USDA continues to purchase “pink slime” for school lunches
By David Knowles The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s continued purchase of so-called pink slime for school lunches makes no sense, according to two former microbiologists at the Food Safety Inspection...
View ArticleNew study links rise in autism to consumption of high fructose corn syrup
By Katie Rojas-Jahn / Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy The epidemic of autism in children in the U.S. may be linked to the typical American diet according to a new study published online in...
View ArticleMining firm Glencore accused of child mine labor and dumping raw acid into a...
By John Sweeney / The Guardian Glencore, the commodity and mining firm worth £27bn, stands accused in the Democratic Republic of Congo of dumping raw acid and profiting from children working 150ft...
View ArticleMurders, child slavery, and deforestation rampant in Amazonia as gold rush...
By Paulina Abramovich / Agence France-Presse A new gold rush is sweeping through Latin America with devastating consequences, ravaging tropical forests and dumping toxic chemicals as illegal miners...
View ArticleGail Dines: Escape from Guyland
By Gail Dines for Counterpunch Feminists are busy people. We fight for equal rights, for stopping violence against women, for ending trafficking, prostitution, and stripping, and for a world where our...
View ArticleSamsung admits that it profits from the exploitation of children in tin mining
By Mongabay Mobile device giant Samsung has admitted to using tin sourced from a controversial mining operation on the Indonesian island of Bangka, where unregulated mining kills 150 miners a year and...
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