December 29, 2017 An end-goal of damage reduction leads the EPA and three major biotech firms to agree to stricter regulations for a...
Tag: pesticide exposure effects
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...
Why Isn’t This Life-Threatening Pesticide Banned on Farms?
March 17, 2017 Parents who work as farmhands or pickers are often in nearby fields when pesticides like Roundup are sprayed. Farmworkers sometimes...
Silence Regarding Toxic Pesticides Is Concerning, But Not Surprising
February 15, 2017 First, the tobacco industry assured consumers that cigarettes were safe. Then, corporations were adamant about the “fact” that exposure to...
Pesticide Linked to Birth Defects May Contaminate Crops
May 3, 2016 Glyphosate is the most popular herbicide in the world. Yet in 2015, the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research...
