Posts tagged: #EPA
Posted on May 31, 2016
Tell the EPA – Don’t Redo RoundUp The EPA has published its own findings on glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s signature product RoundUp, and has announced that it believes glyphosate is “not likely to be carcinogenic to humans”. The EPA’s … Read More
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Tagged with: #ban glyphosate, #carcinogens, #chemical review, #EPA, #glyphosate, #GMO, #GMO Salmon, #grocery stores, #herbicide, #human consumption, #industry-funded studies, #labeling laws, #Monsanto, #petition, #roundup, #salmon, #Trader Joe's, #unlabeled GMO, #walmart
Posted on May 16, 2016
Tell the EPA to Ban Nerve Damaging Pesticides The EPA is accepting comments on the dangerous pesticides chlorpyrifos, diazinon, and malathion for the next few weeks. Industrial farms have been spraying these harmful pesticides on soy, strawberries, kale, wheat, and … Read More
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Tagged with: #chlorpyrifos, #college graduates, #diazinon, #EPA, #family farms, #Genetically Engineered, #Governor Cuomo, #industrial farms, #kale, #malathion, #National Young Farmers Coalition, #nervous system, #new york, #organophosphates, #Pesticides, #Right to Know, #senate, #soy, #State House, #strawberries, #student loan forgiveness, #Student Loans, #wheat
Posted on May 9, 2016
Stop the Assault on Healthy Meals for Kids Republicans have introduced the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Bill, which would break down current school nutrition guidelines and allow more junk food in schools. This bill is backed by the food industry, no … Read More
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Tagged with: #antibiotics, #carcinogen, #childhood development, #EPA, #FDA, #food industry, #glyphosate, #healthy school lunch, #labeling regulations, #Monsanto, #natural labels, #nutrition, #nutritious diet, #processed food, #roundup, #school guidelines, #School lunch, #synthetic chemicals, #usda
Posted on March 28, 2016
Tell the EPA Not to Allow Radiation in Drinking Water The EPA and President Obama are considering raising the acceptable limits of radiation allowed in drinking water after an emergency. These limits are put in place for the public’s safety … Read More
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Tagged with: #arctic apple, #bees, #colony collapse disorder, #drinking water, #emergency, #EPA, #FDA, #Fukushima, #GE, #Genetically Engineered, #GMO, #insecticides, #labeling laws, #Neonicotinoids, #pollination, #President Obama, #Radiation, #radioactive, #Save the bees
Posted on February 1, 2016
Protect Communities Living With Fracking Today Last year, the Environmental Protection Agency introduced a proposed rule that would cut methane pollution from new and modified fracking-related development. Fracking-related air pollution is bad for the climate and our health. But the EPA’s … Read More
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Tagged with: #communities, #EPA, #federal lands, #fossil fuels, #fracking, #GMO, #hillary clinton, #iowa, #methane, #pollution
Posted on January 25, 2016
Tell Congress to Reject the Trans Pacific Partnership The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a pro-corporate trade deal — the largest in history — negotiated by countries and hundreds of “advisers” from some of the world’s most powerful corporations while Congress … Read More
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Tagged with: #clean power plan, #congress, #EPA, #Global Warming, #gulf of mexico, #obama, #oil spill, #paris, #president, #TPP, #Trans-Pacific Partnership
Posted on December 14, 2015
Support A Strong Clean Power Plan The Paris climate agreement is a turning point for the world and the climate movement. It comes after an incredible year — President Obama rejected Keystone XL, Shell abandoned drilling in the Arctic, and … Read More
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Tagged with: #clean energy, #clean power plan, #corporate polluters, #DARK act, #endangered species act, #EPA, #GMO, #labeling, #petition, #wildlife
Posted on November 23, 2015
President Obama Stop GMO Salmon Despite scientific evidence that GM salmon is detrimental to our health and the environment, and despite the vocal opposition of hundreds of thousands of concerned citizens, it has been approved for sale in the United … Read More
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Tagged with: #congress, #dream bill, #emissions, #environment, #EPA, #GMO, #GMO Salmon, #labeling, #Monsanto, #obama, #oil and gas companies, #petition, #pollution, #salmon, #standards