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McDonalds Is Curbing Use of Antibiotics in Chicken, But Does It Go Far Enough?
In a response to “superbugs” and slumping sales, McDonald’s announced that within two years, it will only buy and sell “chicken raised without antibiotics that are important to human medicin…
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4 million people demand Obama administration to protect bees from toxic insecticides
Today, a coalition of more than 125 conservation, beekeeping, food safety, religious and farming advocacy groups rallied in front of the White House and delivered more than four million petition s…
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McDonalds is changing its McNuggets-and the move could save lives
America’s abiding love for breaded, fried bits of chicken may be a boon to public health. Forget, for a second, the role those McNuggets and chicken sandwiches may play in the obesity. McDonald’s…
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Consumer, environmental, labor groups and tribes call on Costco to reject GMO salmon
SEATTLE, WA — A broad coalition of progressive groups, concerned Costco customers, and fishermen will demonstrate this Saturday at the Seattle Costco to challenge the grocery chain to publicly commi…
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Over 4 million people press Obama to protect bees
Congress heeds call to action and introduces legislation as pressure mounts on White House Task Force to issue meaningful recommendations WASHINGTON, D.C. — A coalition of beekeepers, farmers, busi…
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McDonalds new antibiotics policy raises bar for U.S. restaurant industry
Friends of the Earth welcomes steps on chicken, urges specific goals for other meat products WASHINGTON, D.C. – McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) announced today that it will require its poultry suppliers to…
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Progressive and conservative groups question White House representation of Trans Pacific Partnership investment chapter
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) published an op-ed in The Washington Post opposing the “Investor-State Dispute Settlement” chapter of the Trans Pacific Partners…
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Bee Swarm: Four million Americans demand President Obama save bees from toxic pesticides
Beekeepers, farmers and kids will swarm White House Wednesday to demand president save bees WASHINGTON, D.C. — Bee-lovers, beekeepers, farmers, and businesses representatives will swarm the White Ho…
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Tall tales of the TPP (and TTIP)
Dean Baker, the co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, recently wrote about official misinformation in the effort to pass Fast Track trade promotion authority legislation to greas…
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Is the world ready for GM animals?
The use of genetically engineered animals could revolutionise whole areas of public health and agriculture, according to advocates. But is the world ready for modified mosquitoes and GM salmon? Is th…