Tag: food safety
Shutdown deal buries federal food safety rules amid rising outbreaks
A funding bill to avert a government shutdown includes industry backed provisions that halt key FDA protections even as foodborne illnesses surge across the United States.
House Republicans move to block EPA action on toxic PFAS in...
A provision in the latest GOP spending bill would halt enforcement of an EPA risk assessment warning that sewage sludge fertilizer contaminates farmland with cancer-linked forever chemicals.
Plastic is poisoning the soil that grows our food
New research finds agricultural land holds 23 times more microplastics than oceans, with toxic particles infiltrating crops, ecosystems, and human bodies while global regulation lags behind.
Food dyes linked to attention and activity problems in children
Food dyes in products such as breakfast cereals, juice and soft drinks, frozen dairy desserts, candies, and icings were linked to adverse neurobehavioral outcomes in children including inattentiveness, hyperactivity, and restlessness.
Gene editing mishaps highlight need for FDA oversight
The FDA plans to require pre-market safety assessments for gene-edited food animals, as they do for new animal drugs.
‘Industry front group’ claims to promote public health while fighting chemical...
"Policy makers, international bodies, and the medical and research communities, should approach ILSI's work with caution, viewing it as industry funded and influenced."
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Clinton blames young people and social media for opposition to Gaza genocide
A speech at a far right Israeli publication’s summit sparks criticism over claims that youth are misinformed rather than responding to documented atrocities.
Trump administration threatens to withhold SNAP funds from democratic-led states
A new confrontation between the White House and blue states raises concerns about the political use of food assistance programs.
How the pro-Palestine movement is outsmarting the algorithms
In response to systematic censorship by Meta and other platforms, Palestinians and their allies have built an innovative new playbook of tactics to beat the algorithm.
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Microsoft faces reckoning for assisting Israel’s genocide in Gaza
A new legal and shareholder campaign warns that Microsoft’s military contracts expose the company and its executives to international and domestic liability.