Healthy People
From the Frontlines…
 Friends
of the Earth Helps Missouri Farmers Block Biopharm Rice
Breakthroughs in 2005…
Blocked Biopharm Rice in Missouri - Working
with Missouri rice farmers, and Anheuser-Busch, Friends of
the Earth prevented the biotechnology company Ventria Bioscience
from planting 200 acres of an experimental rice crop engineered
to produce drugs.
 200
Companies Signed Compact for Safe Cosmetics - Friends
of the Earth and our partners in the Safe Cosmetics Campaign
have signed
200 companies onto our Compact for Safe Cosmetics. The companies,
which represent an estimated $4 billion in sales, have pledged
not to use chemicals that are known or strongly suspected
of causing cancer, mutation or birth defects in their products.
Friends of the Earth Activists Rallied for Peru
- Friends of the Earth's worldwide network of email activists,
sent thousands of messages to governments, corporations, private
banks and others pressing for the protection of the environment
and human rights. In one instance, a flood of messages helped
convince the Newmont Mining Corporation to stop moving forward
with mining plans over the objections of a local community
in Peru.
 Blocking
Toxic Shipments by Rail - Friends of the Earth, through
our D.C. Environmental Network, led a successful effort
to pass legislation banning rail shipments of toxic materials
through our nation’s capital.
Clean Air Victory - Bluewater Network won
a
legal victory for clean air when the Federal Court of
Appeals agreed that the Environmental Protection Agency failed
to set snowmobile emission standards that reduce pollution.
Cruise Ship Pollution Banned - Bluewater
Network crafted and helped pass three bills that will ban
dumping and pollution from cruise ships within three miles
of the California coast.
Cleaner Fuels for Cruise Ships - Bluewater
Network collaborated with the Port of San Francisco to acquire
a
$100,000 clean-fuels grant from the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency to encourage cruise ships to use low-sulfur
fuels while in San Francisco Bay, which will reduce harmful
air pollution while ships are idling at the dock.
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