Tag: pesticides
Decades of research link pesticide use around homes, farms to childhood...
A new comprehensive meta-analysis published last month in the International Journal of Cancer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln analyzed findings from 88 epidemiological studies spanning more than 40 years.
Agriculture’s toll: Bird populations shrinking faster than ever in North America
A study reveals that the pace of loss has quickened significantly over the last three decades, particularly in regions dominated by intensive agriculture.
Clean Fifteen’ 2026: The least contaminated fruits and vegetables
For these items, nearly 60 percent of samples had no detectable pesticide residues, making them safer options to buy non-organic.
A growing presence of ‘forever chemicals’ in California produce, new study
According to Environmental Working Group, 37 percent of California-grown produce samples contained at least one of 17 different PFAS pesticide residues.
Pesticides cause 2024 mass die-off of Western monarch butterflies, new study...
The study was a result of researchers discovering the mass die-off of hundreds of monarch butterflies near the Pacific Grove Monarch Sanctuary in California, where the butterflies overwinter.
Mass die-off of Western Monarch butterflies linked to pesticides, study finds
Western monarch butterflies overwinter along the Pacific coast, but they are vulnerable to pesticide residue and drift from nearby farms and urban areas.
Common weedkiller ingredient diquat linked to organ damage and gut harm...
New research shows diquat, used in place of glyphosate, is more toxic and banned abroad but widely sprayed in US agriculture.
MAHA report emphasizes environmental exposure to chemicals damaging health of Americans
The report, which supported independent gold standard science, strongly linked toxic chemicals to “the chronic disease crisis facing America’s children.”
Children more at risk of cancers with exposure to multiple pesticides,...
The first-of-its-kind research studied the link between multiple widely used pesticides and common childhood cancers compared to previous research, which looked at exposure to one pesticide.
California pesticide regulators links herbicide paraquat to risks to wildlife, human...
Paraquat, which has been linked to a range of diseases, is banned in more than 70 countries.
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Mississippi pension fund sues Apollo Global Management over downplayed Epstein ties
The fund manages retirement savings for hundreds of thousands of Mississippi teachers, police officers and other public workers, and a shareholder case like it can force a company to hand over internal records.
Watchdog reporting examines a pension officer’s fossil fuel trades and a fire truck monopoly
The Lever's latest investigations trace a California retirement chief's oil and gas stock trading and a spreading set of antitrust suits over who builds America's fire engines.
The Movement Against Big Tech’s Flock Cameras Transcends Partisanship—and It’s Winning
Much like the resistance to AI data centers, the opposition to Flock surveillance cameras has brought the left and the right together against billionaires who are trying to force America into becoming even more of a police state.
ProPublica journalists strike over AI policy, exposing labor fault lines inside investigative media
The NewsGuild says two years of bargaining stalled over job security and artificial intelligence, and the union has taken its case to federal labor regulators.
Del Monte Bankruptcy to destroy 420,000 Peach Trees in California
A steady decline in demand for canned products as consumers shift toward fresh produce and several other factors led to this collapse.