Today, a federal trial begins in Center for Food Safety's lawsuit against Wood Farms LLC, a large industrial dairy ...

What are pesticide-coated seeds? Coated seeds are crop seeds that have been treated with systemic pesticides, most commonly neonicotinoid insecticides and one to several fungicides, such as metalaxyl ...

Today, a coalition of public interest organizations filed a lawsuit challenging the Oregon Departments of Agriculture and ...

Sewage sludge is a product of wastewater treatment. Wastewater and stormwater enter the sewage system and flow into wastewater treatment facilities, where the solid wastes are separated from the ...

Center for Food Safety's mission is to empower people, support farmers, and protect the earth from the harmful impacts of industrial agriculture. Through groundbreaking legal, scientific, and ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Monsanto v. Durnell, eliminating the long-established right of people to hold pesticide companies accountable when they fail to w ...

WASHINGTON— Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's approval of isocycloseram, a "forever chemical" insecticide that falls into the class of highly ...

With the recent food recalls related to produce, consumers have heightened concerns over the safety of fresh produce. Chemical rinses and other treatments for washing produce, usually called fruit and ...

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 ...

Some U.S. dairy farms inject the genetically engineered hormone rBGH, also called rBST, into their cows to boost milk production—so be sure to purchase products with a label that indicates cows free ...

Despite public outcry and Congressional action, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the sale of milk and meat from cloned animals and their offspring in January of 2008. In the guidance, ...

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 ...