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"Scientists Fret Over FDA Slowness on Genetically Altered Animals" [1]

"Approval of foods from genetically modified animals is unjustifiably slow, scientists say; some are looking abroad."

Source: LA Times [2], 10/02/2012

"Budgets Hinder Aid for Lead Poisoning" [3]

"Thousands of U.S. children with dangerous amounts of lead in their blood may go unassisted this year because local health departments can't afford to monitor them, a survey of major cities by USA TODAY shows."

Source: USA TODAY [4], 10/02/2012

"Pesticide Use Ramping Up As GMO Crop Technology Backfires: Study" [5]

"U.S. farmers are using more hazardous pesticides to fight weeds and insects due largely to heavy adoption of genetically modified crop technologies that are sparking a rise of 'superweeds' and hard-to-kill insects, according to a newly released study."

Source: Reuters [6], 10/02/2012

FDA Chief Says Scarce Funding Hobbles Sweeping Food Safety Regulations [7]

"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it is having difficulty implementing expansive new rules to improve food safety, nearly two years after President Barack Obama signed the standards into law, because of a lack of funding."

Source: Reuters [8], 10/02/2012

"US Polar Bear Researcher Cleared of Scientific Misconduct" [9]

"The Obama administration has wound up its controversial investigation of a government polar bear researcher without finding any evidence of scientific wrongdoing, campaign groups said late Friday."

Source: Guardian [10], 10/02/2012

Barry Commoner: "Scientist, Candidate and Planet Earth’s Lifeguard" [11]

"Barry Commoner, a founder of modern ecology and one of its most provocative thinkers and mobilizers in making environmentalism a people’s political cause, died on Sunday in Manhattan. He was 95 and lived in Brooklyn Heights."

Source: NY Times [12], 10/02/2012

"F.T.C. Issues Guidelines for 'Eco-Friendly' Labels" [13]

"WASHINGTON -- Companies wishing to market their products as 'eco-friendly' or good for the environment had better have data to back up the claims, the Federal Trade Commission warned Monday, laying out guidelines for so-called green marketing."

Source: NY Times [14], 10/02/2012

"'Roadless Rule' Upheld By Nation's Highest Court" [15]

"SALT LAKE CITY -- Environmentalists are celebrating the Monday decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to let stand the federal 'roadless rule' that leaves protections in place for 45 million acres of national forest lands, including those in Utah."

Source: Deseret News [16], 10/02/2012

Beyond Seven Billion: Reporting on Population, Environment, and Security [17]

From his research and travels to report "Beyond Seven Billion," a landmark five-part series published in the Los Angeles Times, reporter Kenneth R. Weiss will share his stories about the impact of population growth on natural resources, food supply, and conflict in Afghanistan, India, Kenya, China, and the Philippines — and the challenges of covering this complex topic. Sponsored by the Environmental Change and Security Program, the SEJ, the Africa Program, and the Asia Program in Washington, DC. Can't attend in person? The archived webcast will be available approximately one week after the posted meeting time.

SEJ Member Spotlight: Andrew Revkin [18]

SEJ member, reporter and author Andrew Revkin is the senior fellow for environmental understanding at Pace University's Academy for Applied Environmental Studies and writes the award-winning Dot Earth blog for the Op-Ed side of The New York Times.

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