Tag: pesticides

Scientific scrutiny of pesticide residue in food grows – regulatory protections are being questioned.

"Simply adding more use restrictions to an uncontrollable pesticide that already comes with 39 pages of instructions and limitations reflects a broken process."

"Although our findings need to be confirmed, promoting organic food consumption in the general population could be a promising preventive strategy against cancer." 

"We need better guidelines for glyphosate use, especially regarding bee exposure, because right now the guidelines assume bees are not harmed by the herbicide."

58 of those communities have adopted more comprehensive policies that prohibit the use of glyphosate.

The company attempted to censor and discredit anyone and anything that contradicted their business interests.

"Children, farmworkers, rural families, and science are all huge winners today... EPA's job is to protect public health, not industry profits."

The decision prohibits the registration of new products containing the herbicide and suspends existing registrations within the next 30 days.

"Industrial agriculture has no place on public lands dedicated to conservation of biological diversity and the protection of our most vulnerable species, including pollinators like bumble bees and monarch butterflies."

Scientists say pesticides from nearby farms are pushing them closer to extinction.