The Detox Project’s Glyphosate Residue Free certification for food and supplement products is growing fast in the U.S. and Canadian markets, and has now received international support from SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company.
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The day after last week’s Organic Insider story on dicamba, the Center for Food Safety formally asked the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the EPA in contempt for refusing to abide by a federal court order for suspending use of the pesticide.
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The move by California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation is an unprecedented positive step toward protecting children and adults from pesticide drift in their homes.
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The EPA has proposed dropping a rule requiring safety zones when spraying pesticides, just as farmworkers are deemed ‘essential’ during the pandemic.
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The ninth circuit court of appeals is being asked to overturn the EPA’s approval of a Monsanto herbicide that is allegedly a threat to farm crops across the U.S.
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The EPA just announced that soybean farmers in 25 states are now able to spray a pesticide that the agency has determined is likely to cause cancer and can drift hundreds of feet from where it is applied.
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Table grapes and peppers were among products that most often exceeded residue limits in random testing.
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Internal documents describe how to profit from farmer losses and the desire to oppose some independent testing.
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Ignoring science to side with Monsanto/Bayer, the EPA has repeatedly failed to assess glyphosate’s impacts on public health and endangered species.
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A visual look at which countries have it the worst, as experts call for a worldwide phaseout of this toxic herbicide.
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The EWG report also found that 99% of non-organic raisins are tainted with at least two chemicals.
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Monsanto secretly funded academic studies indicating “very severe impacts” on farming and the environment if its controversial glyphosate weedkiller were banned, an investigation has found.
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These ‘forever’ chemicals are making their way into everything. A very disturbing development.
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A few of the concerns at Biofach in Germany were cross-contamination and inadvertent drift of glyphosate.
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A massive victory for farmers and this verdict could be just the tip of the iceberg.
Read Article This announcement comes after the Trump administration reversed plans to ban chlorpyrifos and rejected scientific conclusions of experts.
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Ignoring science, the EPA repeatedly fails to assess glyphosate’s impacts on human health and endangered species.
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In another blow to the chemical industry, U.S. cereal giant Kellogg has set a goal of phasing out the controversial weedkiller glyphosate from its supply chain by 2025.
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PFAS (the ‘forever chemical’) is showing up in water supplies nationwide, and many communities are left to fight against the toxins themselves.
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Reports are surfacing any settlement may be in the $8 billion to $12 billion range.
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The EU has decided to ban thiacloprid, but this chemical remains fully legal in the U.S.
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The swamp remains very full — a former lobbyist for the herbicide industry helped Dow as it sought approval of its seeds in China.
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The Intercept investigates how the pesticide industry attempts to influence academics, regulators and beekeepers, all as a way to divert their attention away from the potential harm of these chemicals.
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