Brazil's Challenge of U.S. Cotton Program at the WTO: What's at Stake?

Backgrounder on Brazil's WTO challenge to the U.S. cotton program.

Why We Say No to CAFTA

This report on the U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) was released by Bloque Popular Centroamericano, the Alliance for Responsible Trade and the Hemispheric Social Alliance. Through the collective effort of U.S. and Central American groups, this analysis sounds the warning that CAFTA would throw into chaos everything from agriculture to pharmaceutical drug prices.

FDA Rarely Tests For Toxic Pollutants Found in Salmon Study

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) fish safety testing does not include, except for limited samples through their Total Diet Study, PCBs and dioxins - pollutants which were found to be widespread in farmed salmon in a study published last week.

NAS Criticizes the Corps' Study of Mississippi River Navigation

The Army Corps of Engineers continues to use questionable economic methodology to evaluate whether a massive multibillion dollar lock expansion project is necessary on the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterways (UMR-IW), according to a new report by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) panel released today.

Simple Steps Could Improve Mississippi River Barge Traffic, New Report

By implementing small-scale, low cost measures, the efficiency of barge traffic on the Mississippi River could be significantly improved, according to a new report by the University of Missouri-St. Louis' Center for Transportation Studies.

Fact Sheet: Increasing Navigation Efficiency on the Mississippi without Lock Expansion

Proponents of navigation expansion have long maintained that the only way to eliminate traffic delays on the Mississippi River is to expand the locks, a project that would cost over two billion dollars, take decades to complete and do little to benefit small farmers, rural communities or the environment.

FTAA Agriculture Proposals Would Hurt Farmers, Forum Concludes

Proposed agricultural trade rules at the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Ministerial would continue a failed policy approach that has damaged the livelihood of farmers in developed and developing countries, concluded a panel of experts from countries throughout the Americas.

Report from Cancun

Mark Ritchie summarizes what took place at the 2003 WTO Ministerial held in Cancun, Mexico and the successful impact of a week’s worth of fair trade events.

Dioxin: What Every Person Should Know

This Factsheet, published by IATP, summarizes the history, and health and environmental impacts of dioxin, one of the most toxic substances known to humans.

Turn off the "Tap" to Stop Our Dioxin-Food Problem

The recent recommendation by the National Academy of Sciences to reduce our exposure to dioxin from our food. It's too bad the Academy's solutions focused mostly at the bottom of the dioxin food chain, rather than turning off the dioxin "tap" at its source. Dioxin is considered one of the most toxic compounds ever produced.