WASHINGTON—Yesterday, Center for Food Safety (CFS) and Food and Water Watch submitted comments to U.S Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), urging the agency to
SAN FRANCISCO—Last week, Center for Food Safety (CFS) took an important step in its lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's Department of Agriculture's (USDA) rules on labeling genetically engi
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) reintroduced legislation today to protect children and farmworkers by banning dangerous pesticides like paraquat, neonicotinoids and organophosphates.
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YAKIMA VALLEY, WA—Yesterday, Center for Food Safety, Food and Water Watch, and Friends of Toppenish Creek petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to exercise its emergency powers to limit and m
WASHINGTON— As President Biden continues to promise that his administration will address the climate crisis and protect the air we breathe from industrial polluters, 24 advocacy organizations are dema
WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden is likely to nominate former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Robert Califf to lead the agency again, Politico reported on Thursday. Mr. Califf previously
SAN FRANCISCO—Today, Center for Food Safety (CFS), representing a broad coalition of organic farmers, certifiers, and organic nonprofits, filed their opening brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appe
NEW YORK—In a blow to food safety advocates and public health, today a federal judge in the Southern District of New York sided with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), ruling that the agency's co
WASHINGTON—The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering a proposal by Oxitec, a UK-based corporation, to introduce billions of genetically engineered (GE) mosquitoes across 12 undisclosed
Today, environmental justice, rural community and environmental groups across the United States recognized the U.S. and European Union's joint pledge to reduce methane emissions by 30 percent from 202
Washington, D.C. – For the first time, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released new nationwide endangered species analyses and draft determinations for neonicotinoids pesticides,
TOPEKA, Kan. – Today the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed a ruling by a lower court striking down Kansas's "Ag-Gag" law for violating the First Amendment. The lawsuit was
WASHINGTON—In a historic victory for farm workers, environment, and public health, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today it will be revoking all tolerances of chlorpyrifos, effecti
WASHINGTON, D.C. — 124 consumer, health and environmental groups sent letters today calling on Lowe's and Home Depot to immediately end the sale of Roundup following Bayer's recent decision to remove
SAN FRANCISCO—On Friday, Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed its reply brief in the ongoing lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) approval of glyphosate, the active ingredient
SEATTLE— Despite ongoing litigation and timing questions regarding the lease for the facility, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has granted fish farming giant Cooke Aquaculture a permit