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Category Archives: CGFI Reports
Fear Profiteers
Download PDF Do ‘Socially Responsible’ Businesses Sow Health Scares to Reap Monetary Rewards? Recent research has uncovered a tangled web of non-profit advocacy groups with a public relations “ring leader†playing spider. Who would have thought that “non-profit†could mean … Continue reading
Cesspools of Blame: Eco-Group’s ‘Environmental’ Manure Policy Would Betray the Environment
Download PDF The Natural Resources Defense Council recently published a new report which recommends banning both confinement livestock and poultry feeding and the spreading of manure on the nation’s crop fields. Unfortunately, such a policy would force America to convert … Continue reading
The Deadly Chemicals in Organic Food
Originally Published in the New York Post, June 2001 June 2, 2001 — IF you buy organic food because you think it’s free of the cancer-causing pesticides used on other farms, think again. “Organic” farmers routinely spray their crops with … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Avery, new york post, organic
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Nature’s Toxic Tools: The Organic Myth of Pesticide-Free Farming
Download PDF It is important to address the common misperception that organic farming is “pesticide-free.†Organic farmers are allowed to use a number of toxic chemical pesticides, and many organic crops are routinely sprayed with pesticides.
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MDLs: The EPA Fishes Something Nasty from the Clean Water Act
 Download PDF If full implementation of TMDLs (Total Maximum Daily Loads) can be achieved nationwide, the federal government—specifically the EPA—will have gained control, as Whitten feared, over virtually the entire American economy.
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Tagged clean water act, EPR, richard halpern
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Marketing & The Organic Food Industry: A history of food fears, market manipulation and misleading consumers
Download PDF Years of black propaganda from the organic fringe, backed by the BSE tragedy, have had a perceptible effect on consumer views. By their very nature, organics promote health and food safety, implying that non-organic food is somehow unhealthy … Continue reading
Comments to White House Task Force on Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico
 Download PDF It is no secret that public opinion drives policy. But it is a national scandal when those describing themselves and presenting themselves to legislators and the public as “scientists†abandon their ethical responsibilities to scientific method by subscribing … Continue reading
Infantile Methemoglobinemia: Reexamining the Role of Drinking Water Nitrates
Download PDF Ingestion of nitrates in drinking water has long been thought to be a primary cause of acquired infantile methemoglobinemia, often called blue baby syndrome. However, recent research and a review of historical cases offer a more complex picture … Continue reading
Confinement Hog Farming Good for Water Quality?
Download PDF Evidence from America’s most intensive hog producing region indicate that large hog operations do not hurt water quality.
The Coming Collapse of Western Europe’s Farm Policies
Download PDF Despite intense political pressure and high government expendituresto keep it going, Europe’s entire system of farm subsidies is about to collapse. And that willnot only benefit farmers and consumers worldwide — it will be a great boon to … Continue reading
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Tagged collapse, farm subsidies, western europe
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