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Want to Ensure Marijuana Is Safe? Legalize and Regulate It

Want to Ensure Marijuana Is Safe? Legalize and Regulate It

| Mar 23, 2022 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / FarmingRarely a week goes by without police or other public officials warning about so-called “fentanyl-laced” weed. Upon closer inspection, there’s little if any truth behind these sensational claims. A case in point: Police in Brattleboro, Vermont recently generated...
Trump’s USDA Is Serving Up Diseased Chicken

Trump’s USDA Is Serving Up Diseased Chicken

| Aug 26, 2020 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / FarmingTop regulatory officials in Trump’s government keep chanting the same one-word mantra: “Deregulate. Deregulate. Deregulate.” Day after day, these agency bosses have been “liberating” greedy business interests to do their damnedest to consumers, workers, the...
Stop the Spread of Liquefied Natural Gas — Before It’s Too Late

Stop the Spread of Liquefied Natural Gas — Before It’s Too Late

| Dec 17, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|HP SubfeaturedLiquefied natural gas (LNG) is a potential disaster in the making. That’s the conclusion of a new report by Physicians for Social Responsibility, which surveyed an abundance of research on LNG’s threats to public health. LNG is natural gas that is filtered and...
Americans Love CBD, But It’s a Wild West

Americans Love CBD, But It’s a Wild West

| Nov 20, 2019 | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedOne in seven Americans say they use CBD products, according to Gallup. The rising popularity of these products — which range from oils and gummies to topical salves and most everything in between — is staggering, especially when one considers that much of the public...
Your Taxpayer Dollars Are Funding Corporate Propaganda

Your Taxpayer Dollars Are Funding Corporate Propaganda

| Nov 22, 2017 | Economy / Business|Food / FarmingWhile Congress hasn’t accomplished much in 2017, it did manage to pass a budget resolution — and within that budget, a sum of $3 million stands out. Congress appropriated that $3 million to fund the Agricultural Biotechnology Education and Outreach Initiative....
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