November 9, 2021 The science over the last decade from the likes of the World Health Organization shows that herbicides with glyphosate—the active...
Tag: exposure to pesticides
Neonicotinoid Pesticides: Are People at Risk?
July 24, 2018 The EU banned these chemicals because of their danger to honeybees, but they are believed to be harmful to humans—and...
Update: Hawaii First to Ban Dangerous Pesticide
July 12, 2018 Chlorpyrifos causes brain damage in developing fetuses, but this state took a bold stance against it. On June 13, 2018,...
Pesticides, Pregnancy, and Poor Outcomes
February 15, 2018 Study shows direct connection between pesticide exposure and poor outcomes including difficult pregnancy and birth defects. According to a recent...
New Agreement Yields New Regs for Weed Killer Dicamba
December 29, 2017 An end-goal of damage reduction leads the EPA and three major biotech firms to agree to stricter regulations for a...
Dicamba: The Weedkiller Setting Farming Relationships Adrift
November 20, 2017 The state of Arkansas is working to ban the use of a weedkiller called dicamba. Dicamba is sprayed on soybeans...
The Great Smog of Donora – The Beginning of Clean Air
October 27, 2017 The 20 Dead and Thousands Left Sick by the 1948 Great Smog of Donora were the Spark to Ignite the...
Sketchy Meeting Prior to Approval of a Dangerous Pesticide
September 28, 2017 The Released Schedule of Scott Pruitt, Head of the EPA, Shows he met with the CEO of Dow Prior to...
EPA Recognizes Danger of Popular Agricultural Pesticide
April 13, 2017 In November 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency addressed the serious dangers of the substance chlorpyrifos, a neurotoxin and popular pesticide...
