Tag: cancer
New study finds correlation between specific pesticides and central nervous system...
"Policy interventions to reduce pesticide exposure in individuals residing near agricultural fields should be considered to protect the health of children."
BNL lawsuit and the impacts of national nuclear laboratory
Brookhaven National Laboratory “continues to show almost no regard for its neighbors…Is this any way for a government-funded agency to treat its neighbors?”
Bayer agrees to pay $10 billion to settle RoundUp cancer cases
Bayer will have to pay between "$8.8 billion to $9.6 billion to resolve current Roundup lawsuits."
EPA thumbs nose at court order, says farmers can still use...
The move by the EPA amounts to a generous gift to BASF, Bayer and Corteva Agrisciences whose dicamba herbicides were deemed by the court to have been approved by the EPA illegally.
Johnson & Johnson discontinues selling talc-based baby powder in US
J&J faces more than 14,000 cases accusing Johnson & Johnson’s talc-containing products of causing ovarian cancer or mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer caused by asbestos exposure.
‘Flying blind’: Scientists warn harmful biologic, health effects from 5G wireless...
Scientists and doctors are urging the governments to put "safety guidelines" in place to protect the health of the people, not the industry.
Critics: Trump EPA’s formal assertion glyphosate poses no risk to human...
"The EPA's pesticide office is clearly willing to bend over backwards, including disregarding its own guidelines for evaluating cancer risks, to give the industry what it wants."
Monsanto Roundup cancer trial postponed in St. Louis, Bayer stock climbs
Bayer's stock took a dive, losing billions of dollars in value, after the first jury verdict in August 2018, and share prices remain depressed.
Lawsuit accuses Monsanto of causing man’s cancer diagnosis
“Plaintiff’s injuries, like those striking thousands of similarly situated victims across the country, were foreseeable and avoidable.”
My breast cancer journey revealed the flaws of an unjust health...
Our ability to care for ourselves during a health crisis should not be dependent on generous employers or on our zip code.
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Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: A unifying Peoples Project
Ethiopians are faced with a choice: unite and prosper or withdraw into ethnic rivalries and fall into further conflict and discord.
Undercover investigations expose brutal wildlife killing contests
Welcome to the cruel world of wildlife killing contests, family events where children play amidst piles of slaughtered animals—and legal in 42 states.
Federal judges blocks Arkansas abortion ban
This law “is categorically unconstitutional, and plaintiffs have demonstrated that they are likely to succeed on the merits.”
Player or pawn? Luke Harding’s Russiagate ‘scoop’
The reporter’s involvement in the persecution of Assange alone would be enough to make people question his honesty.
How a powerful US lobby group helps big oil to block climate action
“I think it’s fair to say that API and its prominent member companies have a broadly shared goal, which is to keep the social license of the oil and gas industry operating, and therefore enabling them to continue to extract oil and gas for as long as possible, as profitably as possible.”