WASHINGTON - February 4 - Food & Water Watch today released a new report that reveals that ocean desalination, an emerging technology often promoted by private corporations as a solution to drought and water shortages, creates a myriad of environmental and social problems.

WASHINGTON - January 29 - "Last night's announcement by the Food and Drug Administration that the recall of products from the Peanut Corporation of America plant in Blakely, Georgia had been expanded serves as further evidence of FDA's inability to protect consumers from unsafe food. 

WASHINGTON - January 12 - "The Bush administration has been working hard in its last weeks to roll back consumer protections, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's decision to finalize an inadequate rule for country-of-origin labeling is no exception. Today, USDA released its final rule for mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL) for meat, fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables, and several kinds of nuts, and it includes a massive loophole that will allow large quantities of food to go without labeling.