Publication Items

House Science Panel Probes EPA Unpublishing of Glyphosate Report [1]

U.S. EPA on April 29, 2016, posted on its website the 2015 "final" report by its Cancer Assessment Review Committee on the widely used herbicide glyphosate, sold commercially by Monsanto as Roundup. But on May 2, the report vanished from the EPA site.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Health [5]
Science [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Will Journalists Heed the Lessons of Flint? [8]

SEJ’s WatchDog Project director Joseph A. Davis analyzes local and regional media's role in reporting — or not — the Flint water debacle.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Health [5]
Water & Oceans [10]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Memo to Energy, Business, Science and Health Reporters [12]

Fellow Journalists, we have a lot in common. We’ve read many of your stories on issues surrounding energy, business, science and health. We couldn’t help noticing a common link in so many of your stories: The environment. Those of us at the Society of Environmental Journalists think we are a very good fit for you. Read all the reasons why, by board president Jeff Burnside in the new issue of SEJournal.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Health [5]
Journalism & Media [16]
Science [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Failure to Disclose Lead Threats in Drinking Water: Widespread Problem [17]

Bad as it is, the Flint drinking water disaster is hardly uncommon. Even though the law requires authorities to tell the public of dangerous levels of lead in drinking water, they often don't.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Disasters [18]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [19]
Health [5]
Laws & Regulations [20]
People & Population [21]
Water & Oceans [10]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Flint Water Debacle Raises Freedom-of-Information Issues [22]

If the water coming from your tap is unfit to drink, you have a right to know. But the crisis in Flint, Michigan, is challenging that assumption. Meanwhile, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (pictured) apologized to the residents of Flint, and "pledged to promptly release his emails about the issue," according to the New York Times.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Consumer [23]
Disasters [18]
Environmental Politics [4]
Health [5]
Water & Oceans [10]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Flint Water Debacle Raises Freedom-of-Information Issues [22]
"The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health" [24]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [25]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [26]
Environmental Health [27]
Health [5]
Science [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about "The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health" [24]
Where's That Meat From? One Problem with Trade Treaties [28]

Do consumers have a right to know where their food comes from? What if there is a federal law decreeing that they have that right? Not anymore. None of that matters. International trade treaties — nowadays often negotiated in secret — trump United States law aimed at protecting consumers.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [26]
Economy & Business [14]
Food [29]
Health [5]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Where's That Meat From? One Problem with Trade Treaties [28]
Groups' Efforts for Disclosure of Pesticide "Inerts" Grinds On [30]

Whether pesticides harm the birds and bees — or human health — matters a lot. One of the public's protections is the requirement for disclosure in the nation's pesticide laws. Three groups, represented by Earthjustice, argue that EPA has authority under current federal pesticide law to require disclosure of inert ingredients.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [27]
Health [5]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Groups' Efforts for Disclosure of Pesticide "Inerts" Grinds On [30]
Food Safety Group Sues Ag Department for FOIA'd Records on GMO Crops [31]

The Center for Food Safety has sued the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service under the Freedom of Information Act for withholding information on genetically modified crops (GMOs), after unsuccessfully seeking information over a period of 13 years.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [26]
Environmental Health [27]
Food [29]
Health [5]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Food Safety Group Sues Ag Department for FOIA'd Records on GMO Crops [31]
"Greening Health Care: How Hospitals Can Heal the Planet" [32]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [25]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [14]
Environmental Health [27]
Health [5]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about "Greening Health Care: How Hospitals Can Heal the Planet" [32]

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