Last Friday, the EU approved a proposal to completely ban the outdoor use of three neonicotinoid pesticides, which studies have found are harmful to bees and other pollinators.
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Last Friday, the EU approved a proposal to completely ban the outdoor use of three neonicotinoid pesticides, which studies have found are harmful to bees and other pollinators.
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As discovered in a Freedom of Information Act request, FDA internal emails show that the agency knew common household foods were contaminated with the toxic weedkiller glyphosate, a chemical which the State of California says is known to cause cancer.
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U.S. Right to Know’s Gary Ruskin does a deep dive on Jon Entine, the Genetic Literacy Project and the propaganda machine of the ag-bio industry.
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Stonyfield has just launched a three-year, $500,000 initiative to eliminate the use of pesticides in fields and parks of 35 communities across the U.S.
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Germany is close to banning the use of the herbicide glyphosate in household gardens, parks and sports facilities, along with serious limits for its use in agriculture.
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Armed with more than $400M in funding, Boston-based Indigo is hoping that its microbes will reduce or even eliminate the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers, as well as GMOs.
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A new report published in Environmental Science and Pollution Research shows that only a very small number of corn acres actually need neonicotinoid treatments on seeds — the pesticide widely believed to be causing Colony Collapse Disorder.
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Australia has proposed mandatory fungicide treatment on a wide variety of vegetable seeds entering the country, saying the risk of pathogens from abroad has become too great to ignore.
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Another week, another glyphosate warning. This time, the toxic chemical is linked to shortened pregnancies in women.
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Data just released shows that the monarch butterfly count fell by nearly one-third from last year’s count, indicating ongoing risk of extinction for America’s most well-known butterfly. This is largely due to the widespread planting of GE-crops.
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A federal judge temporarily ruled that California cannot force Monsanto to put a warning label on its glyphosate products, but the chemical can still remain on the state’s cancer-causing list.
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With the State of California declaring that glyphosate causes cancer, don’t expect the pressure to let up on brands anytime soon. Companies would be well-served to get their supply chain tested as soon as possible.
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Furious about what the World Health Organization’s report on glyphosate could mean for Monsanto, Rep. Lamar Hunt has threatened to pull America’s funding to the organization.
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A federal lawsuit has been filed against the EPA and Monsanto over the approval of Monsanto’s XtendiMax weedkiller, which puts hundreds of endangered species at risk.
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Dr. Don Huber, Professor Emeritus of Plant Pathology at Purdue University and one of the leading experts in the world on glyphosate, discusses how this toxic chemical bioaccumulates in the brain, bone marrow and other organs, and how it wreaks havoc on human health.
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As fears about glyphosate continue to grow, more brands are seeking to reassure their customers by obtaining glyphosate-free certification.
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As part of its plan to form a new coalition within the German government, Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union of Germany has agreed to a complete ban of glyphosate, which would be a massive blow to the Monsanto-Bayer merger.
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The City of Portland, Maine has passed an ordinance that is one of the strongest pesticide use reduction policies in the country.
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The city of Carlsbad, California has adopted a policy that makes organic pesticides the preferred method for getting rid of weeds, bugs and rodents on city property and school athletic fields.
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The EPA is now considering approving the bee-killing pesticide thiamethoxam, which would be sprayed on 165 million acres of wheat, barley, corn, sorghum, alfalfa, rice and potatoes.
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Promoting its tea as “all natural”, Bigelow is now facing a class action lawsuit because the product contained cancer-causing glyphosate.
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Representing more than 50 California residents, lawsuits have just been filed against Monsanto, claiming that its Roundup herbicide caused them to develop non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
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Despite their well-publicized problems, Monsanto’s dicamba-resistant seeds are giving the company a much tighter grip over the seed supply — a very scary prospect.
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Going against what the State of California and the World Health Organization have said, the chemical-friendly EPA claims that glyphosate does not cause cancer.
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