In a historic victory for farmworkers and the environment, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturned the EPA’s decision that the toxic pesticide glyphosate poses no cancer risks, sending the agency back to redo its environmental analysis.
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A new survey from One Degree Organic Foods reveals a significant gap in consumer education and awareness when it comes to the world’s most widely used pesticide.
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People whose diets consisted of 85% organic foods had lower levels of glyphosate in their urine.
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The world’s most used weedkiller, glyphosate, was discovered in a wide range of essential food products including bread, pulses and grains from top grocery stores such as Hy-Vee, Whole Foods Market, Amazon, Walmart and Target.
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It’s very reasonable to think that the number is the same in the U.S. — and particularly worrisome since glyphosate is known to “cause to cancer.”
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The EPA has finally acknowledged that the endocrine-disrupting pesticide atrazine and cancer-causing pesticide glyphosate are each likely to harm more than 1,000 of the nation’s most endangered plants and animals.
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Our government continues to put the interests of chemical companies ahead of the well-being of American citizens.
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In a victory for consumers, advocates, and the environment, Monsanto-Bayer today announced it will end the sales of its glyphosate-based herbicides — including its flagship product, Roundup — in the U.S. residential lawn and garden market in 2023.
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Responding to a complaint by the Environmental Working Group, the USDA confirmed that the Harris Teeter organic brand of chickpeas was, in fact, contaminated with the cancer-causing weedkiller.
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A Mexican federal judge ruled against a request by the National Farm Council to freeze a government plan to ban GMO corn and the widely used herbicide glyphosate by 2024.
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In banning glyphosate, Mexico has embraced the precautionary principle and the growing body of scientific research showing the dangers of the chemical.
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Fortunately, these efforts do not seem to be working.
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Bravo to Gov. Andrew Cuomo for signing a bill to ban the use of the cancer-causing weedkiller on all state property.
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After efforts to ban the weedkiller failed, the country will now give financial aid to farmers who agree to stop using the super-toxic herbicide.
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Because of the presence of glyphosate and diquat, the California Department of Food and Agriculture recently issued a statewide quarantine for the organic fertilizer product Agro Gold WS.
Read Article In Australia, ecologists and environmentalists are shockingly defending the cancer-causing weedkiller.
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New restrictions are part of a push by the French government to phase out the cancer-causing weedkiller by 2021.
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According to a new poll from One Degree Organic Foods, the majority of the population doesn’t know what this cancer-causing chemical is, particularly alarming since it is allowed to be sprayed on the conventional food supply.
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A federal lawsuit was filed on behalf of the National Black Farmers Association calling for the removal of Monsanto’s popular weedkiller Roundup from the market.
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A new peer-reviewed study showed that switching to an organic diet decreased levels of glyphosate by 70% in just six days.
Read Article Mexico has created a roadmap for the gradual reduction of the use of toxic herbicide until it reaches a total ban in 2024.
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Independent laboratory tests commissioned by the Environmental Working Group found glyphosate in more than 80% of non-organic hummus and chickpea samples.
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The German drugs and pesticides maker has come to terms with about 75% of the 125,000 filed and unfiled claims overall.
Read Article A big setback for consumer transparency.
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