FDA is dragging its feet while children continue to be exposed to perchlorate in food
Tom Neltner, J.D., is Chemicals Policy Director and Maricel Maffini, Ph.D., Consultant It has been more than 18 months since EDF and other advocates challenged the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) May 2017 decision to continue allowing perchlorate in dry food plastic packaging and food handling equipment. While Congress gives FDA 180 days to act on food additive […]
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Delta Dispatches: What's Ahead in 2019
Delta Dispatches: What’s Ahead in 2019
Welcome to Delta Dispatches with hosts, Jacques Hebert & Simone Maloz. Today’s first guest is is Bren Haase, executive director of Coastal Progress & Lost Lake at the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA). To kickoff the show, Bren looks back at the CPRA’s successes in 2018 such as Whiskey Island, Lost Lake, and Center for River Studies. Next, we look ahead to what’s next for coastal restoration in 2019. To end the show, Simone and Jacques bring on ...
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Delta Dispatches: What’s Ahead in 2019
Welcome to Delta Dispatches with hosts, Jacques Hebert & Simone Maloz. Today’s first guest is is Bren Haase, executive director of Coastal Progress & Lost Lake at the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA). To kickoff the show, Bren looks back at the CPRA’s successes in 2018 such as Whiskey Island, Lost Lake, and Center for River Studies. Next, we look ahead to what’s next for coastal restoration in 2019. To end the show, Simone and Jacques bring on ...
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There’s Toxic Weedkiller in School Breakfasts Across the U.S.
Written by Moms Clean Air Force
This was written by Caroline Cox. It originally posted on Ecowatch: Many parents cheered about 10 years ago when Michelle Obama took on the important task of improving school meals. Of course, every child should have a healthy lunch and breakfast. Most of us have school...
Experts Discuss How Trump’s EPA is Attacking Standards That Keep Our Families Safe from Mercury
Written by Molly Rauch
Moms Clean Air Force recently gathered leading experts to discuss the EPA’s attack on the life-saving Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. The conversation brought Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) together with health, faith, and environmental justice experts, who discussed how undermining these standards is a direct...