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USDA study shows working conditions in meatpacking plants likely drove coronavirus outbreaks

10.13.2021

Amanda Pérez Pintado, Investigate Midwest/Report for America + Madison McVan

Covid-19 safety measures may also have reduced our risk of contracting a foodborne illness

09.24.2021

by Matthew Sedacca

Salmonella: Why it’s a chicken and egg thing

09.16.2021

by Maureen O’Hagan, Knowable Magazine

Bayer will stop selling Roundup for residential use in 2023, an effort to prevent future cancer lawsuits

07.30.2021

by Jessica Fu

The Biden administration has defended Trump’s pesticide decisions

07.12.2021

by Johnathan Hettinger

Can a streamlined set of safety guidelines ease the stress of indoor dining?

05.04.2021

by H. Claire Brown

Op-ed: We now know Trump’s EPA interfered with science on the destructive herbicide dicamba. It’s time for Biden’s EPA to act.

04.06.2021

by Bill Freese

The egg industry grapples with a grim practice: chick culling

03.25.2021

by Jonathan Moens

America’s drinking water is surprisingly easy to poison

03.18.2021

by Peter Elkind + Jack Gillum / ProPublica

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