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Pesticide Industry Could Win Big in Latest Farm Bill Proposal
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BY LISA HELD • May 29, 2024
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“As a doctor, I am concerned about eroding protections for those most affected by dangerous pesticide exposures—the workers who apply them,” said Representative Yadira Caraveo (D-Colorado) during last Thursday’s session to discuss, amend, and vote on the House Agriculture Committee’s first draft of the 2024 Farm Bill.
Despite those objections, Caraveo was one of four Democrats on the committee who joined Republicans in moving the bill forward, complete with several controversial provisions that would make it harder for states to regulate pesticides and hamper individuals’ ability to seek compensation for harm caused by the chemicals.
Lawmakers have tried, unsuccessfully, to get similar language into past farm bills. Now, ongoing lawsuits involving Roundup’s link to cancer and paraquat’s link to Parkinson’s disease and recent state efforts to restrict the use of certain pesticides have raised the stakes. As a result, insiders say the industry is fighting harder than ever before and the new provisions reflect that push. Read the full story.
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Restaurants Create a Mound of Plastic Waste. Some Are Working to Fix That.
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BY MEG WILCOX • May 28, 2024
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At Johnny’s Luncheonette, a family-style diner in the greater Boston area serving sandwiches and breakfast all day, customers can take their meal to go in a lime-green, durable plastic container that is borrowed like a library book and designed to be reused hundreds, if not thousands, of times by other restaurant patrons.
Customers don’t pay extra for the reusable take-out box. They simply need to download an app called Recirclable, and—to avoid paying a $15 fee—return the container
within two weeks to one of 14 restaurants participating in Recirclable’s reuse program.
Johnny’s Luncheonette is among a small but growing number of restaurants taking steps to move away from single-use plastic take-out containers, which usually end up in the trash because they can’t be recycled. Worse yet, mismanaged plastic waste eventually enters the oceans, where it kills sea creatures that ingest it and breaks apart into toxic microplastics the size of a lentil or smaller.
Restaurants and food services use nearly 1 trillion pieces of disposable food service ware and packaging annually in the U.S., according to Upstream, a reuse advocacy organization. Read the full story.
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Civil Eats Nominated for Multiple SPJ Awards
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We are proud to announce that Civil Eats has received three award nominations from the Washington, D.C., chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. In the group’s 2024 Dateline Awards, Senior Staff Reporter and Contributing Editor Lisa Held and freelance reporter Ciara O’Brien are finalists in the Online, Non-Breaking News category for their reporting on virtual fences and a new Aldi supermarket, respectively. Photojournalist Jake Price is a finalist in the Online Photography category for his photo essay on DC Central Kitchen’s efforts to fight summer hunger in the nation’s capital.
And Staff Reporter Grey Moran has been named a finalist by SPJ’s Louisiana chapter for their reporting on the challenges U.S. shrimpers endure in the face of cheap imports.
Congrats to all the nominees, and thank you for supporting our work!
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