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UPDATE: Congressional subcommittee: EPA must cancel popular Seresto collar over link to pet deaths

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest | June 15, 2022

In a 22-page report that heavily cites reporting and documents published by Investigate Midwest and USA TODAY, as well as never-before-released information, the subcommittee reveals new details about how Seresto “may be the most dangerous flea and tick product on the market” and that the EPA knew it.

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Opinion: Big Meat hoping Supreme Court Hail-Mary comes up roses
By Dave Dickey, Commentator | June 23, 2022
Desperate times often require desperate measures. That's the position Big-Meat finds itself in – desperately trying to kill California's Proposition 12Proposition 12. See here, here, here and here. Proposition 12 was approved by California voters in 2018. Among its stipulations a requirement that pork sold in the state comes from breeding pigs are given at […]
National

TOP TAKEAWAYS: Here are 5 important things to know from the new congressional investigation into Seresto collars
By Midwest Center Staff | June 16, 2022
Read the top takeaways from the House Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy's 16-month investigation.
IowaWatch

GRAPHIC: USDA reports over 13 million birds affected by bird flu in Iowa
By Aruni Soni, Investigate Midwest | June 16, 2022
Overall in the U.S., 40 million birds have been affected.
Opinion

Opinion: U.S. Supreme Court needs to tread carefully on glyphosate challenge
By Dave Dickey, Commentator | June 13, 2022
U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar has dropped the hammer on Bayer AG's attempt before the U.S. Supreme Court to end Roundup weedkiller litigation concerning the EPA approved active chemical glyphosate, recommending the court not take up Bayer's challenge.
IowaWatch

Few Iowa colleges have Native land acknowledgments
By Olivia Allen, for Investigate Midwest | June 9, 2022
Native students say colleges and universities publicly acknowledging their land used to belong to Natives can bridge cultural gaps.
Graphic of the Week

GRAPHIC: Public funding of agriculture R&D has dropped precipitously since early 2000s
By Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest | June 9, 2022
America has fallen behind other countries, particularly China, in publicly funding agriculture research and development.
meatpacking

OSHA cites Seaboard Foods pork plant for failing to document worker injuries and illnesses
By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest | June 8, 2022
In May, the agency forced Seaboard Foods to make changes to its Guymon, Oklahoma, facility to better protect workers.
COVID-19 and Meatpacking

OSHA requires JBS to implement disease preparedness measures at seven plants
By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest | June 2, 2022
A team of third-party experts will help reduce employee coronavirus exposure and prepare for potential future outbreaks.
IowaWatch

‘Where is she?’: Iowa’s Indigenous communities grapple with crisis of missing and murdered women
By Amelia Schafer, for Investigate Midwest | May 26, 2022
A missing tribal member can be like a "dark cloud looming" over small Native communities, a tribal police commissioner said.
Graphic of the Week

GRAPHIC: Soil management accounts for half of all agricultural greenhouse gas emissions
By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest | May 25, 2022
Agriculture accounts for 11% of the country’s greenhouse gasses, according to Congressional researchers.
Opinion

Opinion: Proposed FDA water safety rule comes up short?
By Dave Dickey, Commentator, Investigate Midwest | May 25, 2022
It's been more than a decade in the making, but sometime, perhaps later this year, the Food and Drug Administration will issue what it hopes will be a final national produce water safety standard that effectively keeps manure and other sources of pathogens out of water that grows our fresh produce. And it likely will be an utter failure.
Elanco

EPA watchdog launches probe into incidents linked to popular Seresto pet collar
By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest | May 19, 2022
The EPA's Office of Inspector General will examine whether the collars can be used without posing health risks to humans.
National

In rare case, a large meatpacking plant is being forced to address workers’ repetitive motion injuries
By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest | May 19, 2022
Repetitive motion injuries are common among meatpacking workers, but citations are rare, especially over the past several years.
Opinion

Opinion: Drones are making Big Meat sweat
By Dave Dickey, Commentator, Investigate Midwest | May 18, 2022
Too often Big Meat finds itself on the losing end of lawsuits ranging from price fixing to worker safety to treatment and welfare of animals and more. The list of wrongdoing is seemingly endless. If any industry needs to be watched like a hawk, it's Big Meat.
COVID-19 and Meatpacking

‘Toe tag resolutions’: Read key takeaways from the new Congressional report on meatpacking’s COVID-19 crisis
By Investigate Midwest | May 17, 2022
Here are some of the important emails to know that Congress obtained during its new investigation into the meatpacking industry.