The European Union’s executive arm proposed setting legally binding targets to reduce the use of chemical pesticides by 50% and a ban on all pesticide use in areas such public parks, playgrounds and schools.
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The European Union’s executive arm proposed setting legally binding targets to reduce the use of chemical pesticides by 50% and a ban on all pesticide use in areas such public parks, playgrounds and schools.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Bayer’s bid to dismiss legal claims by customers who contend its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer. as the German company seeks to avoid potentially billions of dollars in damages.
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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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In a major victory for health and environmental groups, a California court has ruled that a sweeping state pesticide spraying program is unlawful.
Read Article 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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Nearly 70% of non-organic produce tested had detectable pesticide residue, usually at levels that fell within the legal limits in the U.S.
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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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Even though dicamba has drifted rampantly to cause unprecedented levels of damage to neighbors’ crops and wild plants over the past five years, the EPA will not take appropriate action to stop this.
Read Article Disproving a previous assumption by EU authorities, a German study says that glyphosate and dozens of other pesticides are traveling through the air for miles into national parks and cities.
Read Article According to French researchers, tripling organic farms by 2030 costs less than subsidizing pesticides.
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U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) has reintroduced legislation to protect children and farmworkers by banning dangerous pesticides like paraquat, neonicotinoids and organophosphates.
Read Article 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.
Read Article A new study has created a concept called a Dietary Risk Index (DRI) and tells us that organic farming lowers dietary risks of exposure to pesticides.
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In a historic victory for farmers, the environment and public health, the EPA announced that it will be revoking all tolerances of chlorpyrifos, effectively banning all food uses of the toxic, brain-damaging pesticide in the U.S.
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An excellent piece about how toxic chemicals cannot compete against superweeds — which may ultimately force farmers to look toward more organic and regenerative practices.
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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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While glyphosate gets most of the headlines, the super-toxic dicamba is causing massive problems as well.
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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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Harmful PFAS chemicals are linked to cancer, birth defects, liver disease, plummeting sperm counts and a range of other serious health problems.
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A phenomenal piece of investigative journalism from The Intercept.
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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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Family-owned vineyards have reported losses of more than 90% since Bayer-Monsanto and BASF began selling their dicamba-based, genetically-modified seed system to cotton growers.
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