Food

"Poisoned Profits: The Toxic Assault on Our Children" [1]

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BookShelf [2]

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Air [3]

Chemicals [4]

Food [5]

Health [6]

Pollution [7]

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Public [8]

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Concern Resurfaces for Drinking Water and Food Contaminant [9]

In one of many last-minute actions, the Bush administration delayed a decision on a drinking water standard for the contaminant perchlorate (used in rocket fuel, explosives, fireworks, and many other industrial products, and also occurs naturally), but issued a temporary advisory recommendation. This has immediate implications for at least 31 large US utilities, and perhaps hundreds more.

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TipSheet [10]

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Chemicals [4]

Food [5]

Water & Oceans [11]

Government [12]

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National (U.S.) [13]

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Public [8]

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EPA Would Suppress Info on Toxic Gases From Feedlots at Industry Urging [14]

Large feedlots would no longer have to report toxic emissions under a rule proposed Dec. 21, 2007, by EPA.

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WatchDog TipSheet [15]

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Food [5]

Pollution [7]

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National (U.S.) [13]

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Public [8]

Read more about EPA Would Suppress Info on Toxic Gases From Feedlots at Industry Urging [14]

Senate Passes Farm Bill With Softened Secrecy Language [16]

The Senate passed a five-year Farm Bill Dec. 14, 2007, that softened a provision imposing draconian penalties for publication of information from a federal database for tracking food animals.

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WatchDog TipSheet [15]

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Agriculture [17]

Consumer [18]

Food [5]

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National (U.S.) [13]

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Public [8]

Read more about Senate Passes Farm Bill With Softened Secrecy Language [16]

NOAA Tries to Consolidate Fish Information For Consumers [19]

Consumers looking for information on which fish may be better to eat, considering factors such as sustainability, health, or source identification, have a range of potential sources.

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TipSheet [10]

Topics on the Beat:

Fish & Fisheries [20]

Food [5]

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National (U.S.) [13]

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Public [8]

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Judge Forces USDA to Disclose Fields of Roundup Ready Alfalfa [21]

A judge's decision has cracked open the black box of at least one genetically engineered crop: alfalfa.

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TipSheet [10]

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Agriculture [17]

Food [5]

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National (U.S.) [13]

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Public [8]

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FED Report: Worrisome Overfishing Continues [22]

More fish in US federal marine waters have become overfished, according to NOAA's annual assessment for 2006, released June 22, 2007

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TipSheet [10]

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Fish & Fisheries [20]

Food [5]

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National (U.S.) [13]

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Public [8]

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Mexican Rice Shipments Cause Stir Over U.S. Genetic Engineering [23]

Greenpeace Mexico revealed what the federal Health Secretariat knew since October: that 47 of 51 samples of US rice import shipments tested positive for contamination.

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TipSheet [10]

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Food [5]

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Mexico [24]

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Public [8]

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Rice at the Center of Genetic Engineering Maelstrom [25]

March went out like a lion for adversaries in the arena of food and pharmaceutical crop engineering.

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TipSheet [10]

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Food [5]

Health [6]

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National (U.S.) [13]

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Public [8]

Read more about Rice at the Center of Genetic Engineering Maelstrom [25]

Scramble Is on To Cope With Honeybee Decimation [26]

During the past two years, and especially since last fall, strong hints of far greater than normal die-offs (of honeybees) have been appearing all over the country, in at least 24 states (map of affected states).

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TipSheet [10]

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Food [5]

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National (U.S.) [13]

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Public [8]

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