As reported by Lyndsey Layton of the Washington Post, new regulations in Europe about the use of toxic and carcinogenic chemicals are affecting US manufacturers, if those manufacturers want to maintain exports to European countries.
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Changes to European Chemical Standards Affect US Companies
(via greenchemistry.wordpress.com)
Submitted by chemrat on Thu, 2008-06-12 15:30. | Tags: technology | burden of proof | Bush Adminstration | consumer protection | EPA | manufacturing | new European law | Senator Frank Lautenberg | toxic chemicals
TURNING FARMS INTO FACTORIES
(via www.foodandwaterwatch.org)
Industrial animal production, the practice of confining thousands of cows, hogs, chickens, or other animals in tightly packed facilities has become the dominant method of meat production in the United States
Submitted by beaelliott on Fri, 2008-01-11 01:18. | Tags: architecture | agriculture | animal cruelty | animal welfare; factory farming; meatrix; vegetarian; vegetarianism | consumer protection | environment | factory farming | government | meatrix