Video of the Day: Contaminated - The Science of Food

Fritjof Capra, one of the leading lights of the ecological movement and the author of the “Tao of Physics” and “Steering Business Toward Sustainability,” hosts a video about how Monsanto, Aventis, Dow and DuPont are experimenting with us by altering the food we eat.
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Hearing on FEMA’s Toxic Trailers Scheduled For Tomorrow

As a follow-up to last year’s hearing on FEMA’s toxic trailers, House Oversight Committee Chairman Henry Waxman just announced a hearing tomorrow regarding the elevated levels of formaldehyde in the travel trailers FEMA provided to victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Waxman sent letters to four manufacturers of the travel trailers - Gulf Stream Coach, Pilgrim International, Keystone [...]

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Cheney Takes Aim At…
Endangered Whales (It’s No Joke)

THIS IS NOT A PARODY
Congressman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) just sent a letter to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs detailing how White House officials, including the office of Vice President Cheney, questioned proposed rules to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale from collisions with ships.
Cheney’s office doubted whether new speed limits planned for [...]

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Who’s Paying Safety Costs
At Hanford: Contractors or Taxpayers?

Five members of Congress are calling for the Goverment Accountability Office to investigate the costs from repeated nuclear and worker safety stand downs at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Hanford Waste Treatment Plant and Tank Farms in southeastern Washington State.
From the letter sent by members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee:
In July 2007, the [...]

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DOE Awarded Contract to Firm
Despite Conflict of Interest, Says IG

The Department of Energy has awarded a $109 million legal-services contract to Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, despite still-existing conflicts that kept the firm out of a similar contract nine years ago, according to an April 3 report by the Energy Department’s inspector general:
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To Build Border Fence,
DHS Waives Clean Air, Water Acts

In order to expedite the construction of the border fence, DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff announced its intention to waive certain elements of the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act and Safe Drinking Water Act.
From today’s statement: 
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EPA Deprived the Public
By Closing Libraries, Says GAO

The Environmental Protection Agency’s effort to close regional and research libraries around the country in order to save $2 million has been plagued by managerial problems, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office.
The House Energy & Commerce Committe issued a release on the report:
“The report says that the decision to close libraries was [...]

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W.R. Grace to Pay $250 Million:
Biggest Superfund Reimbursal Ever

WASHINGTON—W.R. Grace, a global supplier of specialty chemicals, has agreed to pay $250 million, the highest sum in the history of the Superfund program, to reimburse the federal government for the costs of the investigation and cleanup of asbestos contamination in Libby, Mont., the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today.
The action settles [...]

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Mining Mogul Bob Murray
Could Be Referred to Justice Department

In a new report, Sen. Ted Kennedy recommends that Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao refer Murray Energy, the mine where last year’s roof collapse ended up killing nine people, to the Department of Justice for prosecution:
“It is important to note that the mining operations proposed by Murray Energy, and approved by MSHA, at Crandall Canyon were among the [...]

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Industry Stooges On EPA Panels;
AT&T’s Ads Get Honest

Environment
An environmental watchdog organization says the Bush administration stacked EPA panels that evaluate the safety of household chemicals with industry stooges at the same time it booted one scientist who had expressed concern about Deca, a widely used fire retardant.
National Security
Truth in advertising finally comes to AT&T, courtesy of the Billboard Liberation Front.

Scandal Sheet
The sham [...]

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