By Daniel Rosenberg, senior attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council
The chemical industry’s war on science continues — as far out of the public eye as possible.
Shortly before Congress left for its Christmas recess, it passed an “Omnibus” budget bill, to appropriate funds for numerous federal agencies for the rest of the fiscal year. But the bill did not just allocate funds, it also included a number of directives and strictures on how those funds should be spent. Continue reading
Posted in Children's Health, Men's Health, Pesticides & GMOs, Women's Health
Tagged chemical reform, toxic chemicals
By Rich Bindell, senior writer and outreach specialist at Food & Water Watch.
Halloween has passed, but there’s likely still Halloween candy left over in your house.When I was a kid, there was one main rule applying to the holiday candy stash: I absolutely, positively could not eat any of my Halloween candy until it was properly inspected by the Candy Police (mom and dad). This drove me nuts. How on earth is a kid supposed to have the patience and discipline to hold off on digging into their stash until they get home hours later? My folks are the trusting type, but they didn’t want to take any chances that some misguided resident would do something dangerous to the candy they passed out to neighborhood children. Continue reading
By Margaret Reeves, PhD, senior scientist at Pesticide Action Network
A new study supports earlier findings that Monsanto’s biggest selling weedkiller may actually be harming crop production by increasing the incidence of fungal root disease. This could be why the “RoundUp-ready” corn and soybeans that Monsanto has engineered to be used with the herbicide have failed to deliver promised yields. Continue reading
By Rich Bindell, senior writer and outreach specialist at Food & Water Watch.
The USDA recently granted $494,000 in funding to AquaBounty Technologies, the company behind AquAdvantage, or genetically engineered (GE) salmon. The money will fund the company’s research into sterilization techniques. GE salmon has been a rather controversial issue with the American public. In fact, most consumers have said they don’t want it to enter the marketplace. So, why is the USDA funding a corporate venture with our tax dollars? Continue reading
By Marion Nestle, PhD, professor of nutrition, food studies, and public health at New York University.
Taking steps on food chemicals
Q: I don’t understand why the FDA does not ban aspartame, food colors, BPA, pesticides and all those other nasty chemicals in food. I can’t believe they are good for us.
A: I can’t, either. But the Food and Drug Administration is required to make decisions on the basis of science, not beliefs. Continue reading
By Genna Reed, MS, researcher at Food & Water Watch
Recent lawsuits against the approval of Roundup ready alfalfa and Roundup ready sugar beets have spurred considerable dialogue about the lack of protection for farmers against genetically engineered (GE) contamination. When an organic or non-GE crop is contaminated with GE genetic material, the affected farmer bears the financial burden of possibly losing their market to sell their crop and could face prosecution for patent infringement. This significant economic harm, and the expense farmers go to trying to avoid contamination, is an unacceptable burden put on farmers, and should be the responsibility of the exceedingly wealthy patent-owning biotechnology companies. Continue reading
By Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, PhD, senior scientist at Pesticide Action Network
Warning! Nina Federoff — former “Science and Technology Advisor” to the U.S. State Department and well-known genetic engineering apologist — is back on her soapbox. In an Op Ed published in the New York Times last week, Federoff strings together one blazing falsehood after another, extolling the virtues of a technology that much of the rest of the world has rightly rejected. What is behind her evangelical commitment to this particular technology? Let’s take a look. Continue reading
by Deirdre Imus, founder and president of The Deirdre Imus Environmental Health Center at Hackensack University Medical Center
For millions of kids, the warmer weather means only one thing…the start of spring and summer sport programs. Soon baseball diamonds, golf courses, and soccer fields across the country will be filled with energetic, competitive kids.
Keeping those playing fields in good condition and free of pests, however, requires regular maintenance that includes spraying the grass with a toxic cocktail of chemical fungicides, herbicides and insecticides. Although we have become accustomed to their use, make no mistake these chemicals are poisons and are meant to kill living organisms; weeds, fungus and a variety of insects. Continue reading
By Jeremy Seifert, award-winning documentary-maker
I recently got back from a trip across the entire country, coast to coast….and back again. It was part of a shoot for my next film on the issue of GMOs, and the ills and corruption they represent. It’s amazing how getting out on the road, veering from the super highways and onto the smaller byways, can open your eyes and ears to the land and the people. Continue reading
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