When the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its long-awaited assessment of dioxin this week, its conclusions corroborated what many scientists (and communities like Love Canal and Times Beech) have said for some time: that dioxin can cause cancer, a host of other effects, and that parts of the US population have dangerously high exposure levels.
With the global economy transporting natural resources like wood, food, and oil around the world like never before, it's not surprising that the newest commodity export is water.
Published in the Spring 2000 issue of the magazine Whole Earth and also in the Spring 2000 edition of the Whole Earth Catalog under the title "WTO Think-In". Agribusiness had long argued that the industrial model of agriculture was inevitable and there was no alternative to globalization and homogenization.
The soil has been a source of agricultural carbon dioxide emissions over the past century and more so now because of industrial farming methods. This article is a discussion of solutions and why properly managed soil carbon provides many agricultural and environmental benefits.
This article was published in the February/March 2000 Newsletter of the Wedge Community Co-op.
In 1978, a team of scientists from Dow Chemical found that rats exposed to very low levels of dioxin developed liver cancer. This research, combined with earlier tests that demonstrated birth defects in mice at extremely low exposure levels, led to dioxin's characterization as "the most toxic synthetic chemical known to man".
Published in Seattle & Beyond by the Alliance for Sustainable Jobs and the Environment, Vol. 2, No. 1. The recent World Trade Organization Ministerial talks in Seattle failed largely because the negotiation process was undemocratic. It was the first time where the developing nations stood fast against the trade agenda of the economic superpowers.
Published in Foreign Policy In Focus, Volume 4, Number 34, December 1999. Can deregulated world markets ensure food security for the world? No negotiator of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) could honestly say that this was the first intent of the agreement. Yet, the AoA preamble lists food security as one of the legitimate "non-trade" objectives of agriculture policy.
Faced with opposition trying to force the European Union to accept foods derived from biotechnology, the U.S. had to change its tactics. This article is an overview of how the U.S. government and the biotechnology industry have responded to the resistance to the GE food trade and what they are doing to counter it.
EPA Drops the Ball on Dioxin
When the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its long-awaited assessment of dioxin this week, its conclusions corroborated what many scientists (and communities like Love Canal and Times Beech) have said for some time: that dioxin can cause cancer, a host of other effects, and that parts of the US population have dangerously high exposure levels.The Great Lakes Go Global
With the global economy transporting natural resources like wood, food, and oil around the world like never before, it's not surprising that the newest commodity export is water.Down on the Farm with the WTO
Published in the Spring 2000 issue of the magazine Whole Earth and also in the Spring 2000 edition of the Whole Earth Catalog under the title "WTO Think-In". Agribusiness had long argued that the industrial model of agriculture was inevitable and there was no alternative to globalization and homogenization.Mississippi River Expansion Project Will Not Help Farmers
Op ed from the St. Louis Dispatch disputing claims that increased exports of agricultural commodities will benefit developing world.Agriculture and Our Atmosphere
The soil has been a source of agricultural carbon dioxide emissions over the past century and more so now because of industrial farming methods. This article is a discussion of solutions and why properly managed soil carbon provides many agricultural and environmental benefits. This article was published in the February/March 2000 Newsletter of the Wedge Community Co-op.Keep Your Sludge Out of My Sandwich!
In 1978, a team of scientists from Dow Chemical found that rats exposed to very low levels of dioxin developed liver cancer. This research, combined with earlier tests that demonstrated birth defects in mice at extremely low exposure levels, led to dioxin's characterization as "the most toxic synthetic chemical known to man".Battle Royale of the 21st Century
Beyond Seattle
Published in Seattle & Beyond by the Alliance for Sustainable Jobs and the Environment, Vol. 2, No. 1. The recent World Trade Organization Ministerial talks in Seattle failed largely because the negotiation process was undemocratic. It was the first time where the developing nations stood fast against the trade agenda of the economic superpowers.WTO, Agricultural Deregulation and Food Security
Published in Foreign Policy In Focus, Volume 4, Number 34, December 1999. Can deregulated world markets ensure food security for the world? No negotiator of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) could honestly say that this was the first intent of the agreement. Yet, the AoA preamble lists food security as one of the legitimate "non-trade" objectives of agriculture policy.Changes in US Government and Industry Tactics on Biotechnology Diplomancy
Faced with opposition trying to force the European Union to accept foods derived from biotechnology, the U.S. had to change its tactics. This article is an overview of how the U.S. government and the biotechnology industry have responded to the resistance to the GE food trade and what they are doing to counter it.