"Is Your Face Wash Damaging the Oceans?"
"Tiny but powerful forces are invading our seas, and your daily hygiene regimen is likely implicated."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 09/23/2015
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"Los Angeles Buzzing Over Backyard Beehives"
"The Los Angeles City Council approved on Wednesday a draft proposal to allow hobbyist beekeepers to maintain hives in their backyards. Cities across the country have legalized beekeeping to help rebuild honeybee colonies."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 09/04/2015
Food Industry Heavyweights Spend Big To Lobby Against Transparency
The battleground over transparency on food origins and ingredients is much wider than labeling of foods that contain genetically modified ingredients, as journalist Elizabeth Grossman points out in a recent piece in Civil Eats.
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Are Health Warnings on Soda Unconstitutional? Industry Says Yes
The American Beverage Association, California State Outdoor Advertising Association and California Retailers Association sued San Francisco for requiring health warnings on advertisements for certain sugary beverages when posted on city property, saying it violates their First Amendment rights.
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"House Passes Bill To Prevent Mandatory GMO Labeling"
"Food companies would not have to disclose whether their products include genetically modified ingredients under legislation passed by the House Thursday."
Source: AP, 07/27/2015
Congress Poised to Revise Regulation Chemicals in Commercial Products
"Will the bills seeking to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act really protect Americans?"
Source: Earth Island Journal, 07/17/2015
House Bill Would Ban Mandatory GMO Food Labeling By States
"A bill preventing states from requiring labels on foods containing genetically modified ingredients easily passed a House committee Tuesday, but the legislation has drawn widespread opposition from many Democrats and consumer groups and faces an uncertain future."
Source: USA TODAY, 07/16/2015
"Is Your Child Coloring With Asbestos?"
"Some children’s crayons—marketed with colorful characters such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Power Rangers and Mickey Mouse—and play crime lab kits contain cancer-causing, lung damaging asbestos fibers, according to a report released today."
Source: EHN, 07/08/2015
"The Big Money Battle to Sway Americans’ Food Choices"
"New report says food industry groups spend big and 'spin' the truth to turn U.S. consumers away from organic."
Source: Civil Eats, 07/03/2015
New York Times Editorial Calls for Release of CRS Reports
The WatchDog has long whined about Congress' mystifying refusal to let taxpayers read Congressional Research Service reports the taxpayers have paid for. A June 17, 2015, editorial in the New York Times called the situation "absurd," expressing hope that a new director of the Library of Congress (home of the CRS) would manage to get the policy changed.
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