The Rise of the Food eVangelist
Highly opinionated consumers account for a growing percentage of the global market.
Meet the new yes man on Trump’s Covid task force: Dr. Scott Atlas wants...
Dr. Scott Atlas is not an epidemiologist and was brought on specifically because he would back President Trump’s position “about how the pandemic was going, that the threat was receding, that the country should reopen.”
Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $25M in baby powder cancer verdict
According to Judge Manuel Mendez, who is presiding over the trial, Johnson & Johnson placed “corporate profits and reputation over the health and safety of consumers.”
6 ways to put public interest ahead of Big Pharma profits
Increase access to generics, end “evergreening” drug patents, and other ways to put people before profits.
USDA releases final GMO labeling standards
"Most studies have shown that consumers expect highly processed ingredients to be labeled and many food manufacturers want to provide that information."
March Against Monsanto Happening Everywhere May 21
"We will not stand for cronyism. We will not stand for poison. That’s why we March Against Monsanto."
Veterans at Standing Rock are heading to Flint, Michigan
Flint has received relatively little media and public attention in the last few months, but residents there are still without clean drinking water and have been for years now.
Glyphosate remains on shelves despite EPA admitting Trump-era review was faulty
“We will ask the court to deny this extraordinary request to paper over glyphosate’s ecological harms only to approve it anyway down the road. Time to face the music, not run and hide.”
Tell the Truth about Bernie’s Health Care Stand
During the 1993 quest for a health care plan, Secretary Clinton sent Sanders an autographed picture of the two of them, wishing him the best and thanking the senator “for your commitment to real health care access for all Americans.”
California judge rules against Monsanto, allows cancer warning on Roundup
It’s great to see democracy is alive and well in California where judges are still willing to stand up for science, even against the most powerful corporate polluters.