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August 23, 2018

Evidence of Monsanto/EPA Collusion Mounts

Cornucopia’s Take: As a string of about 5,000 court cases commence, alleging Monsanto’s Roundup caused plaintiff’s cancers, new documents detailing communications between government agencies and ...

August 20, 2018

Nonprofit Finds Glyphosate in Cereal and Snack Bars

Cornucopia’s Take: A report by the Environmental Working Group finds varying amounts of glyphosate in cereals and snack bars made with oats. Over the last ...

August 16, 2018

FDA’s Produce Rule to Hit Small Farmers Hardest

Cornucopia’s Take: During the public input phase regarding the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011, Cornucopia and many other groups told the FDA their proposed ...

August 14, 2018

EPA Court-Ordered to Ban Chlorpyrifos

Cornucopia’s Take: Chlorpyrifos was banned by the Obama administration due to its toxicity, notably causing brain damage in children. EPA scientists were in rare agreement ...

August 14, 2018

North Dakota Oil Extraction Leaves the Land Lifeless

Cornucopia’s Take: Fracking for oil in North Dakota farm fields has left a stain of salt, heavy metals, and radioactivity in the soil which extraction ...

August 13, 2018

Jury Concurs Roundup is Carcinogenic and Monsanto Knew, Company Stock Plummets

Cornucopia’s Take: A jury handed down a verdict late Friday in Dewayne Johnson’s case alleging his cancer was caused by Roundup and that Monsanto failed ...

August 8, 2018

As Forest Fires Rage, Grasslands are a Very Good Carbon Sink

Cornucopia’s Take: As continued drought raises the risk of forest fires, grasslands have become a more reliable carbon sink in California, according to the study ...

August 7, 2018

How We Can Stop the Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico

Cornucopia’s Take: Although the annual dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is smaller in size this year due to strong winds which concentrated the ...

August 2, 2018

Grass-fed Beef Bearing the U.S. Flag Likely Comes from Australia or South America

Cornucopia’s Take: When Obama’s USDA jettisoned the country of origin labeling law (COOL), under industry pressure, they opened the door for deceptive labeling. Foreign beef ...

August 1, 2018

Poultry Processing Chemicals Make Workers Sick

Cornucopia’s Take: The story below details the medical horrors visited on poultry plant workers subjected to dangerous antimicrobial sprays at work. The sprays include peracetic ...

August 1, 2018

GMO Impossible Burger Using Biotech Playbook to Misinform Consumers

Cornucopia’s Take: The company responsible for the vegan meat alternative, Impossible Burger, never performed sufficient food safety studies to receive the FDA’s “generally regarded as ...

July 31, 2018

Monsanto Safety Data Under Fire in Court

Cornucopia’s Take: A man who was twice drenched in Roundup during the course of applying it in schoolyards, DeWayne Johnson, is suing Monsanto for his ...