I haven't confirmed this yet, but we've seen this happen time after time in a political debate where lobbying is a hot topic.
GOVERNMENT SLASHES PESTICIDE REPORTING LAWS
Bowing to pressure from Monsanto and the agro-toxics industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced May 21 that it plans to eliminate pesticide reporting at National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). The program has tracked national pesticide use and provided critical information for consumer groups, scientists, farmers and environmental groups monitoring pesticide use and hazards. NASS elimination of the Agricultural Chemical Use Database is a direct attack on consumers and farmworkers' Right to Know about pesticide residues and food safety. Pesticide reporting has become particularly important in the last ten years with Genetically Engineered crops requiring more and more pesticides.
On the flip side, California is actively looking out for us.
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL FILES PROP 65 SUIT AGAINST WHOLE FOODS, AVALON & OTHERS
T he Attorney General of California has filed a major lawsuit against body care household-cleaning product companies whose products recently tested highest for the carcinogenic contaminant 1,4-Dioxane. Under California's "Proposition 65" consumer products that contain toxic levels of 1,4 Dioxane must have warning labels stating they may cause cancer.