FDA denies petitions to ban phthlates in food packaging
"It’s outrageous that FDA decided chemicals banned from children’s toys should remain in the food we eat. Families deserve better from FDA.”
EPA Scientists Call Foul on Fracking Study, Say Findings ‘Inconsistent With Data Presented’
Meanwhile, a new paper published Jan. 6 in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental and Epidemiology only emphasizes why further evaluations on fracking fluids are a must.
STUDY: How TV news ignores the prescription drug price problem
A Media Matters review of weekday evening news coverage reveals the evening programs largely ignored the problem of escalating prescription drug prices.
Why did Trumpcare fail?
Trump could probably sell BS to a feedlot – but this bill was even worse.
How Trump’s immigration crackdown threatens ‘Made in America’ dairy-industry miracle
Idaho farmers frustrated with far-right rhetoric, endless congressional fighting over undocumented Hispanic workers.
Over 100,000 people tell the EPA to ban glyphosate
This week the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will decide whether or not to allow glyphosate to be used in the US...
Two years in, we need to learn the lessons of this pandemic
America’s pre-existing condition when the pandemic hit is not a “normal” we should return to.
Visions for the future
We are revolutionary. We recognize that our job is to make the impossible inevitable.
An easier way to get to universal health care
Now is the time to push for better health care. Here are three modest, winnable first steps.
Scientists: Climate change may wipe out third of world’s parasites, with disastrous ripple effects
The loss of species of lice, fleas and worms could have profound ripple effects on the environment and might pave the way for new parasites to colonize humans and other animals with disastrous health outcomes.