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A Regulatory Maize
The Legal Times examines the maze of issues surrounding the regulation of biotech foods to find out who is responsible for overseeing the biotechnology industry. "It just doesn't make sense--the FDA is looking at food, and the EPA is looking at certain seeds, and the USDA is look at other aspects of genetically modified food," the Legal Times quotes a Durbin staffer.
Tags: biotechnology; bioengineering; bioengineered corn; regulation of biotech foods; StarLink; Department of Agriculture; Enivronmental Protection Agency; Food and Drug Administration; Biotechnology Industry Organization
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Creek Warriors
Columbus Monthly details the story of citizens' groups that are battling to keep their watersheds free and clean from construction run-off. They have taken it upon themselves to check up on construction sites and work with the Environmental Protection Agency to file complaints.
Tags: Enivronmental Protection Agency; Rocky Fort Creek Watershed Protection Task Force; Clean Water Act
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Dangerous Waters
The Wall Street Journal reports on how the Bush administration reversed standards set for arsenic levels in drinking water set by the Clinton administration. Representitives from Industry claim that the expense of reducing arsenic is not justified by the scientific data. "'At the level of 50 parts per billion,' says Dr. Marshall, referring to the EPA standard now restored by President Bush, 'arsenic is killing a lot of people in Chile,'" the Journal reported.
Tags: arsenic; Enivronmental Protection Agency; U.S. Public Health Service; Society of Environmental Geochemistry and Health