Environmental Working Group, along with several organic brands, including Nature’s Path, Stonyfield Farm, MOM’s Organic Market, One Degree Organic Foods, and Happy Family Organics, has petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to sharply limit glyphosate residues allowed on oats and to prohibit the pesticide’s use as a pre-harvest drying agent.
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As glyphosate increasingly becomes a fixture in the daily news and awareness among consumers grows, contamination of this chemical in organic foods is an issue that some brands are proactively addressing.
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When the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified glyphosate as a probable human carcinogen in 2015, U.S. politicians threatened to cut off funding for the agency. However, their recent attempts of doing so just failed.
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The Organic Center just came out with a study that looks at the hazards of toxic synthetic pesticides to farmers and how organic farming methods can reduce the health risks to these workers.
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Tucked away in the massive farm bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives is language that would block local governments from adopting their own pesticide regulations, such as the prohibition of glyphosate being sprayed on parks and schoolyards.
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With California’s landmark court case ruling that Monsanto’s Roundup was responsible for a groundskeeper’s cancer, the number of lawsuits against the company has grown to more than 8,000.
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Important read. With the support of Big Ag, the Trump administration is trying to curb the use of human health studies in the regulation of toxic pesticides.
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Even though glyphosate is currently grabbing all of the headlines, dicamba – the super-toxic chemical sold by Monsanto and BASF – is causing a tremendous amount of problems.
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Bees, a key player in California’s $7.6 billion almond industry, are dying at a rapid rate — and, not surprisingly, many people are blaming pesticides for this.
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Fortunately, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is looking out for the health of U.S. citizens — unlike the EPA.
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The Pesticide Action Network takes a shocking look at our growing use of agricultural pesticides.
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The war against organic may be nowhere greater than in Brazil, where lawmakers want to eliminate organic fruits and vegetables in major supermarkets, favoring pesticide-laden produce. It is beyond shocking.
The pesticide industry has wanted to kill ‘endangered species’ protections, and President Trump is fulfilling their wish.
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A new report from the National Academies of Sciences discusses new technologies that better assess the dangers of chemicals and chemical mixtures. But will it ever get put to use and change policy?
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At the Organic Produce Summit, it was predicted that shoppers will soon be asking about glyphosate testing and the health of the soil when making purchasing decisions.
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In a very important ruling, a judge decided that 400 lawsuits which claim that glyphosate – the primary ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup – caused cancer can now go to trial.
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With organic grains having suffered glyphosate contamination, the case is being made that current methods to separate organic and conventional farming are not working.
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An encouraging and excellent piece in the NYT about how agroecology is gaining momentum around the globe, much to the chagrin of the major chemical companies.
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In a rebuke to EPA head Scott Pruitt, Hawaii has become the first state in the nation to ban chlorpyrifos, a neurotoxic pesticide that has been shown to harm children and has been found in food, air and drinking water.
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Barely alive, David Johnson is the first of 800 victims to sue Monsanto for causing him cancer.
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A fascinating and very important study is being conducted on glyphosate levels detected on tree bark.
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As part of the U.S. National Toxicology Program’s first-ever examination of formulations made with glyphosate, new tests have shown that popular weedkiller products, such as Monsanto’s RoundUp, are more toxic to human cells than their active ingredients.
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Hawaii became the first state in the U.S. to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos, a highly toxic neurotoxin that causes significant damage to brain development in children.
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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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