The State Of The Nation
US to start testing organic products for pesticides
They have discovered gaps in regulation. Imagine that. Business was allowed to do whatever they wanted during the shrub years. Self-regulation and all that horseshit failed yet another industry. Spot testing is required by a 1990 law that established the basis for national organic standards, but in a report released on Thursday by the office of Phyllis K. Fong, the inspector general of agriculture, investigators wrote that regulators never made sure the testing was being carried out.
The report pointed to numerous shortcomings at the agriculture department’s National Organic Program, which regulates the industry, including poor oversight of some organic operations overseas and a lack of urgency in cracking down on marketers of bogus organic products.
The audit did not name growers or processors that marketed products falsely labeled organic or say where any such products had been sold.
Arrest made in Walmart case
A 16-year-old customer is charged with making a racially intimidating comment over an intercom.
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Burglar uses MySpace to capture himself
Just going to show that thieves aren't the brightest people in the world, a burglar in Kenniwick, WA, logged into his MySpace account at a store computer at Bella Office Furniture.
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