Food

The Latest On: Food

September 12, 2018 | Legal Document

GRAS Rule Challenge: Order on Motion to Dismiss

Court ruling finding that plaintiffs Center for Food Safety and Environmental Defense Fund have standing to pursue their claims based on harm to their members.

August 22, 2018 | Press Release

Environmental Advocates Mobilize to Stop Corporate Polluter Giveaways in Farm Bill

“Poison pill” provisions opposed by 171 organizations in letter to conferees

August 22, 2018 | Legal Document

Letter to Farm Bill Conferees Opposing Anti-Environment Provisions

On behalf of millions of members and supporters across the nation, 171 organizations urge Farm Bill Conferees to oppose all anti-environmental riders and support full conservation title funding in any final agreement between House and Senate conferees when reauthorizing our farm and nutrition programs.

August 15, 2018 | Legal Document

Comment letter to EPA in Opposition to Proposed Regulations on “Transparency” in Regulatory Science

Comment letter to Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler & Office of the Science Advisor of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in opposition of the Proposed Rule, “Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science,” 83 Fed. Reg. 18,768 because of its clear intent and impact to weaken, or prevent the necessary strengthening of, vital public health safeguards.

June 13, 2018 | Article

Hawaiʻi Leads Way for Nation With Major Pesticide Ban

Hawai‘i just did what Scott Pruitt’s Environmental Protection Agency refuses to do: protect public health by banning chlorpyrifos from our food and farms.

May 30, 2018 | Press Release

Farmworkers Sue Trump’s EPA for Illegally Shelving New Pesticide Training Materials

Delaying pesticide training materials puts the health of workers and families at risk

May 30, 2018 | Press Release

Trabajadores agrícolas demandan a la EPA de Trump por ocultar nueva capacitación de pesticidas

Soterrar materiales de capacitación pone en riesgo a los trabajadores del campo y a sus familias

May 18, 2018 | Press Release: Victory

Earthjustice Statement on the Farm “Harm” Bill

Farm bill dies in U.S. House of Representatives

May 15, 2018 | Article

The House Farm Bill is Really a Harm Bill

The bill on which representatives will vote this week is a disaster not only for our wildlife, but also for a nation that needs to be fed.

May 11, 2018 | Artículo

Una receta para el desastre

Por años hemos sabido de siete aditivos en nuestra comida que causan cáncer, pero la FDA se niega a prohibirlos.