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From Bureaucrats to Fat Cats
Tuesday, June 1, 1999

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Key Issues:
Toxics
Farming
Reports & Consumer Guides
Ban Methyl Parathion Now
Friday, February 12, 1999

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Key Issues:
Toxics
Pesticides
Farming
Reports & Consumer Guides
The English Patients
Wednesday, July 1, 1998

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Key Issues:
Toxics
Pesticides
Farming
Environment
Reports & Consumer Guides
Dumping Sewage Sludge On Organic Farms?
Thursday, April 30, 1998

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Key Issues:
Toxics
Farming
Reports & Consumer Guides
Toxic Wastes 'Recycled' as Fertilizer Threaten U.S. Farms and Food Supply
Thursday, March 26, 1998

Under the guise of 'recycling,' millions of pounds of toxic waste are shipped each year from polluting industries to fertilizer manufacturers and farmers, who used toxic waste laden with dioxin, lead, mercury and other hazardous chemicals as raw material for fertilizers applied to U.S. farmland.

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Key Issues:
Toxics
Farming
News Release
Factory Farming
Sunday, March 1, 1998

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Key Issues:
Toxics
Farming
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Tests Find Methyl Bromide Drifting Into Mobile Home Park
Wednesday, October 1, 1997

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Key Issues:
Toxics
Farming
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Scare Tactics, not Science
Thursday, June 12, 1997
Rural areas are largely unaffected by toxic airborne particle pollution that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seeks to reduce in order to save thousands of lives in major urban areas, according to a new report from the Environmental Working Group (EWG). Read More
Key Issues:
Toxics
Farming
News Release
Clearing The Air
Thursday, June 12, 1997

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Key Issues:
Energy
Farming
Reports & Consumer Guides
The Balanced Budget Amendment
Tuesday, January 28, 1997

From the Appendix, USDA Production Flexibility Contract:

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Key Issues:
Farming
Reports & Consumer Guides
Freedom to Farm
Thursday, February 1, 1996

The "Freedom to Farm" legislation, approved by a partisan vote of the House Agriculture Committee, will be taken up by the House of Representatives soon after it reconvenes on Tuesday, February 27.

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Key Issues:
Farming
Subsidies
Farm Policy
Reports & Consumer Guides

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