Coal ash is a toxic solid waste generated by coal-burning power plants. It's shockingly unregulated, and it's piling up at more than 600 dump sites across the country spanning nearly every state. Enough toxic coal waste is generated each year to fill train cars stretching from the North Pole to the South Pole.
Our biotechnology campaigner, Eric Hoffman, was recently interviewed on the Free Speech TV show "Whistle Where You Work" to discuss the dangers of the genetically engineered (GE) salmon. If this fish were to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration, it would be the first genetically engineered animal to be approved for human consumption. Watch the embedded video below and check out his article on the GE salmon decision currently before the FDA to learn more:
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that it will hold public hearings on the approval of a genetically engineered (GE) salmon created by the biotechnology company AquaBounty Technologies. If approved, these fish would be the first genetically engineered animals to be approved for human consumption.
A recent article from the BBC has shown that genetically engineered (GE) plants have become established in the wild. Researchers from the University of Arkansas studied wild canola plants in the countryside of North Dakota and found that 80% of the wild plants were contaminated with transgenes.
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CONTACT:
Shannon Coughlin, Breast Cancer Fund, 415-336-2246; scoughlin@breastcancerfund.org
Stacy Malkan, Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, 510 848-5701 stacy@safecosmetics.org
Leeann Brown, Environmental Working Group, 202-939-9146, leeann@ewg.org
Ian Illuminato, Friends of the Earth, 250-478-7135, iilluminato@foe.org
Toxic Chemicals in Cosmetics: New Legislation to Prevent Exposure
What are all those chemicals in your shampoo? Your lipstick? Your aftershave? And what do they have to do with asthma, breast cancer and learning disabilities?
Products with nanoparticles remain unlabeled and unregulated by our government.
