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July 1st, 2014
Half a Million Ask EPA to Reject Expanded Agricultural Use of Toxic Pesticide 2,4-D
Half a Million Ask EPA to Reject Expanded Agricultural Use of Toxic Pesticide 2,4-D
Center for Food Safety Exposes EPA's “Deeply Flawed” Review Over half a million people have submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) asking the agency to reject Dow Chemical's p
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June 27th, 2014
Home Depot and BJ's Wholesale Club Agree to Curb Bee-Killing Pesticides
Home Depot and BJ's Wholesale Club Agree to Curb Bee-Killing Pesticides
Less than a week after the White House announced a new task force to better protect our pollinating species, Center for Food Safety is pleased to announce that Home Depot and BJ’s Wholesale Club are t
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June 25th, 2014
FDA Releases Final Guidance on Nanotechnology in Food
FDA Releases Final Guidance on Nanotechnology in Food
Recommendations begin to address hole in oversight but legally binding regulations are needed Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released final guidance to companies that use nanot
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June 24th, 2014
Scientists Release Landmark 'Worldwide Assessment' of Bee-Harming Pesticides, Call for Global Action
Scientists Release Landmark 'Worldwide Assessment' of Bee-Harming Pesticides, Call for Global Action
29 scientists review over 800 peer-reviewed publications and urge more restrictions on neonicotinoid pesticides Following last week’s celebration of “National Pollinator Week” and a Presidential Memor
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June 20th, 2014
White House Offers Hope for Pollinators
White House Offers Hope for Pollinators
New Task Force Must Act Fast to Save Honey Bees Today, the White House released a much anticipated Presidential Memorandum outlining efforts to protect the nation’s vital pollinators, including bees,
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June 18th, 2014
Texas Requests "Emergency Use" of Hazardous Herbicide to Kill Superweeds
Texas Requests
Genetically Engineered Crops to Blame for Generating Herbicide-Resistant Weeds and Toxic Response The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is requesting comments on a petition filed by the Texas Depa
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June 17th, 2014
National Organic Standards Board Threatened by USDA Maneuvering
National Organic Standards Board Threatened by USDA Maneuvering
Groups Petition USDA to Restore Organic Board’s Independent Authorities Set by Congress Today, 20 organic farm and consumer groups filed a petition with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to pr
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June 16th, 2014
Dr. Doug Gurian-Sherman Joins Center for Food Safety as Director of Sustainable Agriculture and Senior Scientist
Former EPA Scientist Returns to Center for Food Safety to Strengthen its Science Team, Seeks to Spotlight Developments in Sustainable Agriculture  Andrew Kimbrell, Executive Director of Center for Fo
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June 13th, 2014
Center for Food Safety Vows to Help Defend Vermont from Unfounded Attack on GE Labeling Law
Center for Food Safety Vows to Help Defend Vermont from Unfounded Attack on GE Labeling Law
“Center for Food Safety stands with the people of Vermont and Americans across the country. We will vigorously defend this legally sound and important law from GMA’s irresponsible attack,” said Andrew
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June 11th, 2014
Center for Food Safety Files Brief in Support of California Ban on Battery Cage Eggs
Center for Food Safety Files Brief in Support of California Ban on Battery Cage Eggs
Despite Legal Challenge, California Law is Legally Sound and Rightly Safeguards Consumers Late yesterday, Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed an amicus brief in support of the State of California’s AB
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June 3rd, 2014
Groups Fight to Protect Endangered Species From Dangerous New Pesticide
Groups Fight to Protect Endangered Species From Dangerous New Pesticide
Conservation and food safety groups filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency today for failing to protect endangered species from a new, toxic pesticide called cyantraniliprole. EPA
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June 2nd, 2014
Groups call on Ecover and Method to drop extreme genetic engineering plans
Groups call on Ecover and Method to drop extreme genetic engineering plans
Consumer, environmental, farming groups say synthetic biology is not natural or sustainable In an open letter released today, 17 national and international consumer, environmental, women’s health and
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May 29th, 2014
One Year After GE Wheat Contamination, USDA has Failed to Protect Farmers
One Year After GE Wheat Contamination, USDA has Failed to Protect Farmers
Wheat farmers and advocates demand immediate action from USDA On the one-year anniversary of the Department of Agriculture’s announcement of finding an unapproved, genetically engineered (GE) wheat i
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May 29th, 2014
GE Labeling Narrowly Defeated in California Senate
GE Labeling Narrowly Defeated in California Senate
Center for Food Safety Vows to Continue to Push for the Right to Know California’s SB 1381 (Evans) to label genetically engineered foods was narrowly defeated in the California Senate today, with 19 v
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May 22nd, 2014
Mandatory Labeling for Genetically Engineered Salmon Wins Support in Senate Committee
Mandatory Labeling for Genetically Engineered Salmon Wins Support in Senate Committee
Center for Food Safety applauds the passage of a bipartisan amendment offered by Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) to the FY 2015 Agriculture Appropriations bill that would require the mandatory labeling
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May 21st, 2014
Two Counties in Oregon Ban Planting of GE Crops
Two Counties in Oregon Ban Planting of GE Crops
Coast to Coast Victories for the Food Movement as Political Power Swells Voters in both Josephine County and Jackson County, Oregon overwhelmingly approved ballot measures to prohibit the cultivation
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