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Secret Farm Bill from Secret Santa?
Congressional leaders in search of a compromise to avert the “fiscal cliff” are under growing pressure from advocates for subsidized agriculture to attach a $1 trillion farm bill to legislation...
Another View: Congress should pass a fiscally responsible farm bill extension
The following op-ed appeared in the Des Moines Register on Monday, November 12, 2012. It's too late for Congress to pass a good farm bill this year. The coming lame duck session of the 112th Congress...
Study calls for protection of children from industrial pollution
A report in the Lancet, considered the world's most prestigious medical journal, warns of ''a silent pandemic” of impaired brain development due to exposure to unregulated industrial toxins, both in...
Industry challenges ban on phthalates in kid's toys
Industry and trade groups are suing to overturn San Francisco's newest ordinance aimed at protecting the city's toddlers from a suite of chemicals shown to cause cancer and hormone disruption in...
Fools on the hill
Check out Radar Online's caustic and amusing rankings of America's Dumbest Congressmen.
Beverage container recycling scorecard
Today As You Sow and the Container Recycling Institute released a report card on the performance of major U.S. beverage companies on recycling and recycled content in their containers. They found that...
Study links mercury to premature births
A new study of over 1,000 pregnant Michigan women has found that those with hair samples containing high levels of mercury are three times more likely to give birth prematurely. While this is the...
Enviroblog gets a makeover
Isn't this MUCH better? Thanks to EWG designer extraordinaire, Carrie Gouldin, we no longer look like a spam blog. In fact, I'd have to say (in my completely impartial opinion, of course) that we've...
UNICEF report: 2.6 billion people without sanitation
2.6 billion people who lack basic access to sanitation are located mainly in Africa and Asia, estimates UNICEF's report. An estimated 425 million children don't have access to purified water, while...
New 'Earthpark' to be built in Iowa
Iowa has been chosen as the location for Earthpark, the largest educational center in the United States on environmental and conservation issues. Earthpark Iowa is hoping to have the same success that...
Honda unveils diesel system to rival gasoline cars
Honda announced Monday its plans for releasing a new and simple diesel powertrain that is as clean as gasoline-fuelled cars. The new cars are slated to hit the U.S. market by 2009. Diesel engines are...
British Royal Society: Exxon misrepresents climate issues
Britain's Royal Society, of which both Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton were members, has asked Exxon Mobil to stop financing groups that create a “false sense somehow that there is a two-sided debate...
You smell so good its killing me!
Several schools and institutions are instituting fragrance-free policies to reduce unnecessary incidence of migraines and respiratory irritation. Yep. Those fancy, sweet smelling fragrances that can...
"The Nation" calls for action on 2007 Farm Bill
Do you think current farm policy favor corporations over small farmers and consumers? The Nation does, and they want you to weigh in on the drafting of the 2007 Farm Bill.
Study: Hostility may lead to decreased lung function
Are you an angry, hostile man? A recently published study finds that you may have some decreased lung function in your future. (This is in addition to the hardships of having your house ransacked on...
McDonald's ad chief resigning in McHummer shame?
Oh no! According to Forbes, McDonald's marketing chief Bill Lamar may be resigning soon amidst the “dubious call of putting toy Hummer replicas in Happy Meals.”
In the news: September 6, 2006
Confronting the criticism of health and environmental groups, three major nail polish manufacturers have begun the process of removing a trio of substances that have been deemed harmful. The chemicals...
Beyond the Monsanto Clause: What Else Does the House Chemical Bill Get Wrong?
We wrote earlier this month about a troubling provision that was slipped at the last minute into the House version of the industry-backed chemical regulation bill that would update the weak 1976 Toxic...
Legal Experts: Supreme Court Decision on Mercury Pollution Could Undercut Chemical Reform
You might think you can't put a price on protecting public health and the environment. But you'd be wrong — especially if we're talking about the nation's broken and outdated chemicals law, the 1976...
Despite Record Growth, There’s Still Too Little Organic Food
Consumers and the environment have reason to rejoice. According to new data released this week by the Department of Agriculture, the number of certified organic farms and operations in the United...
Widely Used Hormone-Disrupting Pesticides Put Millions at Risk
The European Union just banned two agricultural weed killers linked to infertility, reproductive problems and fetal development – the first-ever EU ban on endocrine-disrupting pesticides. That's good...
Research
Many Fast Food Wrappers Still Coated in PFCs, Kin to Carcinogenic Teflon Chemical
Exposure to PFCs has been linked to testicular and kidney cancer, thyroid disease, pregnancy-induced hypertension and preeclampsia, ulcerative colitis and high cholesterol.
