Guest column: Fragmented FDA leadership contributed to formula failure
America’s infant formula shortage has raised urgent questions about the safety of our food supply. Most Americans believe America has the safest food supply in the world.
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Plans for a Chinese corn mill in North Dakota spur uproar
Until retiring last year, Frank Matejcek spent most of his life farming- raising cattle, growing wheat, sugar beets and other crops on 800 acres just outside Grand Forks, North Dakota, on the border of Minnesota.
California’s fight over cancer-causing drinking water contaminant
Bertha Magana has lived in the same house in rural Monterey County, California since 1987; it’s where she and her husband raised their four children, and the place they enjoy visits from their 11 grandchildren.
Another legal blow to Bayer in Roundup litigation
The U.S. Solicitor General on Tuesday dealt a blow to Monsanto owner Bayer AG, advising the U.S. Supreme Court that it should deny the company’s request for a review of a key Roundup cancer trial loss.
Environmentalists cite “political indifference;” call for Senate to confirm EPA enforcement chief
A coalition of 55 environmental groups is urging the U.S. Senate to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the enforcement office within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), citing a need for stronger agency actions to protect vulnerable communities from illegal pollution.
Guest column: Cryptocurrency technology transition needed to avoid accelerating environmental crisis
By Tony Guo and Julian Picard of Project Earth
Signs of a silent poisoning- Pesticide contamination in Nebraska threatens a community
For a visitor to this rural part of eastern Nebraska, the crisp air, blue skies and stretch of seemingly endless farm fields appear as unspoiled landscape.