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Victory! Center for Food Safety Secures Win for the Public's Right to Know in GMO Labeling Lawsuit

"Today's decision is a landmark victory for the public's right to know what they eat and feed their families," said George Kimbrell, CFS's Legal Director and lead counsel in the case. "We've fought ...
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Genetically Engineered Crops Banned in Humboldt County! 7th County to Vote for Ban

Center for Food Safety (CFS) congratulates and celebrates the voters of Humboldt County who overwhelmingly voted to ban genetically engineered crops from being grown in the county. “The Food Movement ...
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New GE Contamination Reported in Washington State Alfalfa

RT @protesterrabbit: Always buy seeds or use your own from previous year. I get mine from Mother Nature of Powell River, B.C. ! https://t.c… The legal battle around #chlorpyrifos continues. The 9th ...
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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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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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Monsanto-Bayer to End U.S. Residential Sales of Toxic Pesticide Glyphosate

"Bayer's decision to end U.S. residential sale of Roundup is a historic victory for public health and the environment. As agricultural, large-scale use of this toxic pesticide continues, our ...
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Federal Court Declares Genetically Engineered Salmon Unlawful

San Francisco, Calif.—Today, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) violated core environmental laws in approving the genetically ...
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Monarchs in Peril: Herbicide-Resistant Crops and the Decline of Monarch Butterflies in North America

This comprehensive report reveals the severe impacts of herbicide-resistant genetically engineered (GE) crops on the monarch population, which has plummeted over the past twenty years. The report ...
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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 ...
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Federal Court Rejects Glyphosate Registration Decision Because EPA Ignored Cancer Risks, Endangered Species Risks

SAN FRANCISCO—Today, in a historic victory for farmworkers and the environment, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit sided with Center for Food Safety (CFS) and its represented farmworker ...
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EPA Sued Over Failure to Close Pesticide-Coated Seed Loophole Killing Bees and Endangered Species

SAN FRANCISCO—Yesterday, Center for Food Safety (CFS) and Pesticide Action Network of North America sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the agency's failure to regulate ...