Prince George, British Columbia's mayor and council voted unanimously to treat a non-binding referendum as binding and end 60 years of water fluoridation, including dismantling the equipment and storage tanks. Campaigner Emile Begin and FAN's Paul Connett share the announcement.
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Investigation: “Factory Farms” Producing Massive Quantities of Organic Milk and Eggs
The Cornucopia Institute filed formal legal complaints against 14 industrial livestock operations selling milk, meat and eggs as organic, citing aerial photography in nine states that it says shows confinement facilities with no legitimate grazing or outdoor access.
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Poster Competition & Teleconference
A Fluoride Action Network fundraising bulletin reporting $1,739 from 37 donors in one day, doubled by a match from Dr. Mercola, for a running total of $39,786 toward a $150,000 goal, alongside the group's case against water fluoridation.
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Meet the FAN Team on Sunday - Newsletter from Fluoridealert.org
The Fluoride Action Network invites supporters to a free International Fluoride Free Teleconference featuring its whole team, and reports on its year-end fundraiser: $99 donors receive a '50 Reasons to Oppose Fluoridation' card deck, and Dr. Mercola pledged to match up to $25,000.
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Uncounted Votes Sink Measure 92 - newsletter 121214 from Organic Consumers Association
An Oregon judge rejected the YES on 92 campaign's suit to count 4,600 ballots that officials threw out over signature mismatches, leaving the GMO labeling measure short by about 800 votes after what the campaign calls $20.7 million in opposition advertising.
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Breaking News: Perdue Contract Farmer Lets Cameras in His Barns
Craig Watts, a Perdue contract chicken grower in Fairmont, North Carolina, let Compassion in World Farming film inside his barns, and Martha Rosenberg writes the footage contradicts what Perdue calls humane. Nicholas Kristof gave the video a New York Times column.
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Please do this TODAY! Protect Your Right to Know!
The Organic Consumers Association asks supporters who cannot join the Washington protest against H.R. 4432 to call their members of Congress on December 10, sign a petition, donate toward bus and event costs, and join a Twitter rally under #StopDarkAct.
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Advocates for Safe Food and Water to Protest TPP and Fast Track Outside the U.S. Trade Rep. Office
A media advisory: about 100 Food and Water Watch organizers plan to rally outside the U.S. Trade Representative's office on Tuesday, Sept. 30 at 6 p.m. against the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Fast Track legislation, which the group says would undermine food safety and local sovereignty.
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Opposing Fluoridation in Canada in 2014
James Beck, professor emeritus of medical biophysics at Calgary, reviews a year of Canadian council decisions and plebiscites on fluoridation, most of them against, and notes the choice rests with local governments since no provincial or federal mandate exists.
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Will the FDA put your local farmer out of business? - newsletter 12-04-14 from Organic Consumers Association
An Organic Consumers Association newsletter leading with an essay arguing that reviving older organic, grassfed and regenerative farming practices could address both rising atmospheric CO2 and the rural poverty, starvation and water conflicts industrial agriculture threatens.
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Monsanto strikes again
An advocacy appeal reporting that Oregon's Measure 92 to label genetically engineered food trailed by barely 800 votes, triggering an automatic recount, and urging readers to oppose a federal bill from Rep. Mike Pompeo that would preempt state labeling laws.
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10 Million People Freed From Fluoridation in 2014
A Fluoride Action Network fundraising letter reporting that at least 30 communities serving more than 9.9 million residents ended or rejected fluoridation in 2014, among them Bucks County, Bolton and Rotorua, and that Israel has ended nationwide fluoridation.
Advisories
From FDA: Pregnant? Breastfeeding? Better Drug Information Is Coming
The FDA is replacing its decades-old pregnancy and breastfeeding drug labeling with revised subsections, adding detail on whether a medicine passes into breast milk and how much may reach an infant, plus a new section on females and males of reproductive potential.
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GMO debate - Let Them Know on December 3rd!
Intelligence Squared hosts an Oxford-style GMO debate in New York on December 3, 2014, streamed live, with Robert Fraley and Alison Van Eenennaam for and Charles Benbrook and Margaret Mellon against. Audience voting before and after decides which side wins.
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Can we win GMO labeling on a recount in Oregon? Newsletter from Organic Consumers Association
An Organic Consumers Association newsletter urging readers to fill buses to a 10 December Capitol Hill hearing on H.R. 4432, which the group calls the DARK Act and says would strip states of the power to pass GMO labeling laws.
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Wow. What an amazing turn of events in Oregon!
Oregon's Measure 92 trailed on election eve but closed to under 900 votes, triggering an automatic recount. Opponents including Monsanto, DuPont Pioneer, Dow AgroSciences, Pepsi and Coke spent about $20 million, well past the state's previous $12 million record.
Advisories
How Many Calories? Look at the Menu!
The FDA issued two final rules requiring calorie counts on menus at chains with 20 or more locations and on certain vending machines. The restaurant rules take effect in a year and cover fast food, bakeries, coffee shops, drive-throughs, salad bars, movie theaters and cocktails listed on menus.
Law & Regulations
FDA finalizes menu and vending machine calorie labeling rules
The FDA finalised rules requiring chain restaurants, similar retail food outlets and vending machine operators with 20 or more locations to post calorie counts beside item names or prices. Daily specials, temporary items and general-use condiments are exempt.
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