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Senate panel warms to GMOs
On the agriculture committee, at least, senators showed little stomach for regulating GMOs and more support for a national voluntary labeling law.
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What’s the deal with pesticides and local food?
When an inquisitive shopper wonders if her local farmers are dousing her with misinformation about pesticides, Umbra produces an answer.
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Mediterranean diet might keep your brain young, science says
Researchers found that the brains of those who stuck to a Mediterranean diet -- lots of veggies, some fish, and little meat and dairy -- had more gray and white matter.
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Spooky! There could be lead in your kid’s face paint
With Halloween approaching, Sen. Charles Schumer is urging the FDA to test face paint for toxic metals.
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Buying bottled water for your health? Stop it
That's right -- that $10 bottle could be worse for you than plain old city water.
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Why is lead poisoning still an issue in cities?
We know how to prevent lead exposure, but the toxic metal still lingers in many POC communities, as shown in a recent CDC study.
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Remote Alaskan villages move from diesel to wind power
Moving away from fossil fuels isn't easy in the Arctic, but some villages are making it happen.
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Donald Trump is wrong about climate change — again
We just had the hottest September on record -- but you’d never know from the Donald’s recent tweet.
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With “moderates” like Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio, who needs the radical right wing?
If you look at their actual proposals, the Republican's "moderate" candidates turn out to lean as far to the right as Bernie Sanders does to the Democratic left.
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Bernie Sanders urges DOJ to investigate Exxon’s potential fraud on climate change
Sanders said the company's actions to hide the truth about fossil fuels and climate change could "qualify as a violation of federal law."
