January 6, 2026 People are exposed to low levels of pesticides every day in a variety of places, from home to work to...
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Could an Atrazine Ban Prevent Birth Defects Due to Pesticides?
November 20, 2025 The active ingredient in Roundup, glyphosate, grabs all the headlines. It’s one of the most recognized and most litigated agricultural...
Are Herbicides with Glyphosate Threatening the Food Supply?
September 16, 2025 Glyphosate herbicides like Monsanto’s Roundup are extensively used in both industrial agriculture and in consumer households. The widespread adoption of...
Are Pesticides Causing New Brunswick’s Mysterious Illnesses?
April 16, 2025 Hundreds of people in New Brunswick, Canada – many of them children – have experienced alarming neurological symptoms like memory...
Maui fire survivors face long-term toxic exposure threat
January 7, 2025 Hawai’i residents have for generations endured serious health risks from exposure to arsenic and other toxic chemicals used in herbicides...
Pattern of Denial: Corporations Hide Pesticide, Consumer Product Risks
May 7, 2024 From pesticides to consumer products, manufacturers are known to go to great lengths to limit and control what the public...
Pesticides Linked to Climate Change, Despite Declining Efficacy
July 26, 2023 Pesticides are a key contributor to climate change – posing risks to the environment, public health, and food security –...
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...
Real Scares – The Shock of Getting Illness on the Job
October 31, 2016 Put all the creatures of the night together, and they still couldn’t be as terrifying as learning that someone in...
