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Concern Resurfaces for Drinking Water and Food Contaminant

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
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Chemicals
Food
Water & Oceans
Government
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National (U.S.)
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EPA Would Suppress Info on Toxic Gases From Feedlots at Industry Urging

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
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Food
Pollution
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National (U.S.)
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Senate Passes Farm Bill With Softened Secrecy Language

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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Agriculture
Consumer
Food
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National (U.S.)
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NOAA Tries to Consolidate Fish Information For Consumers

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
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Fish & Fisheries
Food
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National (U.S.)
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Judge Forces USDA to Disclose Fields of Roundup Ready Alfalfa

A judge's decision has cracked open the black box of at least one genetically engineered crop: alfalfa.
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Agriculture
Food
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National (U.S.)
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FED Report: Worrisome Overfishing Continues

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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Fish & Fisheries
Food
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National (U.S.)
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Mexican Rice Shipments Cause Stir Over U.S. Genetic Engineering

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
Topics on the Beat:
Food
Region:
Mexico
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Rice at the Center of Genetic Engineering Maelstrom

March went out like a lion for adversaries in the arena of food and pharmaceutical crop engineering.
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Food
Health
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National (U.S.)
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Scramble Is on To Cope With Honeybee Decimation

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
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Food
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National (U.S.)
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Public
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2007 Farm Bill Is on Front Burner

It's crunch time for developing the successor to the 2002 US Farm Bill, set to expire Sept. 30, 2007. Many of the ingredients that may be blended into the 2007 Farm Bill are now becoming public.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet
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Air
Energy & Fuel
Environmental Studies
Food
Forests
Natural Resources
Pollution
Waste
Water & Oceans
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National (U.S.)
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