Monsanto wins $7.7b lawsuit in Brazil – but farmers’ fight to stop its ‘amoral’...
Monsanto has long had the upper hand over the farmers who use its products. But the momentum may be shifting.
‘A vaccine for the world’: U.S. scientists develop low-cost shot to inoculate global south
"We make vaccines for diseases that the pharma companies won’t make."
Clinton and Sanders Profess Outrage Over Flint’s Water Crisis
The Governor of Michigan is under fire from the Democratic presidential candidates after his lack of response to the water crisis in Flint that has made hundreds of people sick.
Bernie Sanders Questions Staggering Price of Cancer Drug
“Members of Congress can no longer allow the drug companies to charge our people the highest prices in the world. We have to make a stand.”
Nearly 18 million US adults couldn’t afford a prescription medication this year: Study
The finding came as the Biden administration unveiled its plan to allow the government to negotiate drug prices directly with Big Pharma.
‘Narratives of delay’: How the animal pharma industry resists moves to curb the overuse...
A DeSmog review of hundreds of documents identifies eight arguments fielded by the industrial farming lobby to allay concerns over livestock drugs.
National Liberal Groups to Push ‘Record’ Number of 2016 Ballot Measures
This year, national liberal groups are pushing ballot measures to tackle issues, such as gun control, marijuana legalization and increasing the minimum wage, that prove popular in polls but that politicians have generally avoided.
German Environment Agency Finds Increase of Glyphosate in Urine Since 2001
In 2001 glyphosate was detected in the urine of only 10% of the participants, in 2013 it was present in just under 60% of the test group, and most recently in 2015, it was 40%.
Major new study shows pesticide risk to honey bees
Scientists are calling for a complete ban on neonics, but will governments listen?
Toxic metals contaminate all baby foods tested: New government report
"The FDA must set standards and regulate this industry much more closely, starting now.”