Tag: pesticides
EPA chief met with Dow Chemical CEO before deciding not to...
This is just the latest in a long list of examples of the Trump administration working with corporate polluters before reversing public safeguards
12 farmworkers poisoned by toxic pesticide only one month after EPA...
Chlorpyrifos originates from a nerve gas developed by Nazi Germany.
Dow Chemical pushes Trump administration to scrap pesticide study
Dow donated $1 million to the presidential inauguration and the company's CEO, Liveris, leads Trump's advisory council on manufacturing.
Tribunal judges: Monsanto violates basic human rights to a healthy environment
Companies that cause damage to health, food and healthy environment should and will be held accountable for their actions.
GMO crops, bee-killing insecticides to be banned on Boulder County-owned land
“Let’s acknowledge: This is not an easy issue; it‘s not a simple one.”
Shell, Dow hid cancer-causing chemical in pesticides, contaminating drinking water for...
“Shell and Dow put greed for profits ahead of the health of the people who bought and used their products.”
Popular farm pesticide found in drinking water
Though the study was exclusive to Iowa, it could have far-reaching effects on the entire U.S.
Pesticides cause ‘catastrophic’ harm to people and planet, UN report says
“The overuse of pesticides has crippled agricultural ecosystems by helping to spur pest infestations.”
Missouri’s largest peach farmer sues Monsanto for losses from illegal herbicide...
"We can't spray our way out of this problem. We need to get off the pesticide treadmill."
Court fails to protect bees from toxic pesticides
"The broader implications of this decision drive the nails in the bee industry's coffin."
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