I wrote about a pretty awesome (though, disturbing) interactive factory farming map created by Food & Water Watch and New Signature back in December. The map “illustrates the geographic shift in where and how food is raised in the U.S. and allows anyone to quickly search for the highest concentration of animals by region, state and county.” A non-interactive version of it is above.
Petition to Ban Triclosan Getting Some Attention
While many have raised concerns to the EPA and FDA about triclosan, their concerns have primarily been ignored.