Beyond Pesticides has filed a lawsuit against Mott’s claiming false and misleading “natural” labels were used on its applesauce products. These products were found to have contained a toxic chemical, the neonicotinoid insecticide acetamiprid.
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Due to concern from its citizens, Huntington Beach is running a one-year pilot program with organic pesticides in its Central Park. Two other cities in the county have organic-first pesticide policies already in place.
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Legal documents seem to show that Monsanto hired Internet trolls to combat people warning of the dangers of glyphosate.
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A new report states that Canada has a problem with glyphosate as well, with approximately 30% of the food tested containing traces of this super-toxic chemical.
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Organic advocate Ivanka Trump preaches the healthy lifestyle but when it comes time to taking a stand against harmful chemicals, she stays completely silent. The Daily Beast calls her out on this and rightly so.
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Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post reported for the first time ever that neonicotinoid pesticides, which many people believe are responsible for Colony Collapse Disorder, were found in drinking water. A very troubling development.
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California has become the very first state in the country to declare that glyphosate, the primary ingredient in Monsanto’s RoundUp, causes cancer.
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Conservation, environmental and other consumer groups have filed a lawsuit against the EPA for approving Dow Chemical’s Enlist Duo, the toxic combination of glyphosate and 2,4-D.
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Not surprisingly, the USDA has caved under industry pressure and has decided not to test for glyphosate, the world’s most ubiquitous chemical, in the food supply.
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You may have noticed a rash of negative articles against organic lately. This is the pesticide industry’s annual attack against the Environmental Working Group’s release of The Dirty Dozen.
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In an incredibly important ruling, a California judge has just declared that the state can require companies to use a cancer warning label on products that contain glyphosate, the primary ingredient in Monsanto’s RoundUp.
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Scientists from the United Nations have just come out with a very critical report of pesticides, saying that they have “catastrophic impacts on the environment, human health and society as a whole” and that “it is time to create a global process to transition toward safer and healthier food and agricultural production.”
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The same people that are funding climate change deniers are also backing pro-GMO, pro-chemical apologists.
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Monsanto’s next-generation, super-toxic herbicide called Dicamba is causing many problems already. Farmers in 10 states are suing the company, alleging that it knew illegal spraying of Dicamba would be inevitable.
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Has the EPA been unfairly protecting Monsanto and hiding the truth about the cancer-causing effects of glyphosate? New court filings contain some bombshell information.
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Putting environmental regulations completely in the hands of individual states is one of the worst and scariest ideas you can imagine. Yet, this is exactly what four Republicans would like to do.
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In Venezuela, scientists have created an organic product which can clean up farms that have been contaminated by toxic pesticides. If it is, in fact, viable, this is something that should be used to convert conventional farms to organic.
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On Friday, a judge in California tentatively ruled that the state can require a cancer warning label on Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide. This is a massive blow to the company, and a final decision is expected soon from Fresno County Superior Court Judge Kristi Kapetan.
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Farmer and environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against the EPA for approving XtendiMax, also known as Dicamba. Dicamba is already linked to increased rates of cancer and birth defects, and has caused outrage across the country even among non-organic farmers.
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In what seems to be a growing pattern, Monsanto is sued for illegal herbicide use which caused serious crop damage. This time, the largest peach farmer in Missouri is taking the seed giant to court.
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An excellent recap of the extremely controversial hearings that took place last week in Washington, D.C., regarding the link between cancer and glyphosate, the most widely used herbicide in the world.
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Myron Ebell, Trump’s leader EPA advisor, doesn’t think pesticides are bad for you.
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In a new study, independent scientists have confirmed that glyphosate, the primary ingredient in Monsanto’s RoundUp, causes changes to DNA function. This is particularly troubling because it results in chronic disease.
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Given that the beekeepers lost an estimated 44% of their colonies last year, it is imperative that the EPA bans the pesticides that are killing them.
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