Organic Insider Article Archive

The use of glyphosate is now banned in public parks and gardens, sports and recreation grounds, school and children’s playgrounds, as well as near health and educational facilities.

A tiny victory amid a big loss.

PAN Europe’s new report shows that much safer non-chemical alternatives exist for all known major uses of glyphosate-based herbicides and how the transition to glyphosate-free agriculture is economically feasible.

In a massive blow to agrichemical lobbyists, the Indian government has restricted the use of glyphosate-based herbicides due to the risks to human and animal health.

During his first speech at the U.N. General Assembly as the new President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro slammed the use of “poisons such as glyphosate” that have been used in aerial spraying campaigns to kill coca crops.

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.”

Our government continues to put the interests of chemical companies ahead of the well-being of American citizens.

Bravo to Gov. Andrew Cuomo for signing a bill to ban the use of the cancer-causing weedkiller on all state property.

Experts are growing increasingly concerned about what this chemical is doing to the soil’s microbiome and how glyphosate poses a real threat to long-term food security.