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04 October 2017 – Policy

Fake Standards; FDA Flunks; Aussie Prostration; Nuke Leverage

By Gary Blumenthal for Ag Perspectives

The Environmental Working Group confuses exposure with actual risk; “Love” is no longer a granola ingredient; Australia believes it can negotiation better trade deals on its own. Fake Standards The Environmental Working Group (EWG) issued a study charging that high nitrate levels in rural drinking water is “associated with cancer in some studies.” Agriculture contributes to nitrate levels but those identified by the EWG are only half the level approved by EPA. The argument is similar to that made by glyphosate opponents in Europe whereby mere exposure becomes the standard instead of actual risk.Separately, Peter Cleppe of the think tank Open Europe points out that one prominent scientist on the International Agency for Research on Cancer...

TAGS – Livestock, Australia, Asia, North America
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