Saturday, November 23, 2024

Chemical spill closes four Lake Michigan beaches

Health groups are pushing for federal regulators to set national drinking water standards.

‘Public trust’—a key legal tool to preserve our natural resources

Law professor Mary Wood breaks down how people can protect their right to clean air, water, and land as well as fortify their climate change resiliency.

Monsanto calls for investigation into WHO agency for ignoring Monsanto-funded studies

Glyphosate-based “Roundup” herbicide is probably the most controversial product of Monsanto, one of the world’s most controversial companies. With EU renewal of glyphosate’s license pending, Monsanto is going after the WHO agency that linked the herbicide to cancer in humans.

Food insecurity soared roughly 9% last year for Americans

While the Biden administration approved the largest expansion of food benefits the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has ever seen, “transformational change” still needs to be a focus.

General Mills Announces GMO Labeling for US Products

General Mills, the Minneapolis-based food giant, has announced Friday that consumers all over the U.S. will soon begin seeing GMO labeling legislated by the state of Vermont on many General Mills products.

For Future Summer Olympics, Climate Change Is No Game

At the U.S. Olympic marathon trials held in Los Angeles to choose the team for the Rio Olympic Games this year, 30 percent of the runners dropped out of the race due to the heat. It will be even worse 4 years from now.

Johnson & Johnson discontinues selling talc-based baby powder in US

J&J faces more than 14,000 cases accusing Johnson & Johnson’s talc-containing products of causing ovarian cancer or mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer caused by asbestos exposure.

Missouri’s largest peach farmer sues Monsanto for losses from illegal herbicide use

"We can't spray our way out of this problem. We need to get off the pesticide treadmill."

Why fear and self-hatred destroy human sharing and solidarity

To love yourself truly, you must always courageously act out your own self-will, whatever the consequences.

Poorly protected postal workers are catching COVID-19 by the thousands. it’s one more threat...

More than 50,000 workers have taken time off for virus-related reasons, slowing mail delivery.