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2004
- 12/24 - Action Alert--Kick School Junk Food Marketers out of Your State
- 12/21 - Edible packaging could reduce plastic food packaging
- 12/17 - FDA Failing to Test Imported S. Asian Herbal Remedies Containing Toxic Heavy Metals
- 12/6 - Fluoride: The Hidden Poison in the National Organic Standards
- 12/1 - Rocket Fuel Contaminates Lettuce and Milk
- 11/16 - USDA Subsidies Funding Toxic Agriculture
- 11/9 - Overweight passengers beef up airlines’ costs
- 11/8 - Food Giants Pressure World Health Organization to Downplay Junk Food Hazards
- 11/1 - EPA Will Use Poor Kids as Guinea Pigs in New Study on Toxic Pesticides
- 11/1 - Syngenta's Massive Lobbying Keeps Carcinogenic Corn Pesticide on Market
- 10/29 - Halloween Cheer: Pumpkins Suck Up Pesticides from the Soil
- 10/28 - Junk Food Giants Work Overtime to Suppress Health Insurance for Workers
- 10/21 - Agri-Toxics Lobby Stop Pesticides Expert from Speaking in Minnesota
- 10/19 - Michael Pollan--Our National Eating Disorder
- 10/18 - Congress OKs Toxic Chemicals & Pesticides on Imported Tobacco
- 10/18 - Food Giants & California Legislature Preserve Junk Food Diet for Schools
- 10/12 - Chemical Fertilizers Destroying the Environment & Killing Ocean Life
- 10/7 - U.S. Senate Bill Introduced to Ban the Sale of Soda & Junk Food in Schools
- 10/6 - Cities Covering Up Dangerous Levels of Lead Pollution in Water Supplies
- 9/29 - McDonald's "Super Size Me" Burger Empire Crumbling in UK
- 9/27 - EPA Finds Water on Airplanes is Feces Contaminated
- 9/16 - Serious Pollution of Great Lakes & Its Residents Continues
- 9/14 - Washington State Fires Ag Inspector for Protecting Public from Toxic Pesticides
- 9/14 - Greenpeace Helps Americans Test Themselves for Mercury Contamination
- 9/13 - Food Giants Lay Out PR "Solution" to Obesity Epidemic--"Nutri-wash"
- 9/9 - PepsiCo Telling Consumers Cheetos are Healthy
- 9/8 - Our Bodies, Ourselves A Toxic Stew Threatens Women
- 9/7 - Seattle Bans Soda & Junk Food from Schools
- 9/3 - Toxic Fire Retardant Chemical Found in Supermarket Foods
- 9/3 - Bush Gang Proposes Lower Standard for Toxic Metal Contaminating Fish & Wildlife
- 8/30 - King Corn and Cheap Calories Making Americans Fat
- 8/30 - Food Giants Scramble to Avoid Obesity Lawsuits
- 8/25 - Beef recall affects Applebee's Restaurants
- 8/25 - AMA Warns that Soda Pop is Major Health Hazard for Kids & Adults
- 8/19 -Multiple Chemical Sensitivities Issue Finally Getting Noticed
- 8/17 - Toxic Chemicals Fueling Epidemic of Alzheimer's & Parkinson's Disease
- 8/10 - Strong Links Between Lead Poisoning & Violent Behavior
- 8/9 - Dupont Denies Poisoning Consumers with Teflon Products
- 8/9 - Stay Calm--Prozac in Your Drinking Water
- 8/2 - Bush EPA Gives Green Light to Toxic Pesticides
- 7/29 - EPA Slammed for Failure to Regulate Dangerous Pesticides
- 7/22 - Sugar Wars: Coca-Cola & Junk Food Industry Under Attack
- 7/20 - TV Watching for Kids Linked to Smoking & Obesity
- 7/19 - Food Justice in San Francisco
- 7/19 - Subway: The New King of Junk Food
- 7/14 - Action Alert: EPA Refusing to Regulate Carcinogens to Protect Childrens Health
- 7/14 - Bush Team Push for Continued Use of Ozone Depleting Ag Chemical
- 7/13 - Food Stamps Subsidizing Junk Food
- 7/12 - Factory Farming Undercover
- 7/9 - Congress Moves Toward Mandatory Labels for Most Common Food Allergens
- 7/7 - Action Alert: Tell Your Local School Board to Kick Junk Foods Out of Schools
- 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
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Seafood Articles 2004
- 12/17 - Tell the FDA to Back Off From Irradiating Seafood
- 12/10 - Huge "No-Fishing" Zones Only Hope for Ocean Marine Life
- 12/2 - Bush Administration--Death to the Salmon!
- 11/16 - EU Overfishing Starving West Africa & Increasing Bushmeat Trade
- 10/25 - Mercury Contamination in Fish Threatens Women & Children
- 10/12 - Chemical Fertilizers Destroying the Environment & Killing Ocean Life
- 10/7 - Coalition Calls for End to Deep Sea Trawling in Oceans
- 9/3 - Bush Gang Proposes Lower Standard for Toxic Metal Contaminating Fish & Wildlife
- 8/25 - EPA Admits Mercury Has Tainted Fish Across the Entire USA
- 8/17 - Farmed Salmon Tainted by Flame Retardants
- 8/12 - Judge Spanks Bush Commerce Dept. Over Lowering "Dolphin-Safe" Tuna Standards
- 8/11 - Wild Chinook Salmon Becoming Tainted with Toxic Chemicals
- 8/5 - Most U.S. Fresh Water Fish Contain Toxic Levels of Mercury
- 7/5 - Medical Group Issues Guide to "Safe Fish Consumption"
- 6/23 - California Sues Tuna Companies for Not Labeling Mercury Contamination
- 6/9 - Debate over GE Fish Heats Up
- 5/2 - USDA Allowing Bogus Organic Labels on Fish from Fish Farms
- 4/29 - Feds Allow "Dolphin-Safe" Tuna Rules to be Broken
- 4/13 - Organic isn't always best label for salmon
- 3/22 - Feds Issue New Advisory on Fish Safety
- 2/22 - Guide to Which Fish Are Safe to Eat
- 1/26 - Judge Bans Pesticide Spraying Near Salmon Runs
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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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Seafood Articles 2003
- 9/9 - Questions Mount on the Safety of Eating Fish
- 9/1 - California May Ban Ocean Fish Farms & Frankenfish
- 8/4 - Delicacy Fetish Pushes Ancient Trout to Verge of Extinction
- 7/30 - Farmed Salmon Contain Alarming Amounts of PCBs
- 7/21 - FDA Ignoring Dangerous Mercury Levels in Canned Tuna
- 7/19 - Frankenfish on Sale in Taiwan
- 6/30 - Glow in The Dark Frankenfish to be Sold in Pet Stores
- 6/15 - Download Monterey Aquarium's guide to what fish are safe to eat (pdf)
- 5/29 - Farmed Salmon Pose Risks to Consumers and Environment
- 5/15 - Take Action! Congress to Fast Track GE Fish Approval
- 4/30 - Fish feel pain, British researchers say
- 4/26 - Supermarkets Sued Over Use of Salmon Dyes
- 4/16 - Congress Continues To Degrade Organic Standards, This Time It's Fish
- 4/15 - Special Interests Trying To Write Rules Governing Organic Fish
- 4/3 - Urgent Action needed to Protect Pink Salmon
- 2/25 - rBGH to be Fed to Fish Farm Fish in Hawaii
- 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
- 2/5 - Bush Guts Dolphin Protection for Tuna Harvest
- 1/30 - Seafood Trade Group Supports Ecolabeling
- 1/22 - Bush Reduces Dolphin Protection to Increase Tuna Harvest
- 12/24 - Why Consumers are Boycotting Fish Farm Salmon
- 7/22 - Toxic Salmon from Fish Farms
- 12/14- Dioxin in Meat, Fish, and Dairy Products
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2002
- 12/24 - Why Consumers are Boycotting Fish Farm Salmon
- 12/12 - Government Still Turning Blind Eye To Deadly Meat Plants
- 12/11- 95% of Non-Organic Poultry Contaminated with Feces & Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
- 12/3 - December 3- No Pesticides Day
- 11/14 - Pesticides Damaging the Sperm Fertility of US Farmers
- 11/11 - Toxic Herbicide, Atrazine, Solution for GE Superweeds?
- 11/10 - Junk Food Giant McDonald's To Close 175 Restaurants
- 10/25 - Parents of Sickened Children Ask for Tighter Rules on Food Safety
- 10/24 - EPA's Approval of Toxic Heavy Metal Fertilizers Is Challenged by Lawsuit
- 10/21 - Forest Service to Drench Ancient Trees With Monsanto's Toxic Roundup Herbicide
- 10/14 - Call on Syngenta to Stop Production of Paraquat
- 10/11 - Climate Change Damaging Nutritional Value of Crops
- 9/25 - Industrial Agriculture Still Dosing Farm Animals with Antibiotics
- 9/9 - The Curse of Factory Farms
- 9/2 - 65% of Americans Opposed to Factory Farm Animal Cruelty
- 9/1 - Factory Farms Beat Back Regulation of Manure Pollution in Maryland
- 8/30 - Factory Farming Spreading Disease Worldwide
- 8/26 - Latino Farmworkers Face Greater Risk of Cancer
- 8/12 - Ohio Death Linked to ConAgra's Contaminated Meat
- 8/6 - ConAgra to Recycle Poop-Tainted Meat into Canned Chili and Pet Food
- 8/4 - Drugs in Animal Feed Pollute Food, Lakes, and Rivers
- 7/25 - E.coli in Hamburger Meat-Just Cook the Feces Out of It
- 7/22 - Toxic Salmon from Fish Farms
- 7/22 - EU Debates Use of Waste Products in Animal Feed
- 7/20 - ConAgra Sets off Latest Food Poisoning Epidemic
- 7/18 - Industrial Corn-Destroying Our Health & Environment
- 7/10 - Farm Chemicals & Deformed Frogs
- 7/7 - Sewage Sludge Rules Fail to Protect Health
- 7/1 - America's Junk Food Debate Heats Up
- 6/28 - EPA Warns that Fish in 28% of US Lakes Are Toxic
- 6/26 - Carcinogen in French Fries Puts Scare in Food Industry
- 6/23 - Farming's Dirty Secrets- Food Production Problems
- 6/19 - Toxic Pesticides Common in UK Fruits & Vegetables
- 6/19 - EPA Says Toxic Sludge is Good for Fish
- 6/16 - McDonald's French Fry Lawsuit
- 6/15 - Nutritional Advice from McDonald's & Coke
- 6/13 - Junk Food Adopts Tobacco Strategy of Smearing Critics
- 6/11 - EPA Downplays Pesticide Dangers
- 6/10 - Meet the Largest Grocery Store Chain In the World- Walmart
- 6/2- Paul Hawken Exposes McDonald's Greenwashing
- 6/2- EPA Refuses to Ban Dangerous Pesticide
- 5/28- Open Letter to Senator Tom Harkin on the Farm Bill
- 5/15- New Book Exposes Industry Promotion of Unhealthy Food
- 5/17- Rifkin Slams Overproduction of Meat as Cause of World Hunger
- 5/9- Antibiotics in Animal Feed Debate Heats Up in the USA
- 5/7- Breastfeeding Produces Smarter, Healthier Babies
- 4/29- Denmark Pushes for Total Ban on Antibiotics in Animal Feed
- 4/24- Pesticides Are Destroying Frogs & Humans
- 4/23- EU Scientists Confirm Health Risks of Growth Hormones in Meat
- 4/17- OCA Challenges McDonald's Greenwashing
- 4/17- Bacterial Spraying of Moths Approved
- 4/16- Most Common Corn Pesticide Causes Sexual Mutation
- 4/4- Antibiotics in Food Now Major Health Threat
- 4/4 - Toxic Sludge Spread on US Farms is Hazardous
- 3/25- Safeway Recalls E.coli Tainted Meat
- 3/15- Drug Residues in US Water Supply
- 2/21- Transgenic Pigs End Up as Chicken Feed
- 2/10- Poultry Industry Takes Step Towards Reducing Use of Antibiotics
- 2/4- US Exports More and More Poison Pesticides
- 1/21- Animal Antibiotics Threaten Public Health-Time Magazine
- 1/18- UK Organic Group Says Toxic Drug Residues Found in Eggs
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2001
- 12/28- The Real Cost of Cheap Chicken
- 12/16- Federal Court OKs Meat Giants Poisoning Americans with Salmonella
- 12/15- EPA Backing Down on Testing Dangerous Pesticides on Humans
- 12/14- Dioxin in Meat, Fish, and Dairy Products
- 12/5- 17 Years After the Bhopal Tragedy, Union Carbide Continues to Evade Responsibility
- Nov. Drug & Chicken Giants Poisoning the Public with Antibiotics in Meat
- 11/27 - Government Testing Dangerous Pesticides on Humans
- 11/3- Massive Increase in USA Food Poisoning Since 1994
- 11/3- Bayer's Ag Sales of Anthrax Antibiotic Threatens Public Health
- 11/2- Deadly Threat Extends to Our Burgers
- 10/30- National Coalition Calls for Ban on Feeding Antibiotics to Animals
- 10/4- Food Contamination at Root of Urinary Tract Infection
- 8/30- Sara Lee Deliberately Allowed Deadly Meat to Be Sold
- 8/14- Fast Food Nation--Read This Book
- 7/31- Sara Lee Corp Killed 21 People with Toxic Hot Dogs
- 7/24- Agribusiness Wants $12 Billion to Clean Up Their Manure Wastes
- 7/23- Federal Nuke Waste Site at Yucca Mountain Threatens Million of Americans' Food
- 6/22- Cancer chemical PCBs found in eggs
- 5/24- Virulent Bacteria Widespread in US Meat
- 5/31- Food Giants Agree to Tougher Labeling Requirements on Food Ingredients
- 5/10- Feedlot Diets, Abscessed Livers & Antibiotics--The High Cost of Factory Farming
- 5/9 - Pesticides in Breastmilk: The Good News for Vegetarians
- 4/19- Antibiotics in Animal Feed--FDA Finally Takes a Small Precautionary Step
- 4/18- Antibiotics in Pig Manure & Urine Getting into Water Supply
- 4/12 - Industry & EPA Cover Up Dioxin Contamination of Meat & Animal Products
- 4/10- Modern Meat in America--A Brutal Harvest
- 4/9- Excel (Cargill) Beef Kills A Three Year-Old Girl in Milwaukee--Restaurant Patrons Beware
- 4/3- Cancer-Causing Dioxin in the Food Chain--Industry & Government Coverup
- 3,18 - Contaminated Food Makes Millions Ill, Despite Advances
- 2,11 - Fast Food Nation
- 1,8 - Massive Use of Antibiotics in Animal Feed Threatens Public Health
- 1,4 - Bush Education Appointee Will Likely Push Soda Pop in Schools
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2000
- 11,22 - McDonald's Beef Sales Fall in Midst of New Mad Cow Crisis in EU
- Oct - Drugs Are Accumulating in Sewage Sludge, Surface Waters, and Drinking Water
- Sept- Dangerous GE Wastes Recycled as Food, Feed and Fertilizer
- 9,7 - Federal Inspectors Say Slaughterhouses Are Selling Contaminated Meat
- 8,30:USDA to Schools--Salmonella in Kids Burgers is OK
- 7,27: USDA's Deregulation of the Meat Industry Draws Public Criticism
- July 3, 2000: U.S. Senators revise nutrition guidelines to help the sugar industry
- June 13, 2000: WHO issues guidelines to limit use of antimicrobials in food
- Factory Pig Farms Spread Filth & Disease
- May 21, 2000: Agribusiness Threatens Public Health with Antibiotics in Animal Feed
- March 17, 2000: Antibiotics in Animal Feed--A Growing Public Health Hazard
- March 9, 2000: Studies Show Food from US Factory Farms Are a Major Health Hazard
- Feb 2000: Saving the Planet With Pestilent Statistics
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1999
- Oct. 25, 1999: Debate Over Health Hazards of Putting Antibiotics in Animal Feed
- Sept. 17, 1999: Industrial Food Poisons at Least 76 Million People a Year in the USA
- Followup to December 3, 1984, Union Carbide's Bhopal Explosion
- July 5, 1999: The Horrors of Factory Farming in the EU
- Aug. 2, 1999: EPA Drags Their Heels on Getting Dangerous Pesticides off the Market
- July 31, 1999: Beef Hormones Linked to Premature Onset of Puberty & Breast Cancer
- July 20, 1999: French Slam US Hormone-Tainted Beef and US Food in General
- June 12, 1999: Belgian Meat Dioxin Incident May Have Sertious Consequences for EU Kids
- June 6, 1999: What's for dinner? In Belgium - cancer-causing dioxin in food supply
- May 31, 1999: US Factory Farm Antibiotic Use Threatens Public Health
- Apr. 29, 1999: Pesticides and Aggression by Environmental Research Foundation
- Apr. 9, 1999: U.S., Europe Lock Horns in Beef Hormone Debate
- Apr. 26, 1999: EU & US Consumer Groups Demand Ban on Antibiotics in Food & Feeds
- March 31, 1999: US Government Allows Toxic Sewage Sludge to Poison Farmland, the Food Supply, & Drinking Water
- 3/15/99: New Study Shows Pesticide & Fertilizer Residues in Groundwater Can Cause Brain Damage & Hormone Disruptions
- Feb. 26, 1999: U.S. Scientists Warn of Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens in Chicken Feed
- Feb. 10, 1999: Listeria Outbreak Has Non-Organic Meat Producers Worried
- 2/12/99: Consumers Union Slams EPA for Bogus Consumer Pamphlet on Pesticide Residues
- Apr 22, 1997: Federal Sludge Labeling Bill needs support.
Expired Action Alerts
- 4/3/2003 - Urgent Action needed to Protect Pink Salmon
- Feb. 2003 - Canadians: Tell Department of Fisheries and Oceans to stop promoting salmon farming and instead enforce the Fisheries Act.
- Jan 2001 - Action Alert on "Downer Cows"
- Nov,00 Action Alert on Help Stop Toxic Waste From Being Spread on our Farmland 1999 - Support legislation to limit antibiotics in animal feed
- Jan. 23, 1999: Action Alert: Toxic Sludge Labeling Bill in Congress