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Thursday, May 31, 2007

Food, Farm, and Jobs Act Will Support Local and Organic Food in Illinois
Illinois is on the verge of passing major new legislation to encourage the production, processing, and distribution of local and organic food. The Illinois Food, Farm and Jobs Act of 2007 passed the state Senate 57-0 on May 24th after passing the House 108-8. In March, at the FamilyFarmed.org EXPO G... Continued...

Saturday, May 26, 2007

Forty-five years after ‘Silent Spring,’ are pesticides still a danger
Tomorrow, May 27, we celebrate the centenary of the birth of noted biologist, author and mother of the modern environmental movement, Rachel Carson. Carson died of breast cancer in 1964, two years after she published “Silent Spring.” Her writing warned of the risks of DDT and other pesticides to the... Continued...

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Clinton: Farm bill should do more for produce growers
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday that a major new five-year farm bill should make Americans healthier by piling more vegetables onto their dinner plates. Clinton, D-N.Y., and Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, said they would push legislation to encourage small fruit and vegetable growers to ge... Continued...

In trade deal, a shift on generics
WASHINGTON A new trade agreement between Congress and the White House contains provisions that open the door to more sales of generic drugs in developing countries. The plan, reversing earlier gains for American drug makers backed by President Bush, marks the first big setback for the pharmaceutical... Continued...

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Children Face Chemical Exposure
STRATHMORE, California --- On Grandparents Day, Domitila Lemus accompanied her eight-year-old granddaughter to school. As the girls lined up behind Sunnyside Union Elementary, a foul mist drifted onto the playground from the adjacent orange groves, witnesses say. Lemus started coughing, and two chil... Continued...

Common chemicals are linked to breast cancer
More than 200 chemicals — many found in urban air and everyday consumer products — cause breast cancer in animal tests, according to a compilation of scientific reports published today. Writing in a publication of the American Cancer Society, researchers concluded that reducing exposure to the co... Continued...

Monday, May 14, 2007

French Government Supports Brazil's Compulsory Licence Plan
The EFE news agency reports that the French government has voiced support for Brazil s decision to break patents on U.S. firm Merck & Co s anti-AIDS medicine efavirenz. French foreign minister Philippe Douste-Blazy noted in a statement that the World Trade Organization (WTO) supports the right of go... Continued...

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Canada will not risk health in pesticide rules
Re: Canada lowers standards on pesticide use on fruits, vegetables to match U.S. limits, May 8. I want to assure your readers that Canada's new government takes its responsibilities to protect the health safety of Canadians very seriously. This regulatory harmonization with our NAFTA partners, of... Continued...

Monday, May 7, 2007

After the Pet Food Contamination
The purchase of toxic pet food ingredients from China is a chilling warning about the weakness of the nation’s defenses against tainted imported foods. Reports from pet owners indicate that the contaminated protein concentrate may have killed thousands of dogs and cats; it has also been found in far... Continued...

Friday, May 4, 2007

Brazil bypasses patent on U.S. AIDS drug
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took steps Friday to let Brazil buy or produce an inexpensive generic version of an AIDS drug made by Merck & Co. despite the U.S. drug company's patent. Silva issued a "compulsory license" that would bypass Merck's patent on the AIDS drug efavirenz, a day afte... Continued...

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

The USDA's Unhealthful Budget
A long-running contradiction in U.S. farm policy is fattening the waistlines of Americans and the profits of agribusiness at the same time. For the 30 years that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been issuing dietary guidelines, there has been a stark inconsistency between the federal governmen... Continued...

Highway to Health: India Eating Better
According to to the Times of India, a study conducted by the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO), Indian diets have started shifting to more healthy foods like green vegetables, fruits, milk, pulses, chicken and eggs and away from red meat and saturated fats like vanaspati and coconut oil.... Continued...

Saturday, February 17, 2007

Kennedy, Snowe & Slaughter Introduce AMA-backed Bill to Cut Antibiotic Resistance Linked to Misuse of Antibiotics in Animal Agriculture
The Keep Antibiotics Working Coalition today praised the introduction of a bill backed by numerous medical groups that would combat the antibiotic resistance crisis by phasing out the non-therapeutic use in animal agriculture of antibiotics that are important in human medicine. The legislation wa... Continued...