FOOD | HEALTH | DEMOCRACY
FOOD | HEALTH | DEMOCRACY
Report Falls Short on Reducing Chemical Harms to Children WASHINGTON, DC, September 9, 2025 — Food safety experts, including leaders within the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, blasted the Trump administration’s just-released MAHA Commission Report, calling it a chemical and pesticide industry wish list. Below are reactions. “This report is…
FOOD SAFETY NEWS | Dan Flynn | August 27, 2025 Newton’s Third Law of Motion is that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. An example of this is currently playing out with pesticides and food safety…
Ahead of MAHA Commission Report, Leaders Urge President Trump to Honor His Pledge to Make America Healthy Again In Letter, Leaders Call on President to Protect America’s Children & Democracy by Blocking Special Liability Immunity for Harmful Chemicals and Pesticides…
Beyond Pesticides | July 29, 2025 Are neurological diseases increasing around the world? Yes and no, according to a report published by The Lancet in 2024 on the global burden of nervous system diseases between 1990 and 2021. About 3…
A group of health advocates, including Center for Food Safety, and represented by Earthjustice sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in late December to force the agency to reevaluate its decades-old authorizations for the use of certain phthalates in…
The Defender, Children’s Health Defense | Charles Eisenstein | July 21, 2025 Republican leaders will vote tomorrow on legislation that would strip American citizens injured by pesticides of their right to sue chemical companies. Meanwhile, Democratic Sen. Cory Booker has…
By Tom Deegan, History is bunk, said Henry Ford. I knew both of them. Herewith, my version of history. Turning back the clock can be tricky business, always influenced by telling a story that supports the present. And, turning back the…
The New Lede | Carey Gillam | July 8, 2025 Less than a month ahead of what would have been the first US trial over allegations that a popular weedkiller causes Parkinson’s disease, pesticide maker Syngenta has settled the case.…
Sustainable Pulse | July 2, 2025 A recent study confirming the herbicide’s carcinogenic potential has been the subject of fierce criticism. However, this criticism is based on flawed scientific grounds, Le Monde has reported. The recent publication of a study…
Jason Semprini | The New Lede | June 30, 2025 (This column was first published by the Iowa Environmental Council.) Iowa is currently facing an unprecedented drinking water crisis. Recent reports indicate alarming nitrate levels in the Raccoon River; so high…