Inactive since 2003, House Organic Caucus Reorganizes April 2011
examiner.com - July 12, 2011
Originally constituted in 2003, the House Organic Caucus has re-organized. The Caucus recognizes the dramatic growth in organic food sales, now at around 26 billion annually and also acknowledges the growth in organic farming, w...
Read moreDespite Industry Claims, Herbicide Use Fails to Decline with GE Crop
www.beyondpesticides.org - June 27, 2011
According to the 2010 Agricultural Chemical Use Report released last week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), use of the herbicide glyphosate, associated with genetically...
Read moreWhen Food Kills
NY Times - June 11, 2011
Every year in the United States, 325,000 people are hospitalized because of food-borne illnesses and 5,000 die, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s right: food kills one person every two hours. Y...
Read moreNIOSH Study Confirms Pesticide Drift Hazards Posed by Conventional Agriculture
Beyond Pesticides - June 10, 2011
A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and state agency partners finds that pesticide drift from conventional, chemical-intensive farming has...
Read moreTime Out For Pesticide Manufacturers
Healthy Child, Healthy World - June 10, 2011
Pesticide News Roundup: The jig may be up for Monsanto & the U.S Dept of Agriculture found 34 unapproved pesticides on the herb cilantro. In Fresno, CA, farm workers and residents protest the use of methyl iodide. And, Finally, a...
Read moreGenetically engineered salmon’s fishy promises
- June 09, 2011
Genetically engineered salmon has consumers and environmentalists running the other way. So why is the FDA considering approving it?
Read moreRoundup Birth Defects: Regulators Knew World's Best-Selling Herbicide Causes Problems, New Report Finds
huffingtonpost.com - June 08, 2011
Industry regulators have known for years that Roundup, the world's best-selling herbicide produced by U.S. company Monsanto, causes birth defects, according to a new report released Tuesday. The report, "Roundup and birth defec...
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