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When food fails us.

This California farming town has a toxic carcinogen in its water. Why are solutions so slow?

02.17.2022
Claudia Boyd-Barrett, California Health Report
Covid-19 cases and deaths linked to meatpacking plants were far higher than previously estimated, House subcommittee finds
10.28.2021
by H. Claire Brown
Covid-19 safety measures may also have reduced our risk of contracting a foodborne illness
09.24.2021
by Matthew Sedacca
African swine fever has reached the Western Hemisphere for the first time in 40 years. USDA hopes to prevent it from moving any further
09.02.2021
by H. Claire Brown
Fertilizer runoff disproportionately harms low-income communities’ drinking water
08.31.2021
by Madison McVan
EPA warns an immigrant detention center to stop cleaning microwaves with pesticides
08.11.2021
by Tina Vasquez
Last year’s salmonella outbreak linked to peaches may have been caused by “fugitive dust”
06.15.2021
by Jessica Fu
Frogs in the water, sheep poop near the fields: FDA raises flags about onion farm linked to massive Salmonella outbreak
05.17.2021
by Jessica Fu
Onions recalled in all 50 states after Salmonella sickens 500
08.04.2020
by H. Claire Brown
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