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EPA Report Reveals Health Impacts of Toxic 'Forever Chemicals' in Sewage Sludge
Washington, DC – On Tuesday, EPA released a long-awaited draft report demonstrating that toxic "forever chemicals" in sewage ...
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EPA Report Reveals Health Impacts of Toxic 'Forever Chemicals' in Sewage Sludge
WASHINGTON— In response to a decade of advocacy by conservation groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect monarch butterflies as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
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Consumer and Environmental Groups Praise Klobuchar, Question if Sessions Can be Trusted on Antitrust Enforcement
WASHINGTON— Yesterday, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, questioned Senator Jeff ...
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Dangerous Hog Slaughter Self-Inspection Program Should Be Stopped, Advocates Tell Court
National food-policy and consumer organizations filed a motion asking for a federal court to rule in a case that could have major ramifications for food safety. The case, filed in 2020 (Center for ...
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Proposed Oregon Legislation Would Allow Communities to Protect Farmers’ Traditional Crops from Contamination by Genetically Engineered Crops
Salem, OR – With backing from groups representing family farmers and food advocates, Oregon Representative Paul Holvey has introduced legislation that would give local governments back the right to ...
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Groups Challenge Bush Administration's Factory Farm Exemption
In a lawsuit filed today against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a coalition of groups challenged a last minute Bush Administration rule that exempts factory farms from federal laws ...
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Center for Food Safety Files Legal Action to Prohibit Hydroponics from Organic
Washington, D.C. Today, Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a new legal action demanding the Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibit hydroponic operations from the Organic label. Hydroponic ...
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Why GM Crops Will Not Feed the World
Last spring marked a tipping point for rising global food prices. Haiti's prime minister was ousted amid rice riots; Mexican tortillas have quadrupled in price. African countries were hit especially ...
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Legal Actions
CFS Seeks to defend the interests of Californians in Monsanto corporation's litigation challenging the listing of the chemical glyphosate as a probable carcinogen under California’s Proposition 65 ...
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USDA Gives In to Big Organic Poultry, Moves to Withdraw New Animal Welfare Rules
RT @protesterrabbit: Always buy seeds or use your own from previous year. I get mine from Mother Nature of Powell River, B.C. ! https://t.c… The legal battle around #chlorpyrifos continues. The 9th ...
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Health Advocates Sue FDA to Remove Phthalates from Food
Washington, D.C. — Today, a group of health advocates, including Center for Food Safety, and represented by Earthjustice sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to force the agency to reevaluate ...