Press Releases: All

Press Release: The introduction of a new bill, the Clean Renewable Water Supply Bond Act of 2007, is an opportunity to provide stronger environmental and consumer safeguards.

Press Release: The FY 2008 Agriculture-FDA Appropriations Bill, that was recently approved by the House of Representatives, includes several important measures on food safety and consumers right-to-know about how their food is produced.

Press Release: Last week, the largest private water corporation in the United States, American Water, announced it has received the green light from state regulators to spin off from its parent company, Germany-based utility giant RWE. But transferring ownership from Germany to New Jersey doesn’t mean change is on the way. Statement of Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter.

Press Release: Consumers think it is deceptive and several supermarket stores have taken it off the shelves, yet the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has failed to withdraw approval for carbon monoxide-treated meat.

Press Release: Today, Food & Water Watch has released a first-ever national map charting the distribution of factory farms to assist organizations and individuals in their efforts to shut down polluting operations and prevent the construction of new ones.

Press Release: On July 17, the City Council of Stockton, CA, voted unanimously to end the controversial privatization of the city‚ water and sewer systems, and restore them both to public control. Statement of Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter.

Press Release: A study revealing unacceptable levels of chlorination byproducts in the water of the nation’s capital, draws attention to a nationwide need to protect critical drinking water sources but especially to the need for increased funding for drinking water and wastewater treatment to protect public health.

Press Release: Today, the United States Department of Agriculture released a final rule that radically deregulates the process by which fruit and vegetables can be imported into this country from abroad.

Press Release: The corn ethanol refinery industry, the beneficiary of new renewable fuel targets in the proposed energy legislation as well as proposed loan guarantee subsidies in the 2007 Farm Bill, will not significantly offset U.S. fossil fuel consumption without unacceptable environmental and economic consequences.

Press Release: An amendment to weaken the rules for country-of-origin-labeling (COOL) may be considered today by the House Agriculture Committee as they consider the Farm Bill. According to a statement of Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter, this amendment would redefine what animals are covered by country-of-origin labeling and make labeling voluntary for fruits and vegetables.