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“Americans have a right to know what the best science tells us about the chemicals they encounter in their food, workplaces, and environment. We will ask the hard questions, demand sound science, and follow the evidence wherever it leads.” — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in a news release announcing a collaboration with federal agencies to research human health risks associated with glyphosate, a widely used weedkiller.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services plans to collaborate on research with other federal agencies as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency evaluates the human health risks of the widely used pesticide glyphosate, used in products like Roundup. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services plans to collaborate on research with other federal agencies as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency evaluates the human health risks of the widely used pesticide glyphosate.
The recently announced memorandum of understanding between the two departments comes as EPA is conducting a registration review for the pesticide component and as the U.S. Supreme Court recently sided with the manufacturer of Roundup, a glyphosate-based pesticide, in lawsuits alleging the product needed a cancer warning label.
The courtyard at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown. (Photo and logo courtesy of the State of Iowa)
A pharmacist fired from the state-run Iowa Veterans Home is now suing the state, alleging discrimination based on age, gender and disability.
The lawsuit seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages for alleged violations of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act and the state and federal civil rights acts, as well as alleged retaliation and defamation.
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird said Thursday that recommendations about increased staffing and funding for existing Medicaid fraud elimination efforts will come at later meetings of the state Medicaid Fraud Elimination Task Force.
A former Tama County official, fired amid allegations of misusing county funds, is now suing the county’s board of supervisors for libel and defamation.
Another Iowa lawsuit has been filed based on claims of illegal wagering on people’s life expectancy through insurance policies.
This fall, voters in at least nine states, including Iowa, will decide whether to cut, cap or raise taxes through ballot measures that will give them a direct hand in steering state tax policy in a conservative or progressive direction, Stateline reports.
Despite skyrocketing fuel prices and sinking approval ratings for President Donald Trump’s conflict in Iran ahead of the November midterms, Senate Republicans blocked Democrats’ efforts Thursday to check the president’s unfettered military action in the Middle East.
The Trump administration Thursday made an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to allow for rapid third-country deportations of noncitizens to continue, after an appeals court blocked the policy last week.
U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Kelly early Thursday issued an order that temporarily blocks President Donald Trump’s ban of three news organizations from the White House.
Government investigators Thursday released a report that found the Department of Homeland Security wasted more than $20 million in federal funding in its rapid expansion of immigration detention, including warehouse purchases strongly opposed in numerous U.S. communities.
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