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Posts Tagged ‘birth defects caused by pesticide’

EPA Recognizes Danger of Popular Agricultural Pesticide

EPA Recognizes Danger of Popular Agricultural Pesticide

In November 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency addressed the serious dangers of the substance chlorpyrifos, a neurotoxin and popular pesticide used extensively in the agricultural farming industry. The report contains evidence that the pesticide can cause intelligence deficits and attention, memory, and motor problems in children. The findings are less than surprising to many...

Why Isn’t This Life-Threatening Pesticide Banned on Farms?

Why Isn’t This Life-Threatening Pesticide Banned on Farms?

Parents who work as farmhands or pickers are often in nearby fields when pesticides like Roundup are sprayed. Farmworkers sometimes even eat fruits that have recently been sprayed. But there is a toxin in many pesticides, called glyphosate, that is linked by two international health organizations to cancer and childhood birth defects including missing or deformed limbs, and many other health...

The Terrifying Truth Behind the EPA’s Enlist Duo Decision

The Terrifying Truth Behind the EPA’s Enlist Duo Decision

A recent decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) threatens to put farmworkers and their families’ lives in grave danger. Despite ample evidence of clear and present danger, the EPA has approved expanding the use of a weedkiller containing chemicals known for causing birth defects and cancer. This weedkiller is known as Enlist Duo and is an herbicide used on genetically...

Silence Regarding Toxic Pesticides Is Concerning, But Not Surprising

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Silence Regarding Toxic Pesticides Is Concerning, But Not Surprising

First, the tobacco industry assured consumers that cigarettes were safe. Then, corporations were adamant about the “fact” that exposure to asbestos was a nonissue.  In both instances, the most common industry response to the scientific community’s concerns with the health risks posed by these products was the false claim that there simply was “not enough information” to conclude...

Can Toxic Exposure Cause Birth Defects?

Can Toxic Exposure Cause Birth Defects

Can Toxic Exposure Cause Birth Defects?

According to the Centers for Disease Control, one baby in 33 will suffer from a birth defect. Yet some are completely preventable. One of the primary causes for birth defects in the US? A parent’s exposure to toxic chemicals, often unwittingly at the workplace. Three industries commonly known for potential of toxic exposure are the agricultural industry due to pesticides, semiconductor...

Pesticide Linked to Birth Defects May Contaminate Crops

Pesticide Linked to Birth Defects May Contaminate Crops

Glyphosate is the most popular herbicide in the world. Yet in 2015, the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer warned that the substance is a likely carcinogen. The state of California agrees. And animal studies have linked the widely used weed killer to birth defects and reproductive problems. In addition, glyphosate harms cell DNA in human embryos, the...

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