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In 2024, Friends of the Earth found a cocktail of toxic pesticides in two non-organic baby food products made by Target’s house brand, Good & Gather. A year later, we wanted to…
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The recycling of hazardous industrial wastes into fertilizers introduces several dozen toxic metals and chemicals into the nation’s farm, lawn and garden soils, including such well-known toxic substances as lead…
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Of the 47 items included in our analysis, these 12 fruits and vegetables were most contaminated with pesticides The Environmental Working Group’s “Dirty Dozen” webpage summarizes produce that tests show…
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Nutrients are essential for crop growth. But when they’re overapplied they become a pollutant. Fertilizers have transformed the way the world produces food. They have not only brought large benefits…
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This report summarizes the analytical results for elements from the United States (US) Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Total Diet Study (TDS) for fiscal years 2018 through 2020. The TDS…
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https://www.fda.gov/food/alerts-advisories-safety-information/more-ground-cinnamon-products-added-fda-public-health-alert-due-presence-elevated-levels-lead
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Written in 2003 Perhaps the recent finding of mad cow will be a wake up call to Americans who naïvely believe that the government is protecting the food supply; a…
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A Seattle Times investigation found that, across the nation, industrial wastes laden with heavy metals and other dangerous materials are being used in fertilizers and spread over farmland. The process…
Safe Food and Fertilizer
A Local Concern. A Global Consequence.
