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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