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Center for Food Safety Sues FWS to Force Release of Dicamba Documents

Center for Food Safety filed a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) yesterday to compel the U.S. Fish and ...
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Migratory Eastern Monarch Butterflies Remain At Risk of Extinction

"The monarchs' crisis is a damning indictment of industrial agriculture's toxic legacy," said George Kimbrell, legal director ...
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Migratory Eastern Monarch Butterflies Remain At Risk of Extinction

SALEM, OR - Center for Food Safety filed a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) yesterday to compel the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to disclose important documents regarding th ...
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Victory! Center for Food Safety Secures Win for the Public's Right to Know in GMO Labeling Lawsuit

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A federal court of appeals decision handed down today overturned a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) rule on the disclosure of genetically engineered (GE or GMO) foods. The ...
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Federal Court Rejects Glyphosate Registration Decision Because EPA Ignored Cancer Risks, Endangered Species Risks

SAN FRANCISCO—Today, in a historic victory for farmworkers and the environment, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit sided with Center for Food Safety (CFS) and its represented farmworker ...
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Legal Appeal Challenges Hidden GMO Foods in Marketplace

SAN FRANCISCO—Late yesterday, Center for Food Safety filed a legal appeal against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in response to its genetically engineered (GMO or GE) labeling rules that do ...
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Victory! Federal Court Strikes Down Lax GMO Rules, Halts GE Crop Introductions Without USDA Oversight

SAN FRANCISCO—In a precedential victory for food and environmental safety, a federal district court ruled today that genetically engineered (GE) organisms must be regulated. The Court's ruling ...
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Lawsuit Challenges FDA's Approval of Genetically Engineered Salmon

Coalition of Fishing, Consumer, and Environmental Groups Say First-ever Approval of Laboratory-Created Food Animal Violated Laws and Ignored Risks to Wild Salmon and Fishing Communities A broad ...
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Trump Administration Denies Atrazine's Harms to Endangered Species

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced yesterday that the highly controversial and dangerous herbicide atrazine does not pose an extinction risk to a single protected animal ...
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Farmworkers Back Environmental Protection Agency's Suspension of Toxic Herbicide

Washington, D.C.—The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ordered an emergency suspension of the pesticide DPCA today, a toxic herbicide commonly used to kill weeds on crops like broccoli, onions, ...
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EPA Refuses to Regulate Risks of Pesticide Formulations

SAN FRANCISCO—On Friday, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) denied a 2017 legal petition by Center for Food Safety (CFS) calling on EPA to require testing and data on whole pesticide ...
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Center for Food Safety Demands EPA Act to Protect Public Health and Environment from PFAS Chemicals in Pesticides

WASHINGTON – Center for Food Safety today submitted a groundbreaking petition to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), urging immediate action to address the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl ...