commonly known as Roundup, is ...
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California Initiative Finds Winning Formula for Protecting Farmers, The Environment from Engineered Crops
In what is being called “a victory for local communities,” citizens in Marin County, Calif., voted on Tuesday to join Mendocino and Trinity counties in blocking the growing of genetically engineered ...
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Trick or Treat? The Frightening Climate Costs of Halloween Candy
This blog was originally published on Huffington Post. Americans will spend more than two billion dollars on candy this Halloween, making it candy's biggest holiday. This is fun for kids, great for ...
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Center for Food Safety, Groups Sue to Force FDA to Ban Toxic Chemical in Food Packaging
WASHINGTON – Several environmental and public health advocacy groups filed a lawsuit today asking a federal court in New York to overturn the Food and Drug Administration's denial of a petition to ban ...
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AquAdvantage Salmon
In November 2015, FDA approved the AquAdvantage® Salmon--the first GE animal intended for human consumption—produced by AquaBounty Technologies. The same company claims that it is also developing ...