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News Stories Date Posted: 7/5 - Biotech Bully Forced to Allow Public Access to Toxicity Data on its Pesticides 7/1 - Scientists Report 80% of Cancer Cases Caused by Environmental & Food Carcinogens 6/23 - Rocket Fuel Found in California Milk 6/17 - USDA Classifies Frozen Fries as "Fresh Vegetables" 6/9 - Tell Congress to Get Our Schools Out of the Junk Foods Business 6/4 - Junk Food Wreaking Havoc on Kids 6/1 - Americans Increasingly Embracing Alternative Medicine and Natural Food Diets 5/26 - Pesticide Residues from Non- Organic Foods Building Up in Our Bodies 5/20 - Campaign Against Obesity & Junk Foods Moves Forward 5/17 - New Studies on Pesticide Residues Alarm Consumers & Farmers 5/10 - Factory Farming at its Worse 5/10 - Study Shows Drugs Given to Chickens Expose Consumers to Arsenic & Cancer 4/20 - Battle Over Local Rights to Ban Factory Farms in Pennsylvania 4/20 - Junk Food/Obesity Lawsuits Alarm U.S. Food Giants 4/15 - The American Farm Bureau--Forcing Frankenfoods & Toxic Chemicals on the Public 4/14 - Americans Shrinking as Junk Food Takes its Toll 4/13 - Aspartame Lawsuits Accuse Food Giants of Poisoning Consumers 4/5 - Debunking the Myth that the U.S. "Has the Safest Food in theWorld" 4/5 - NanoParticles Shown to Cause Brain Damage 4/5 - Pesticides Causing Infertility in the Heartland 4/1 - Nanotechnolgy Study Raises Health Concerns 3/29 - Scientists Prepare to Use Nanotechnology to Poison Us All? 3/22 - California Sets Limits for Perchlorate Levels in Water 3/19 - States Pass Bills to Protect Junk Food Companies from Obesity Lawsuits 3/16 - Short list: What's Wrong with Factory Farming?      - Junk Food Giants Spend Billions Brainwashing Consumers & Buying Politicians 3/2 - Pentagon Continues Polluting Drinking Water & Produce with Toxic Perchlorate 2/27 - Bird Flu Spreading to Humans Could Cause a Global Epidemic 2/22 - Enviro Groups Denounce Government OK to Test Pesticides on Humans 2/19 - Nalgene Water Bottles May Be Hazardous to Your Health 2/13 - Hemp Industry Demands Apology from DEA After 3 Years of Harassment 1/29 Bush Administration Will Continue to Ignore Pesticide Laws 1/28 - EU Farm Animals To Go Drug Free 1/23 - Eating Chicken May Boost Arsenic Exposure 1/20 - EPA Sued for Secret Pact with Chemical Companies 1/15 - Stop EPA from Labeling Toxic Sewage Sludge as Organic "Compost" 1/14 - White House Taking Tighter Control Over Regulatory Agencies 1/10 - Study Shows Farmed Salmon Contain Dangerous Levels of Toxic Chemicals 1/3 - EPA Refuses to Protect Food Supply from Sewage Sludge 2003 12/1 - California Contemplates EU-Style Precautionary Principle Law onToxic Chemicals 11/5 - Enter The Meatrix 10/28 - EU Bans Toxic Atrazine Herbicide Still Widely Used in US Corn Belt 10/24 - Rocket Fuel Found in Milk 10/22 - Environmental Working Group Names Names 10/19 - Hungry for Change 10/16 - Europe Makes US Hormone-Taint Beef Ban Permanent 10/15 - Opportunity Grows for Organic Cotton Market 10/15 - Industrial Meat Production Inherently Unsafe 10/14 - Sewage Sludge is Being Dumped on (Non-Organic) Farms All over the US 10/14 - Sesame Street Under Fire for Having McDonald's as a Sponsor 10/10 - Government Dousing Federal Housing Projects with Dangerous Levels of Pesticides 10/9 - Cancer Causing & Hormone Disrupting Chemicals Found in Most U.S.Homes 10/8 - CFS, OCA & Other Groups File Legal Petition Against Sewage Sludgeon Farm Lands 10/8 - Pesticides & Methyl Bromide Use in California Still a Major Hazard 10/7 - UK Spends More on Prison Food Than School 10/7 - Bush Exempts Pesticide Companies from Lawsuits 10/6 - Investigation Shows USDA Negligence on Filthy Meat 10/1 - McDonald's & Oprah Team-Up to Promote "Healthy" Junk Food 9/29 - Factory Farms Want Exemption from Air Pollution Laws 9/29 - Groups Sue FDA on Weakening Rules Governing Health Claims on Food 9/27 - Flame Retardants Found in Mothers' Breast Milk in U.S. 9/25 - The Debate over Contaminants in Fertilizers 9/24 - Flame Retardants Found in Mothers' Breast Milk in U.S. 9/17 - OCA & Hemp Food Industry Battle DEA in Federal Court 9/17 - States Sue EPA Over Pesticide Hazards for Kids 9/7 - Coca Cola Executive Joins National PTA Board Despite Controversy 9/1 - Study Links Obesity to Urban Sprawl 8/22 - Monsanto Fined $700 Million for Poisoning People with PCBs 8/12 - Coke & Pepsi Sales Collapse in India Due to Pesticide Contamination 8/5 - India Press Report Coke & Pepsi Are Loaded with Pesticide Residues 8/5 - Companies Putting Olestra in Chips Can Remove Diarrhea Warnings 8/5 - USDA Allowed ConAgra to Poison Americans with Tainted Meat 8/1 - Imports Make up 11% of U.S. Diet 8/1 - Important New Book on Food Safety by Andy Rowell 7/25 - "Natural" Energy Bars, Soy Powders, & Cereals Hexed by Hexane--a Toxic Chemical 7/25 - Is McDonald's New Policy on Antibiotics Simply Greenwash? 7/21 - FDA Ignoring Dangerous Mercury Levels in Canned Tuna 7/9 - More Information on the Contamination of California Organic Lettuce 7/9 - Leading US Scientist Questions Safety of GE-Tainted Food Aid 7/7 - 7-Eleven Convenience Stores Will Sell Organics Alongside JunkFoods 7/5 - Women Warned About Dioxin Residues in Meat & Dairy 7/2 - Court Invalidates DEA Interpretive Rule on Hemp Foods 6/30 - US Food Giants Fight Country of Origin Labeling 6/30 - E. Coli Tainted Meat Recalled in Midwest 6/30 - OCA & Allies Fight DEA in Court over Ban on Hemp Foods 6/26 - Toxic Sludge as Fertilizer on Farms--A Major Threat 6/26 - New York City Bans School Junk Food Machines 6/25 - Pesticides & Polluted Water Are Major Concerns for US Consumers 6/21 - Consumers Worldwide Alarmed Over Food Safety 6/21 - McDonald's Worried About Antibiotic Residues in its Meat 6/16 - Beware of the Tap Water in US Cities 6/16 - Rosebud Sioux Drive Factory Hog Farm off their Reservation 6/16 - Tobacco & Booze Lobbyist Attacks OCA & Food Activists 5/29 - Most Consumers Unaware of Antibiotic Residues in Meat 5/19 - Paul Hawken Resigns from Green Business Network over McDonald's Issue 5/15 - Monsanto's Roundup Herbicide Contaminates Drinking Water 5/12 - New Study Reveals Hazards of Pesticide Drift 5/12 - Bush Gang Reject New EU Regulations on Toxic Chemicals 5/5 - Rocket Fuel Residues Found in Lettuce 4/30 - Hemp: Wonderfood or Contraband? 4/28 - Sugar Industry Pressuring UN to Lie About Obesity 4/23 - Food & Environmental Toxins Degrading Children's Health - Rachels Health News 4/20 - EU to Reexamine Safety of Aspartame Artificial Sweetener 4/15 - More Evidence--Pesticides Cause Brain Damage 3/26 - Soft Drink Industry Kills Senate Junkfood Bill in Washington State 3/21 - Fast Food is a Major Public Health Hazard 3/21 - Bill Introduced to Protect Junk Food Companies from Lawsuits 3/11 - Massive Public Comment Needed on Unsafe Feedlot Law 3/5 - EPA Proposes Limits on Pesticides & Chemical Poisons for Children 3/5 - Rocket Fuel Toxic Found in Lettuce 2/25 - Montreal Takes Step Towards Banning All Pesticides 2/18 - A Wisconsin Fish Farm the Environment Loves 2/18 - Farm Fish Eat Their Wild Cousins 2/17 - California Sues Stores for Mercury Labeling on Fish 2/17 - Opinion Piece: Fish Farming is not Sustainable 2/17 - A Story of Anti-Fish Farming Battles 2/17 - California Votes for Genetically Engineered Fish 2/14 - Valentines Imports: Flower Pesticides Poisoning Ecuadorian Workers 2/10 - Chickens Bought Nationwide Harbor Salmonella or Campylobacter 2/5 - Bush Guts Dolphin Protection for Tuna Harvest 2/4 - Eating Organics Cuts Kids' Pesticide Exposure 2/4 - Bush Wants Continued Use of Ozone-Depleting Pesticide in Agriculture 2/4 - Montreal and Other Canadian Cities Moving To Ban Pesticides 1/30 - Seafood Trade Group Supports Ecolabeling 1/30 - Disposing Toxic Waste as Fertilizer 1/22 - Bush Reduces Dolphin Protection to Increase Tuna Harvest 1/21 -Pesticide Residues a Major Threat to China's Ag Exports 1/20 - High Pesticide Residues Threaten China's Food Exports 1/15 - Livestock Industry Opposed to Stricter Laws on Mad Cow Prevention 1/15 - New Regulations on Factory Farm Manure Pollution Are Hogwash 1/13 - Food Giants Have Infiltrated World Health Organization 1/12 - Profit-Obsessed Meat Companies Keep Poisoning Consumers 1/11 - Dow, Shell & Dole To Pay Millions for Poisoning Banana Workers 1/3 - Can Supermarkets Help Promote Healthy Choices? 1/3 - Floridians Sue Over Sewage Sludge

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