A new study investigates possible ties to pesticides, nitrates and other farm-related risks.
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A new study investigates possible ties to pesticides, nitrates and other farm-related risks.
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HUGE news! The European Commission has now officially requested that the European Food Safety Authority and the European Chemicals Agency analyze the shocking results of the Global Glyphosate Study, which showed that glyphosate alone and glyphosate-based herbicides cause cancer.
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A 2-year, multi-institutional and global research study reported that rats exposed to glyphosate doses that have been deemed “safe” by regulators for the human population, including children and pregnant women, were found to have caused 6 of the top 10 most common cancers in the world.
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A medical study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that living within 1 mile of a golf course was associated with 126% increased odds of developing Parkinson’s disease, compared with individuals living more than 6 miles away from a golf course.
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Pushback in the Trump administration, as to whether pesticides will be blamed for America’s health woes in the upcoming MAHA Assessment Report, to be released on May 22nd.
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Community members in Watsonville and across Santa Cruz County are raising their voices, calling for change in how pesticides are used near homes and schools. American labor leader Dolores Huerta is joining the fight.
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The findings of this study build on existing research that pollution knows no borders or boundaries.
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Internal Syngenta documents, revealed by The New Lede, show that the company was aware of scientific evidence many years ago indicating that paraquat could impact the brain in ways that cause Parkinson’s, and that it secretly sought to influence scientific research to counter the evidence of harm.
Read Article Exposure to multiple pesticides significantly increases the risk of childhood cancers compared with exposures to just one pesticide, first-of-its-kind research finds, raising new fears that children are more at risk to the substances’ harmful effects than previously thought.
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Similar bills in many states throughout the Midwest are advancing in legislatures.
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It was also discovered that v-Fluence was funded by U.S. tax dollars via a 3rd party.
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Data obtained from the EPA show that there are significant health risks associated with neonicotinoid pesticides, particularly for children and pregnant women.
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The study, which was conducted on 240 heterosexual couples taking part in in vitro fertilization treatments, revealed an association between lower fertilization rates and couples where the male partner consumed a high amount of fruits and vegetables with high pesticide residues.
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After years of being detected at alarming levels, the herbicide glyphosate is being found at lower levels, on average, in cereal and other oat-based products, according to tests by the Environmental Working Group.
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Neonicotinoids coat nearly all the corn and soybean seeds available for planting. Agrichemical companies have designed it that way.
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The EPA is set to reapprove several neonicotinoid pesticides now in use across hundreds of millions of acres despite evidence from rodent studies of their potential harms to human brain development.
Read Article The Center for Biological Diversity, along with Center for Food Safety and Pesticide Action Network North America, sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to adequately protect more than 1,500 species of wildlife and plants from the insecticide malathion.
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A new scientific report lends weight to consumer concerns about pesticide residues on food, presenting fresh evidence that washing fruit before eating does not remove various toxic chemicals commonly used in agriculture.
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The use of glyphosate is now banned in public parks and gardens, sports and recreation grounds, school and children’s playgrounds, as well as near health and educational facilities.
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The herbicide, used widely on crops including broccoli and onions, can cause low birth weight and impaired brain development, regulators said.
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The watchdog group said perchlorate was detected in measurable levels in two-thirds of nearly 200 samples.
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Many programs meant to help farmers address climate change are now owned by companies that sell chemicals, which could boost practices that depend on pesticides — rather than those that reduce their use.
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Just like food, personal care products are contaminated with heavy metals — even the organic ones.
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Republicans have repeatedly pushed a provision — drafted with Bayer’s help — that critics say would undo some nationwide pesticide protections.
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