http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org:8080/Plone daily 1 2007-04-04T16:15:50Z http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org:8080/Plone/press/releases/financing-for-clean-water-trust-fund-must-come-from-taxes-on-non-discretionary-water-based-bottled-beverages20090630 Press Statement: This week, the United States Government Accountability Office issued a report to Congress outlining options for generating the $10 billion in annual revenue needed to establish a Clean Water Trust Fund to upgrade our nation’s aging water infrastructure system. The report, entitled Clean Water Infrastructure: A Variety of Issues Need to Be Considered When Designing a Clean Water Trust Fund highlights a number of sources for Congress to consider, including taxes on bottled beverages, fertilizers, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and water appliances. Food & Water Watch recognizes the need to draw from diverse funding sources to finance this critical undertaking. It is our suggestion however, that any funding package that Congress arrives at must include an excise tax on water-based bottled beverages. No publisher kfried Clean Water Trust Fund 2009-06-30T21:04:47Z Press Release http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org:8080/Plone/press/releases/jbs-swift-beef-recall-exposes-critical-gaps-in-usda-e-coli-policy20090629 Press Statement: "The weaknesses in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) policy on E. coli are becoming very clear, thanks to the latest recall of beef for E. coli 0157:H7. This weekend’s announcement that the recall of beef products from a JBS Swift Beef Company plant in Greeley, Colorado had been expanded is just the latest illustration of why USDA’s policies must be strengthened." No publisher egreenfield meat beef recall meat inspection Wenonah Hauter E. Coli JBS Beef 2009-06-29T16:24:41Z Press Release http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org:8080/Plone/press/releases/u-s-house-of-representatives-approves-water-infrastructure-funding-food-water-watch-urges-senate-to-follow-suit20090629 Press Statement: “Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Environmental Protection Agency appropriation, which allocates $3.9 billion to help over 1,500 communities improve their drinking water and wastewater systems. This legislation includes $2.3 billion for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund to ensure that our nation’s water meets the goals of the Clean Water Act; $1.4 billion for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to protect public health by improving drinking water systems; and $160 million for direct grants to communities for water infrastructure. Food & Water Watch applauds the House for voting to improve our country’s ailing water infrastructure system, and urges the Senate to also pass this vital piece of legislation. No publisher kfried water system water utility Clean Water Trust Fund 2009-06-29T20:33:08Z Press Release http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org:8080/Plone/zapped/tomato-recall-2013-is-irradiation-the-solution Executive director of Food & Water Watch and author of the new book Zapped! Irradiation and the Death of Food, Hauter said today: "As stores and restaurants around the country pull tomatoes from shelves and menus in response to the recent salmonella outbreak, American tomato farmers are poised to lose their livelihoods and the food irradiation industry sees dollar signs. No publisher press irradiation food irradiation salmonella outbreak Zapped Wenonah Hauter food poisoning tomatoes 2008-07-11T14:47:22Z News Item http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org:8080/Plone/zapped/book-signing-event-groundbreaking-food-irradiation-book Author Wenonah Hauter, of the new book Zapped! Irradiation and the Death of Food, will be reading from and signing her book at Busboys & Poets in Washington, DC. No publisher press 2008-05-28T16:29:56Z Event