Ruling Denies Big Food’s Preliminary Injunction Motion
April 27, 2015 (Washington, DC)--Today, Center for Food Safety (CFS) hailed the just-issued federal court decision from the U.S. District Court f
April 22, 2015 (Washington, DC)--Two new studies in the journal Nature today highlight additional cause for concern with neonicotinoids. In one study, researchers from Newcastle University found that
EPA allows nine additional states to use toxic 2,4-D on GE corn and soy crops
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Second Case Filed in Two Weeks to Safeguard Organic Integrity
April 15, 2015 (Portland, Oregon)—Yesterday, Center for Food Safety (CFS), Center for Environmental Health, and Beyond Pesticides filed a
April 9, 2015 (Washington, DC)—After nearly two years of pressure from the public, Lowe’s Home Improvement has announced it will begin taking steps to protect bees and similarly affected pollinators f
Washington, DC, April 8, 2015 – Organic stakeholders have filed a lawsuit in federal court, maintaining that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) violated the federal rulemaking process when it c
April 6, 2015 (Washington, DC)—Center for Food Safety today sharply criticized Monsanto’s announcement that it is giving $4 million toward monarch population restoration. Two decades of the company’s
(April 2, 2015) Washington, DC – Earlier today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a moratorium on new bee- and bird- harming neonicotinoid pesticide products and uses. While supp
After 5 years of legal pressure from Center for Food Safety, meat supply is finally going arsenic-free
April 1, 2015 (Washington, DC)—Center for Food Safety today applauded the Food and Drug Administr
April 1, 2015 (Washington, DC)—Center for Food Safety today commended the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for issuing an order to stop the sale of “BioStorm” and “NanoStrike,” two nano-silver ba
Community members determined to continue fight despite stranglehold of agrochemical companies
March 31, 2015 (Honolulu, HI)—As a bill intended to protect residents from harmful pesticides died in the
Decision Stuns Organic Community and Undercuts Recommendations of its Appointed Advisory Board
March 26, 2015 (Washington, DC)—Against the objections by the large majority of the organic community, gu
DARK Act would block states and FDA from requiring mandatory labeling
March 25, 2015 (Washington, DC)—Center for Food Safety today strongly opposed legislation reintroduced this afternoon by Reps. Mik
March 24, 2015 (Washington, DC)—The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has agreed to regulate novel nanomaterial pesticides as a result of a lawsuit filed by Center for Food Safety (CFS) in Decembe
Poll shows Americans concerned about bee declines, links to pesticides
March 24, 2015 (Washington, DC)— Agriculture, environmental and food safety groups today ramped up pressure on the Obama administ
Washington D.C. (March 23, 2015) – In a statement that has disappointed many consumer advocates, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said it has “no further questions” about the industry’s