Publication Items

Toolbox: Website Offers Profusion of Government Science Links [1]

In one handy spot, you'll find hundreds of rarely visited Web pages published by a vast variety of federal offices and programs doing science on environmental and other topics.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Food [5]
Natural Resources [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Government [8]
Science [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about Toolbox: Website Offers Profusion of Government Science Links [1]
Book Shelf, Book 2- The Winds Of Change: Climate, Weather, And The Destruction Of Civilization [12]

Climate change scientist paints a stark and vivid picture

THE WINDS OF CHANGE: CLIMATE, WEATHER AND THE DESTRUCTION OF CIVILIZATIONS By Eugene Linden
Simon & Schuster, $26
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [13]
Fish & Fisheries [14]
Economy & Business [15]
Consumer [16]
Disasters [17]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Studies [18]
Food [5]
Forests [19]
Health [20]
Government [8]
Environmental Politics [21]
Journalism & Media [22]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about Book Shelf, Book 2- The Winds Of Change: Climate, Weather, And The Destruction Of Civilization [12]
Bird Flu: The Coming Pandemic Or Much Less? [23]

Highly Pathogenic A (H5N1) Avian Influenza (AI) is killing birds and occasionally infecting and killing humans. This story continues to develop as both breaking news and a continuing story involving commercial poultry industry, ethnic differences, rural life, Third World poverty, and global and domestic preparedness for a disease pandemic.

Topics on the Beat:
Food [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about Bird Flu: The Coming Pandemic Or Much Less? [23]
Local Food? Tasty And A Good Source Of Stories [24]

By CHERYL DORSCHNER
Attendees at SEJ's 16th Annual Conference in Burlington, Vt., Oct. 25-29, will have a chance to witness a basic, but littleexplored issue for most environment writers: food.

A number of other issues will be explored, of course. But in Vermont, SEJ conference attendees will be able to grapple with the environmental issues of food.

SEJers will address "Eating as an Environmental Act" in a panel discussion Friday, Oct. 27 from 11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Topics on the Beat:
Food [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about Local Food? Tasty And A Good Source Of Stories [24]
Food Deserts: Where The Food Isn't [25]

Areas lacking easy access to affordable staple foods can signal larger long-term problems, including environmental ones. Simple interactive maps can play a key role in engaging your community.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [26]
Topics on the Beat:
Consumer [16]
Food [5]
People & Population [27]
Technology [28]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about Food Deserts: Where The Food Isn't [25]
EPA Mulls Loosening Limits on Atrazine in Drinking Water [29]

Atrazine, one of the most commonly used pesticides on crops ranging from corn to trees, may not be as dangerous to humans as previously thought.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [26]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Chemicals [30]
Food [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about EPA Mulls Loosening Limits on Atrazine in Drinking Water [29]
Food Terror: Indigestion For Security Experts [31]

Although the US food supply remains among the safest in the world, it also remains a point of vulnerability to terrorist attack.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [26]
Topics on the Beat:
Consumer [16]
Food [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about Food Terror: Indigestion For Security Experts [31]
Terrorism Down on the Farm [32]

Amid the torrent of terrorism news, one angle that's been overlooked is agroterrorism -- using biological agents as weapons against crops or livestock.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [26]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Food [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about Terrorism Down on the Farm [32]
EPA'S BT Reregistration Decisions Due Soon [33]

During the week of Sept. 24, 2001, EPA is scheduled to issue a final decision on whether to reregister Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) plant pesticide applications for cotton.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [26]
Topics on the Beat:
Food [5]
Health [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about EPA'S BT Reregistration Decisions Due Soon [33]
FDA Knew About Mercury in Corn Syrup — And Kept Silent [34]

In spite of one of its own scientists co-authoring a 2005 study finding toxic mercury in high fructose corn syrup, the Food and Drug Administration gave a green light to the corn industry's campaign advertising corn syrup as "natural."
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [30]
Food [5]
Government [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about FDA Knew About Mercury in Corn Syrup — And Kept Silent [34]

Pages