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purpletigron"Nicaraguan fruit plantation workers, exposed to the pesticide Nemagon ... in the 1970s, are today suffering from incurable illness ... the chemical was known to be toxic to humans and banned in the United States ... The workers have never been compensated." From: In These Times
"From farm to plate, the modern food system relies heavily on cheap oil. ... Although agriculture is increasingly more energy efficient, as food undergoes more processing and travels farther the amount of energy consumed ... continues to rise." From: Earth Policy Institute
"Evangelical doctor W. David Hager announced he will resign from a government adivsory panel at the end of June after an expose in The Nation ... His opinion recently trumped the overwhelming majority of the panel in a decision to deny over-the-counter status to emergency contraception pills." From: Feminist Majority Foundation
"Burundi's president and ... the Forces Nationales de Liberation (FNL), [have] agreed ... to immediately end hostilities and work for sustainable peace in the country." From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
"The USA Bush Administration is abolishing a rule protecting 58.5 million acres of National Forests from logging, mining, and other commercial interests..." From: BushGreenwatch.org
"The ruthless drive of the powerful to protect their status finds resonance with the current tension over Iran's nuclear programme." From: Share The World's Resources
"As Aung San Suu Kyi faces the prospect of spending her 60th birthday next month in detention, the French multinational TOTAL Oil continues to fund the Burma regime." From: Burma Campaign UK
"President Karimov of Uzbekistan says that the death toll in the Andijan violence was nine. Disturbing eyewitness accounts raise the possibility that the true figure may be as high as 1500..." From: Institute for War and Peace Reporting
"The UN Commission on Human Rights [is] to appoint two special rapporteurs to tackle the deep-rooted problem of caste-based discrimination ... in India." From: OneWorld South Asia
"Several of Canada's leading conservation, environmental and animal welfare organizations are calling on the Senate to quickly pass Bill C-15 which is designed to bring an end to the dumping of bilge oil from ships which results in the deaths of some 300,000 seabirds annually." From: Sierra Club of Canada
"From farm to plate, the modern food system relies heavily on cheap oil. ... Although agriculture is increasingly more energy efficient, as food undergoes more processing and travels farther the amount of energy consumed ... continues to rise." From: Earth Policy Institute
"Evangelical doctor W. David Hager announced he will resign from a government adivsory panel at the end of June after an expose in The Nation ... His opinion recently trumped the overwhelming majority of the panel in a decision to deny over-the-counter status to emergency contraception pills." From: Feminist Majority Foundation
"Burundi's president and ... the Forces Nationales de Liberation (FNL), [have] agreed ... to immediately end hostilities and work for sustainable peace in the country." From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
"The USA Bush Administration is abolishing a rule protecting 58.5 million acres of National Forests from logging, mining, and other commercial interests..." From: BushGreenwatch.org
"The ruthless drive of the powerful to protect their status finds resonance with the current tension over Iran's nuclear programme." From: Share The World's Resources
"As Aung San Suu Kyi faces the prospect of spending her 60th birthday next month in detention, the French multinational TOTAL Oil continues to fund the Burma regime." From: Burma Campaign UK
"President Karimov of Uzbekistan says that the death toll in the Andijan violence was nine. Disturbing eyewitness accounts raise the possibility that the true figure may be as high as 1500..." From: Institute for War and Peace Reporting
"The UN Commission on Human Rights [is] to appoint two special rapporteurs to tackle the deep-rooted problem of caste-based discrimination ... in India." From: OneWorld South Asia
"Several of Canada's leading conservation, environmental and animal welfare organizations are calling on the Senate to quickly pass Bill C-15 which is designed to bring an end to the dumping of bilge oil from ships which results in the deaths of some 300,000 seabirds annually." From: Sierra Club of Canada
