Tag: Health
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U.S. State Department Exposed For Pushing Biotech Seed Industry’s Global Agenda
“This report provides a chilling snapshot of how a handful of giant biotechnology companies are unduly influencing U.S. foreign policy and undermining our diplomatic efforts to promote security, international development and transparency worldwide …
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Town Board Gives Residents Cold Shoulder Over Anti-Fracking Petition
Concerned Citizens of Covert On Monday night at the town board meeting, Concerned Citizens of Covert released the results of a six month town-wide petition campaign for a ban on fracking. The group knocked on every door in the town, garnering signature…
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Tennessee Governor Vetoes Ag-Gag Anti-Whistleblower Bill
EARTH ISLAND JOURNAL — Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has vetoed his state’s “ag-gag” bill that would have criminalized undercover investigations at horse stables and factory farm facilities …
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The Other Side of the Taj Mahal
CHARLES DEPMAN — Industrial pollution and sewage are immediate problems, but much larger issues sit upstream: dams and diversions. These are especially complex problems as India tries to feed and power its burgeoning population …
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FDA Sued for Concealing Records on Arsenic in Poultry Feed
FOOD & WATER WATCH — The lawsuit follows on the heels of a new study led by scientists at the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, which found that feeding arsenicals to chickens likely increases consumers’ exposure to inorganic arsenic, a carcinogen …