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Is It Time to Reform the Toxic Substances Control Act?

By Dr. Edward Group, DC
Published Jun 30, 2016

The Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 (TSCA for short) is a federal law in the United States that gives the nation’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the authority to set, maintain, and enforce regulations related to the use of chemical substances. The regulation does not include any oversight into areas of food, drugs, cosmetics, or pesticides, but it does cover many industrial chemicals. Today, however, there are many who believe that the TSCA does not extend sufficient powers to the EPA to effectively protect the public at large from the […]

Tell the FDA to Protect Small Farms

By Dr. Edward Group, DC
Updated Oct 7, 2015

Hundreds of thousands of people are hospitalized each year due to food contamination, and up to 3,000 food-related fatalities occur annually in the United States. Now, changes are being considered to the FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act, or FSMA, in an effort to reduce food borne illness. (more…)

What Is Organic Soil?

By Dr. Edward Group, DC
Updated May 9, 2013

Organic soil has been naturally amended by the decomposition of plants and animals and unfortunately, today, most of the soil in the world has been depleted by agribusiness. Farmers who produce certified organic produce must first develop soil that meets with the criteria of the USDA. This requires them to amend previously depleted soil with essential organic compounds with the intent of restoring soil with the original richness our planet previously enjoyed prior to the damage caused by modern day industrialization. (more…)

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