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This Year’s Danger Season Is Over, but Risks to Farmworkers Remain

Union of Concerned Scientists

On hot days, while many of us have the option to retreat indoors, switch on our air conditioning units or fans, and sip cold beverages, farmworkers all over the country do not. Danger Season is an especially perilous time for outdoor workers like farmworkers. California alone is estimated to have about 830,000 farmworkers.

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New PA Parks & Forests Foundation Video: Forests, Clean Water And Craft Beverages? Yes!

PA Environment Daily

When you think about the growing craft beverage industry in Pennsylvania, you might not think about Pennsylvania’s forest ecosystems. Yet forests play a critical role in water quality–the primary ingredient in most beverages. Forests provide food and habitat for wildlife, clean the air, improve human health, and reduce flooding.

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5 fascinating Frontiers articles you may have missed in January 2022

Frontiers

5: How is the global food and beverage sector doing in its commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? With 15% of the world’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions estimated to come from agriculture, as well as the food and beverage industry, efforts are underway to help this crucial sector reduce its impact on the planet.

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'Badly Broken' Bayer postpones split to improve performance

Corp Watch

Recently it expanded into agricultural products via the acquisition of Monsanto. Total Penalties $794,315,508 (April 6, 2021) Number of Records 131 Books A Growing Concern: Protecting the Food Supply in an Era of Pharmaceutical and Industrial Crops (Union of Concerned Scientists, December, 2004). Smith (Yes! Books, 2003).

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Nestlé faces US lawsuit for allegedly false advertising pet food as ‘natural’

Corp Watch

Humanitarianism, Capitalism, and the Moral Economy of the Nestlé Boycott by Tehila Sasson (2016) Rigged: Supermarket Shelves for Sale by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) (2016) Nutrition Scientists on the Take from Big Food: Has the American Society for Nutrition lost all credibility?

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Nestlé, Mars among chocolate makers criticised in cocoa-sourcing report

Corp Watch

Nestlé, Mars among chocolate makers criticised in cocoa-sourcing report Just Food PaulaR Wed, 01/03/2024 - 15:20 Monday, December 4, 2023 Read more Simon Harvey Ferrero, Mondelez and Lindt also labelled as “inadequate” in Ethical Consumer’s assessment. Nestlé reduced the sugar in its Milo chocolate powder drink.

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Roundup lawsuit: Bayer ordered to pay Pa. man $2.25B after jury finds weed killer caused cancer

Corp Watch

Recently it expanded into agricultural products via the acquisition of Monsanto. Total Penalties $794,315,508 (April 6, 2021) Number of Records 131 Books A Growing Concern: Protecting the Food Supply in an Era of Pharmaceutical and Industrial Crops (Union of Concerned Scientists ,December, 2004). Smith (Yes! Books, 2003).