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California Newspaper Editorial Boards Spread False Claims and Faulty Logic on Proposition 37
Each election season, proponents and opponents of the various initiatives on the California ballot hope for the state’s major newspaper endorsements. While you can’t expect every paper to endorse your ...
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Public Interest Groups Support California Intent to Label Glyphosate Carcinogenic
SACRAMENTO, CA (October 19, 2015)—Today, nearly 20 food, farming, public health and environmental organizations submitted a letter in support of the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment’s ...
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Forever Chemicals
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) encompass an entire class of thousands of chemicals. PFAS are also known as "forever chemicals" because they persist in the environment and our bodies for up ...
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Who is Really Financing the Anti-Labeling of Genetically Engineered Food Campaigns?
Portland, Oregon (October 17, 2014) – Monsanto, the multibillion dollar chemical company best known for producing pesticides, has now spent four million dollars to try and defeat the Measure 92 ...
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FDA Should Require Labels for Animal-Derived Products, Petition Says
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), along with 16 other organizations, academics, physicians, and experts representing a wide range of interests, submitted a petition for ...
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Hawai'i Pollinator-Friendly Plants Guide
A handy list for gardeners seeking to grow native and pollinator-friendly plants on the Hawaiian Islands! Bees and other beneficial pollinators are disappearing at alarming rates. While we may not ...
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Superbugs in Stock Report Shows Grocery Stores Failing to Stop Antibiotic Overuse in Meat Supply Chains
NEW YORK—Eight of the 12 largest U.S. supermarket companies, including Walmart and Trader Joe's, received an "F" on a new report card grading corporate policies regarding antibiotic usage in their ...
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California Ends Sale of Toxic Pesticide Chlorpyrifos
San Francisco, CA—This week, the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) announced that the sale of the toxic pesticide, chlorpyrifos, will end in February 2020 as a result of an agreement ...
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California Poised to Set Strictest Antibiotics Standards for Livestock Use in the Nation
SACRAMENTO (October 9, 2015) – By the end of the weekend, California Governor Jerry Brown will announce his decision on legislation by Sen. Jerry Hill that sets the strictest limits in the U.S. on the ...
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Groups Tell FDA, Keep Food From Cloned Animals Off Our Dinner Plates
The Center for Food Safety, along with reproductive rights, animal welfare, and consumer protection organizations, today filed a legal petition with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) calling for ...
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After Long Delay, Groups Sue EPA for Response on Factory Farm Water Pollution Rules
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Environmental Protection Agency's failure to respond to a legal petition urging the agency to strengthen clean water rules governing factory farms has prompted a broad coalition ...