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In the News: E.P.A. to Weaken Rules Governing Public Health Rules

Posted on November 19, 2019

E.P.A. to Limit Science Used to Write Public Health Rules The Environmental Protection Agency is at it again! As I have said before, anything this administration can do to limit scientific research and prevent environmental and public health regulations, while … Read More

Posted in In The News Tagged with: #environmental protection agency, #EPA, #limit scientific research

Take Action: How Does Your Diet Contribute to Climate Change? Protect Farmworker’s Protections! Tell the EPA to Not Weaken the Standards!!

Posted on September 3, 2019

Take this Short NY Time Quiz! We have all heard how our food choices can effect climate change. Depending on how the food is grown, where it is grown, if its in season, how far it has to travel, if … Read More

Posted in Take Action Tagged with: #Climate Change, #Department of Labor, #environmental protection agency, #EPA, #farmworkers, #industrial meat, #methane, #reduced wages

iEat Green is Appalled and Disturbed with D.C.’s Censoring of Climate Information! Bhavani Welcomes Sarah Leathers and Ellen Palmer, the Co-Founders of Healing Meals Community Project to PRN!

Posted on August 7, 2019

Hi All, There are so many disturbing things going on in this country right now, that I don’t even know where to begin, but when I heard about one of the nation’s leading climate change scientists quitting the Agriculture Department … Read More

Posted in Eating Green with Bhavani Tagged with: #Agricultural Research Service, #Certified Health and Wellness Coach, #Climate Change, #Economic Research Service, #Ellen Palmer, #empowering youth, #environmental protection agency, #EPA, #FDA, #food and drug administration, #Healing Meals Community Project, #health crisis, #national institute of food and agriculture, #organic meals, #rice is losing nutrients, #Sarah Leathers, #The Institute for Integrative Nutrition

Take Action: Help Ban the Herbicide Paraquat! Tell the EPA to Test Pesticides, Including in Combination with Others! (Same Goes for the FDA, to Test Drugs/Vaccinations in Combination with Others)! Don’t Let the USDA Loosen Regulations on GMO’s!

Posted on July 31, 2019

Why is the pesticide, Paraquat, still on the market? Paraquat is acutely toxic and strongly linked to Parkinson’s disease. Last week, legislation was introduced to cancel all uses of the pesticide, which kills by burning living tissues. There are alternative … Read More

Posted in Take Action Tagged with: #Ban the Herbicide Paraquat, #detect fraud, #EPA, #H.R. 3817, #herbicide, #Office of Inspector General, #organ failure, #Paraquat, #Parkinson's disease, #pesticide, #Pesticide Hazards, #synergistic effects

In the News: State Senate in Albany Passed Bill to Protect Farmers from GMO Contamination! The E.P.A. is Changing How it Measures Air Pollution!

Posted on May 21, 2019

For years, the organic farming community has been outraged on the ability of companies like Monsanto, to sue farmers when their crops become contaminated with GMO crops, because they hadn’t paid for the GMO seeds, even though they didn’t want … Read More

Posted in In The News Tagged with: #air pollutuion, #clean power plan, #contaminated with GMO crops, #environmental protection agency, #EPA, #GMO crops, #Senate Bill SD42, #Senator Jen Metzger

Take Action: Donate to NOFA-NY Today. They Need Us and We Need Them! Support Island Harvest’s Food Drive! Antibiotic Resistance is Growing! Stop the Williams Pipeline Once and For All!

Posted on May 6, 2019

NOFA-NY (The Northeast Organic Farming Association) is in need of our support. With the government shutdown and the change in tax laws, donations to non profits is at an all time low. NOFA-NY is a voice for the organic movement, … Read More

Posted in Take Action Tagged with: #antibiotic resistance, #antibiotic resistance bacteria, #antibiotics in agriculture, #bacterial infections, #Centers for Disease Control, #EPA, #Fossil Fuel Infrastructure, #Governor Cuomo, #Island Harvest Food Bank, #nofa-ny, #Northeast Organic Farming Association, #organic movement, #Stamp Out Hunger, #Williams Pipeline

In the News: Get Your Nutrients from Real Foods, Not Supplements! Meat-Rich Diets Increase Risk of Shorter Life! GE is Awarded a Certificate of Completion, Even Though the Clean-Up is Incomplete!

Posted on April 17, 2019

Eat Real Food for your Health! In a NY Times article, Choose Foods, Not Supplements, researchers report that the use of supplements does not extend one’s life, and in some cases can be doing harm. In fact, I know my own … Read More

Posted in In The News Tagged with: #cleanup of the Hudson River, #Eat Less Meat, #eating meat at every meal, #EPA, #increased chance of dying, #plant based diet, #risk of cancer, #riverkeeper, #supplements

Let’s All Do Our Part to Reduce Waste! (and Pesticides)

Posted on February 12, 2019

If you are anything like me, online ordering has changed your life! I know it has for me, yet I am always left with a little guilt about the wasteful packaging and plastic in all of those cartons. Environmental Action … Read More

Posted in Take Action Tagged with: #and Recycle, #birth defects, #brain damage, #chlorpyrifos, #Environmental Action, #EPA, #mental disorders, #neurotoxic, #pesticide, #plastic waste, #reduce, #Reuse, #wasteful packaging