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Washington State's Landmark Net Pen Aquaculture Ban Protected in Victory for Clean Water and Aquatic Ecosystems

Industrial Aquaculture Proponents Give Up In Legal Challenge, Center for Food Safety and Wild Fish Conservancy Celebrate ...
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New Analyses: EPA Consistently Fails to Warn Public of Pesticide Cancer Risks

EPA Consistently Fails to Warn Public of Pesticide Cancer Risks WASHINGTON— The Environmental Protection Agency ...
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Bill to Deny Americans GE Food Labeling Reintroduced

DARK Act would block states and FDA from requiring mandatory labeling March 25, 2015 (Washington, DC)—Center for Food Safety today strongly opposed legislation reintroduced this afternoon by Reps.
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Construction on Nation's Largest Factory Farm Gas Facility Could Begin Imminently in Washington's Yakima Valley

Construction of what would be one of the largest — if not the largest — methane digester facility in the United States could ...
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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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Federal Court Halts Spraying of Monsanto's Dicamba Pesticide Across Millions of Acres of Cotton, Soybeans

Tucson, Ariz. – In a sweeping victory for family farmers and dozens of endangered plants and animals, a federal court today revoked approval of the notoriously volatile, weed-killing pesticide dicamba ...
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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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Court Rules "QR" Codes Alone Unlawful for GMO Food Labeling

San Francisco, Calif.—A U.S. District Court has held that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s decision to allow genetically engineered (GMO) foods to only be labeled with a "QR" code was ...
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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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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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Court Rules USDA Authorized to Certify Soil-less Hydroponic Operations as Organic

SAN FRANCISCO—On Friday, the United States District Court for the Northern District issued a ruling in Center for Food Safety's (CFS) lawsuit challenging U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) ...
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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 ...