A coalition of consumer, public health, sustainable agriculture and conservation organizations represented by Center for Food Safety filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court case Monsanto v. Durnell explaining why state efforts to warn the public about pesticides’ health hazards must not be eliminated.
Read ArticleFarmers and conservation groups filed a lawsuit challenging the EPA’s reapproval of the dangerous, drift-prone pesticide dicamba sprayed on genetically-engineered cotton and soybeans.
Read ArticleThe EPA’s approval of 2,4-D and glyphosate mixture are finally undone following a decade-long campaign and Center for Food Safety litigation.
Read ArticleThe reapproval comes despite federal court decisions in 2020 and 2024, striking down the agency’s previous approvals of the weedkiller as unlawful.
Read ArticleThe insecticide was approved for use on golf courses, lawns and a host of food crops, including apples, oranges, lettuce, spinach and tomatoes.
Read ArticleThe EPA, again, fails to follow its own cancer assessment guidelines and ignores health risks from cyclobutrifluram.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s updated findings fly in the face of previous EPA assessment, which found the pesticide likely to harm more than 1,000 imperiled species.
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As the Iowa skipper nears extinction, this legal action is a necessary pushback against a pesticide-driven model that treats pollinators as collateral damage.
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The EPA’s unlawful registration of 2,4-D and glyphosate products threatens farmers, public health and the environment.
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Despite the fact that dicamba drift has damaged millions of acres of soybeans and caused devastating damage to farms, home gardens, native plants and wildlife refuges throughout the Midwest and South, this chemical is set to be re-approved.
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PFAS in sewage sludge applied to farmland can cause cancer and other diseases in people who (1) live near farm fields where the sludge is applied or (2) consume tainted milk, beef or other foods from these farms.
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A group of non-profits, including Center for Food Safety and Earthjustice, has sued the FDA because the agency has refused advocates’ calls to update the safety assessments — which are at least forty years old.
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As a result of over two decades of legal actions, consumer activism and pressure placed on retailers, AquaBounty has announced that it is stopping production of all genetically-engineered salmon and will close its last remaining facility on Prince Edward Island, Canada.
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In a big victory for food and environmental safety, the court overturned the 2020 rule overhaul by the first Trump administration that had eliminated most government oversight over GE crops, trees and grasses.
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The EPA is set to reapprove several neonicotinoid pesticides now in use across hundreds of millions of acres despite evidence from rodent studies of their potential harms to human brain development.
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A federal judge ruled against a legal challenge to organic “grower group” certification, saying that the plaintiff did not have standing to claim economic injury.
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The complaint alleges that the EPA is unlawfully withholding public records on pesticide decision-making.
Read Article The Center for Biological Diversity, along with Center for Food Safety and Pesticide Action Network North America, sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to adequately protect more than 1,500 species of wildlife and plants from the insecticide malathion.
Read Article Center for Food Safety submitted a groundbreaking petition to the EPA, urging immediate action to address the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) substances in pesticides and pesticide containers.
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With no new dicamba approved for the 2024 season, dicamba use on GE soybeans and cotton may well remain prohibited for the 2025 crop season as well.
Read Article A sweeping victory for family farmers and dozens of endangered plants and animals.
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Glyphosate’s registration is illegal, says the petition filed by Center for Food Safety.
Read Article A complete travesty. The EPA continues to ignore the real world danger of whole pesticide formulations, putting chemical companies (again) ahead of consumers.
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On Friday, Center for Food Safety and 12 groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over the its failure to regulate factory farm pollution under the Clean Water Act.
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