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We think the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) was wrong to approve GMO salmon. But it did.The least the FDA can do now is require clear labels on a genetically engi…
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Arsenic in Your Fruit Juice? Tests Say Yes.
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Are there heavy metals lurking in your fruit juice?Yes, according to a recent analysis by Consumer Reports (CR). CR tested 45 fruit juices in four popular flavors—apple, grape,…
Read moreWhy the Green New Deal Needs to Include Fair Prices for Farmers
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The GND twin resolutions, introduced February 7, 2019, call for all Americans to have access to healthy food, clean water and clean air. The GND also proposes to provide “econo…
Read moreA Call for the Food Movement to Get Behind the Green New Deal
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The final months of 2018 will likely be remembered as the decisive moment when the global grassroots awakened to the life-or-death threat posed by global warming. With violent weather and climat…
Read moreGambling With Our Health: Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals Cost the U.S. $340 Billion a Year
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The diseases caused by exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals in our food, environment and household and personal care products cost the U.S. $340 billion a year, says children’s environmental h…
Read moreOrganic Consumers Association Wins on Motion to Dismiss in Case Against Unilever-Owned Ben & Jerry’s for Deceptive Marketing Claims
Organic Consumers Association (OCA) today announced that the District of Columbia Superior Court rejected Ben & Jerry’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit OCA brought against the Unilever-owned brand in July 2018 under the District of Columbia Consumer Pr…
Read moreDid Dow Chemical Fake Safety Studies on Brain-Damaging Chlorpyrifos?
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We’ve known for a while that Monsanto buried the truth about Roundup weedkiller by ignoring concerns by its own scientists. Now it seems Dow Chemical Co. has been using the same playbook….
Read moreBayer CEO: Roundup Weedkiller Cancer Victims Are ‘Nuisances’
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There are about 8,700 lawsuits pending against Monsanto, by people who allege that exposure to Roundup weedkiller is responsible for their cancer. Most of the people behind these lawsuits have stor…
Read morePesticides Are in So Many Many Foods. Did You Know They May Also Be in Your Home?
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By now, most everyone knows that the pesticides used by industrial farming operations pollute the air, linger in the soil and turn up on many foods—including Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.Now, a new stu…
Read moreMaseca Corn Flours Test Positive for Toxic Residues of Monsanto Weedkiller
Organic Consumers Association Mexico (ACO), a project of US-based Organic Consumers Association (OCA), today announced that samples of Maseca brand white and yellow corn flours tested positive for residues of glyphosate and its main metabolite, AMPA. G…
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