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The White House

MAHA Strategy Report Succumbs to the Pesticide Industry

According to Zen Honeycutt, founder of Moms Across America, “While the MAHA Commission Strategy Report does address a wide range of environmental factors that have never before been addressed by any other administration, we are deeply disappointed that the committee allowed the chemical companies to influence the report.” Among other things, it removed both glyphosate and atrazine, two extremely problematic chemicals that were targeted in the MAHA Assessment Report a few months ago but absent in this Strategy Report.

Beyond Pesticides

Pesticide Contamination of Waterway Impairs Development of Freshwater Fish

A study in Brazil found that pesticides compromise growth and swimming performance of fish, in addition to causing various metabolic and hematological disruptions.

Clean Label Project 100% of organic coffee samples tested positive for AMPA glyphosate

Study: 100% of Organic Coffee Tested Positive for AMPA

In an incredibly alarming study by the Clean Label Project, 100% of organic coffee samples tested positive for AMPA, a glyphosate byproduct.

Center for Food Safety

Center for Food Safety Files Motion for Summary Judgment in Challenge to EPA’s Approval of Toxic Enlist Herbicides

The EPA’s unlawful registration of 2,4-D and glyphosate products threatens farmers, public health and the environment.

NYT sewage sludge PFAS 3M warning EPA

The New York Times

EPA Proposal: Taxpayers, not Corporations, to Pay for “Forever Chemicals” Cleanup

“It’s outrageous,” said Tracey Woodruff, a researcher at the University of California San Francisco who studies environmental health, particularly the effects of chemical exposures on pregnant mothers and their babies. “If they overturn this, it would leave the public responsible for cleaning up, not the companies that knowingly polluted the land.”

Study Suggests Pesticides Pose Same Risk as Smoking in Cancer Development

A recent study published in the journal Frontiers in Cancer Control and Society said that herbicides are linked to cancer rates at levels similar to smoking.

Bhutan bans Glyphosate

In order to achieve its goal of becoming 100% organic, Bhutan has banned glyphosate throughout the whole country.

Vermont Rolls Out Neonicotinoid Ban

A phenomenal move by Vermont, but this could soon be nullified by federal laws.

Center for Food Safety

EPA announces Plan to Re-approve Dangerous Pesticide Dicamba

Despite the fact that dicamba drift has damaged millions of acres of soybeans and caused devastating damage to farms, home gardens, native plants and wildlife refuges throughout the Midwest and South, this chemical is set to be re-approved.

‘Cancer is Just Everywhere’: Could Farming be Behind Iowa’s Unfolding Health Crisis?

A new study investigates possible ties to pesticides, nitrates and other farm-related risks.

The European Commission wants an Analysis of Global Glyphosate Study

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.

Organic Insider

Global Study: Glyphosate Causes Multiple Cancers at Doses Previously Deemed “Safe”

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.

Beyond Pesticides

Pesticide Use on Golf Courses is Linked to Parkinson’s Disease

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.

The Wall Street Journal (paywall)

Trump Officials Balk at RFK Jr.’s Attack on Pesticides

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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In California’s Agriculture Heartland, the Watsonville Community Rallies Against Pesticides

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.

Beyond Pesticides

Pesticides Found in Marine Atmosphere Over Deep Atlantic Ocean, Documented for the First Time

The findings of this study build on existing research that pollution knows no borders or boundaries.

Syngenta Moving to Settle Thousands of Lawsuits Claiming Paraquat Causes Parkinson’s Disease

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.

Study: Exposure to Combination of Pesticides Increases Childhood Cancer Risk

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.

Des Moines Register

In Iowa, a Bill Shielding Pesticide Manufacturers from Cancer Lawsuits Advances in Senate

Similar bills in many states throughout the Midwest are advancing in legislatures.

US-Funded ‘Social Network’ Attacking Pesticide Critics Shuts Down after Guardian Investigation

It was also discovered that v-Fluence was funded by U.S. tax dollars via a 3rd party.

Two New Papers Reveal Startling Human Health Risks from Neonicotinoid Pesticides

Data obtained from the EPA show that there are significant health risks associated with neonicotinoid pesticides, particularly for children and pregnant women.

The Harvard Crimson

Pesticide Consumption May be Linked to Male Infertility, Harvard Study Suggests

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.

Glyphosate Levels Decline in Oats

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.

Why Farmers Use Harmful Insecticides They May Not Need

Neonicotinoids coat nearly all the corn and soybean seeds available for planting. Agrichemical companies have designed it that way.

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