From Earthjustice: Artificial flavors, serious consequences... and more

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Carl Jarvis

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From: Earthjustice Newsletter <enews@earthjustice.org>
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2018 08:49:30 -0500
Subject: Artificial flavors, serious consequences
To: Carl Jarvis <carjar82@gmail.com>

EARTHJUSTICE FOR THE RECORD
May 2018

http://action.earthjustice.org/site/R?i=JPWlO0E5YuTy3fO5CFc5RQ

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FROM THE FRONTLINES

These food additives cause cancer, yet the FDA refuses to ban them

If you eat a food that doesn't grow directly from the ground, it could
easily contain one of these potentially harmful flavorings. Read more:
http://action.earthjustice.org/site/R?i=OqxMfAYPNd-fs9sC7i4Bww

The first state-wide ban on a toxic nerve agent

Hawai'i is doing what Scott Pruitt's EPA won't: banning the toxic
pesticide chlorpyrifos. Read More:
http://action.earthjustice.org/site/R?i=CjPdxZNVc-FnfcNVqqmVFg

Power plant supporters hire paid actors and lock out local residents

At a city council hearing, actors were paid to speak in favor of a gas
plant while the people of New Orleans East were literally locked out.
Read more:
http://action.earthjustice.org/site/R?i=hrQqf4jNSTyYRoHqsb-ULA

Scott Pruitt's hazy plans to weaken car pollution standards

The embattled head of the EPA has signaled he will try to stop states
from leading efforts to clean up our air. Here's why his plan won't
work. Read more:
http://action.earthjustice.org/site/R?i=YtfZoR3FFo5dK4l6KdJZbw

Teen who grew up beside a coal ash pile would like a word with the EPA

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt wants to weaken a rule that protects
people like Mabette Colon from toxic coal waste. Read more:
http://action.earthjustice.org/site/R?i=7vHD86WyS89iE4pffrIh7A

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QUOTABLE

"Submitting comments during a comment period, is not just something
that makes you feel good or lets you take out your fury at this
administration, but it really is substantively important. It's what we
rely on later when we file our lawsuits."
-- Earthjustice Staff Attorney Eve Gartner on ways to speak out
against the Trump administration.
http://action.earthjustice.org/site/R?i=9z5RGyXy3iHmzT8Da1-Wjw

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HOW YOU CAN HELP

Stop Scott Pruitt's attack on science and our public health:
The Trump administration has proposed a rule that would upend the use
of science at the EPA and could gut air pollution standards, limits on
pesticides in food, protections from lead and more:

TAKE ACTION: http://action.earthjustice.org/site/R?i=tu9ASrSoN_EVrwybVZnY2g

Defend the Arctic Refuge from oil drilling:
In late April, the Trump administration began a process that would put
the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on the auction block for oil and
gas leasing, opening the door for the fossil fuel industry to turn
this iconic wilderness into an oilfield.

TAKE ACTION: http://action.earthjustice.org/site/R?i=ZywARu3icEV7DKQjBw9vMA


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