Protecting our environmental resources and promoting social justice
We are all corporate guinea pigs now……just show them the money. What could possibly go wrong? “We simply cannot anticipate the unintended consequences of GE plants and animals. As the Institute for Responsible Technology has noted, the genetic engineering process creates massive collateral damage, causing mutations in hundreds or thousands of locations throughout the plant’s DNA. …
“It’s appalling the U.S. lags so far behind these major agricultural powers in banning harmful pesticides,” said Nathan Donley, a senior scientist with the Center for Biological Diversity and author of the study. “The fact that we’re still using hundreds of millions of pounds of poisons other nations have wisely rejected as too risky spotlights …
New Study: United States Uses 85 Pesticides Outlawed in Other Countries Read More »
Despite a lack of evidence that the privatized food safety inspection system is making food safer—and CDC data showing that foodborne illnesses from foods including chicken have been on the rise since 2015—FSIS is weakening standards in order to increase the speed with which meat is processed, allowing for greater manufacturing profits. ‘Dangerous’: With Foodborne …
“One of the most recent and comprehensive reviews of the safety of nanoparticles in food, led by David Julian McClements from the University of Massachusetts, concluded that “there is evidence that some of them could have harmful effect”. A general lack of research means assessment of potential harmful effects is difficult, it said, and more …
‘I wash all my food like crazy’: scientists voice concern about nanoparticles Read More »
Eating Out: A Date With Glyphosate Tests show glyphosate is prevalent in restaurant food (Download the White Paper Here. Download combined WP and Test Chart Here. Choose landscape orientation for printing.) Inside restaurant foods Please share this with your family and friends! When you eat out, you need to know that you can trust your …
“President Richard M. Nixon’s effort to overhaul federal pesticide law in 1971 produced more meaningful change. That law required manufacturers to submit health and safety testing data for any pesticide they wanted to register, and it granted the newly established Environmental Protection Agency authority to require additional data. This should have made a big difference. …
Why both major political parties have failed to curb dangerous pesticides Read More »