Center for Food Safety Sues Army Corps Over Failure to Release Documents Regarding Approval of Industrial Shellfish Operations

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May 12th, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO—Yesterday, Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) for unlawfully withholding documents regarding

May 4th, 2021

Center for Food Safety Sues NIH Over Unlawfully Keeping Secret Federal Funding of Research Creating New More Virulent Pandemic Viruses

SAN FRANCISCO–Last week, Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency with the Department of Health and Hum

May 3rd, 2021

Appeals Court Ruling Allows Novel Genetically Engineered Soy Leghemoglobin in Impossible Burgers

SAN FRANCISCO—Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision in Center for Food Safety's (CFS) lawsuit challenging the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval of soy le

April 30th, 2021

100-Plus Groups Demand Actions Critical to Protecting Endangered Species, Wildlife Refuges From Toxic Pesticides

WASHINGTON— More than 100 groups sent three letters to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today outlining urgent actions needed to protect the nation's wildlife and their habitats from dangerous pesti

April 29th, 2021

Court Orders EPA to Ban Pesticide Known to Harm Children's Brains

SAN FRANCISCO—The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban all food uses of the brain-damaging pesticide chlorpyrifos or retain only those uses it

April 26th, 2021

Up to 144,000 Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes Released in Florida Keys

MARATHON, Fla. — The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) and Oxitec, a British biotech company, will begin the first-ever U.S. release of genetically engineered (GE) Aedes aegypti mosquitoe

April 22nd, 2021

Florida Halts Use of Controversial Pesticide on Citrus Crops

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In a victory for farm workers, public health, and the environment, yesterday the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services denied AgLogic Chemical LLC's state pestici

April 21st, 2021

U.S. and Canadian Groups Call for Ban on Face Masks Containing Toxic Nanomaterials

MINNEAPOLIS—Today, leading environmental and human health advocacy groups from the United States and Canada provided detailed evidence about face masks containing potentially toxic nanoscale materials

April 16th, 2021

New Study: Undisclosed Inert Ingredients in Some Popular Roundup Products Found to Be Highly Toxic to Bumblebees

PORTLAND, Ore.— Popular herbicide products widely available at hardware and garden stores contain undisclosed "inert" ingredients that can kill bumblebees, according to a new study published in the Jo

April 13th, 2021

Public Oral Argument in Lawsuit Challenging FDA Approval of Genetically Engineered Ingredient That Makes Impossible Burger 'Bleed'

SEATTLE—Tomorrow, on Wednesday, April 14, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will hear arguments in Center for Food Safety's (CFS) ongoing lawsuit challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Admin

April 12th, 2021

Corteva Drops Plant-Killing Pesticide Dicamba Amid Legal Battles, Drift Concerns

WILMINGTON, Del.—Agrichemical giant Corteva announced last week it was dropping efforts to have the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approve its new choline version of the plant-killing pest

April 7th, 2021

Groups Urge Regulation of Genetically Engineered Animals Stay with FDA not USDA

WASHINGTON—This week, thirteen national advocacy groups concerned about public health, environment, and animal welfare urged key federal agencies to maintain regulatory authority over genetically engi

April 6th, 2021

Climate, Environmental Justice Groups Call for Biden EPA to Hold Industrial Dairy and Hog Operations Accountable and to Reject Big Ag Technology

Today, environmental justice, rural community and environmental groups across the U.S. filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, calling for the Biden EPA to regulate industrial

March 22nd, 2021

Court Rules USDA Authorized to Certify Soil-less Hydroponic Operations as Organic

SAN FRANCISCO—On Friday, the United States District Court for the Northern District issued a ruling in Center for Food Safety's (CFS) lawsuit challenging U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) decisi

March 17th, 2021

Call to Restore Ban on Farming Risks in Wildlife Refuges

WASHINGTON—Neither genetically modified (GM) crops nor powerful neonicotinoid insecticides have a place in any National Wildlife Refuge, according to a letter from 19 conservation organizations to t

February 25th, 2021

Eastern Monarch Butterfly Population Falls Again

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The yearly count of Monarch butterflies overwintering in Mexico, released today (see table below), continues to show a dramatic decline of the imperiled species. Today's count of 2.10

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