Environment

US and Canadian Groups Call for Ban on Face Masks Containing Toxic Nanomaterials

MINNEAPOLIS—Today, leading environmental and human health advocacy groups from the United States and Canada provided detailed evidence about face masks containing potentially toxic nanoscale materials in a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Food and Drug Administration (

Another false start in Africa sold with Green Revolution myths

Originally published on IPS News on April 20, 2021. Read the Spanish translation here. 

Time for US and EU to regulate factory farms’ greenhouse gas emissions

The largest hog and dairy operations in the U.S. are run more like factories than farms. They concentrate thousands of animals indoors and produce massive amounts of manure, which is often turned into liquid and sprayed on farm fields. This factory farm system is a major source of the potent greenhouse gas (GHG) methane. Yesterday, U.S.

Campesino, Social, Academic and Research Organizations Warn Against Pressures from Agricultural Associations in the United States that Affect Our Sovereignty

Read the original statement in Spanish. 

Detener la carrera al barranco en la política comercial

Publicado en The American Prospect, 15 de marzo de 2021.   

Stopping the race to the bottom in trade policy

The following op-ed was published originally on The American Prospect. Republished with permission below. 

Calls for the Biden administration to prioritize our water infrastructure

Last week, IATP joined Food and Water Action and nearly 550 other national and regional organizations including Action Center on Race and The Economy, Center for Biological Diversity and Corporate Accountability in support of the Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity and Reliability (WATER) Act.

Mexico to ban glyphosate, GM corn: Presidential decree comes despite intense pressure from industry, US authorities

Originally published on Inter Press Service (IPS News) on February 24, 2021. 

Smithfield’s false claims

Global pork giant Smithfield Foods makes a lot of claims about the environmental sustainability of its products and hog production system.

New factsheets on EU-Mercosur deal expose risks to both regions

Last week, Brazil National Space Research Institute (INPE) reported the highest rate of deforestation in the Amazon since 2008. Between August 2019 and July 2020, 11,087 square kilometers were deforested in the Amazon under the Bolsonaro government. The latest figures come on top of rising deforestation rates in previous years.