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Common Pesticides Associated With Lower Birth Weight, Shortened Pregnancy
A new study is reinforcing obstetricians' standard warning that pregnant women should avoid exposure to pesticides in foods and weed killers because the chemicals can harm the developing fetus.
FDA Keeps Toxic Plastic Chemical in Food, Infant Formula
Once again, the federal agency charged with protecting the public from tainted food has ignored a mountain of scientific research and decided to allow a toxic chemical to remain in food packaging. The...
Autism Rate Surges Among US Children
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported today that 1 in 88 American children have an autism spectrum disorder, a 23 percent increase since the agency's 2009 review.
Like Strawberries? You'll Love This
The battle over a cancer-causing pesticide often applied to California strawberry fields is over. The maker of the highly toxic methyl iodide has pulled the agriculture pesticide from the American...
Victory for Central Coast Water Drinkers
After more than three years of deliberation, California's Central Coast Regional Water Quality Board has enacted new comprehensive rules requiring area farm operations to curb nitrate and pesticide...
Foreign Companies Paid Billions to Run U.S. Crop Insurance Program
Twenty insurance companies in Bermuda, Japan, Switzerland, Australia, Canada and the U.S. were paid $7.1 billion in U.S. taxpayer funds from 2007 to 2011 to sell American farmers crop insurance...
California Drinking Water Pollution Traced to Fertilizers and Animal Waste
Animal waste and fertilizer from farming operations in California's Salinas Valley and Tulare Lake Basin are the source of 96 percent of the nitrate contamination in the area's groundwater, a new...
FDA to Decide Soon On Move Toward BPA Food Packaging Ban
The federal Food and Drug Administration, faced with a series of legal actions from environmental groups, is poised to decide whether to move toward barring the toxic chemical bisphenol-A from food...
109 Organizations Take Issue With Obama’s Support for Fracking
Brazilian Blowout to Pay Workers, Customers
A class action settlement requiring the manufacturer of Brazilian Blowout, a popular chemical hair straightener to pay a small compensation to salon workers and customers who used its formaldehyde...
World's Largest Soup Maker to Remove BPA from Cans
Campbell's Soup, whose iconic red and white label is found in pantries across the country, says it will stop using the notorious chemical bisphenol-A, or BPA, in the linings of its cans.
EPA Identifies Group of Highly Toxic Chemicals for Risk Review
The federal Environmental Protection Agency has announced a plan to conduct comprehensive safety reviews of 83 chemicals common in consumer goods and manufacturing and to give top priority to seven...
California Regulators Turn a Blind Eye to Fracking
State regulators have no idea how many oil and gas wells have been fracked in California despite having requested and received $3 million in new funding in 2010 to regulate the practice.
How Much Added Sugar is in Food? Eaters Have the Right to Know
If Americans knew exactly how much added sugar came with the food and beverages they and their families consume, many might make different choices.
EPA Dioxin Assessment: Essential Advancement for Human Health
The Environmental Protection Agency today released its safety standard for dioxin toxicity for risks other than cancer, a crucial advance in protecting Americans from exposure to this ubiquitous...
New Ethanol Blend Puts Hundreds of Millions of Engine Warranties At Risk
America’s Conservation Compact is Eroding Despite Farmers’ Support
A new research paper finds that most farmers support the long-standing conservation compact that has helped protect the rich soil and clean water that sustain food, farming and public health.
EPA Lists Dry Cleaning Chemical Likely Carcinogen
The federal Environmental Protection Agency has declared tetrachloroethylene, or PERC, a chemical used by many dry cleaners, a “likely human carcinogen.”
Popular Lipsticks Contain Dangerous Levels of Lead
U.S. Food and Drug Administration researchers have detected lead in 400 brands of lipstick tested by the agency. At least two popular brands had amounts of the neurotoxin above the threshold the state...
Ad Campaign Targets Farm Bill Conservation Cuts
WASHINGTON – Some lawmakers have made clear that they intend to cut 7 million acres protected under the Conservation Reserve Program from the next farm bill. Congress has cut other critical...