Tag: pesticides
Glyphosate found in 19 of 20 beers and wines tested
"Due to glyphosate's many health risks and its ubiquitous nature in our food, water and alcohol, the use of glyphosate in the U.S. should be banned unless and until it can be proven safe."
EPA grants bee-killing pesticide ’emergency’ approval; a ‘routine abuse of emergency...
"The EPA is routinely misusing the 'emergency' process to get sulfoxaflor approved because it's too toxic to make it through normal pesticide reviews."
Organic for All: New study shows eating organic reduces levels of...
"Everyone has the right to clean organic food. That is a human right."
Chemicals on our food: When ‘safe’ may not really be safe
Scientific scrutiny of pesticide residue in food grows – regulatory protections are being questioned.
EPA extends use of Monsanto’s controversial pesticide dicamba on GM soybean...
"Simply adding more use restrictions to an uncontrollable pesticide that already comes with 39 pages of instructions and limitations reflects a broken process."
New study: Eating organic foods reduces your risk of getting cancer
"Although our findings need to be confirmed, promoting organic food consumption in the general population could be a promising preventive strategy against cancer."
Glyphosate could be factor in bee decline, study warns
"We need better guidelines for glyphosate use, especially regarding bee exposure, because right now the guidelines assume bees are not harmed by the herbicide."
Farm Bill: House proposal could wipe out communities’ power to prohibit...
58 of those communities have adopted more comprehensive policies that prohibit the use of glyphosate.
How Monsanto plants stories, suppresses science & silences dissent to sell...
The company attempted to censor and discredit anyone and anything that contradicted their business interests.
‘Major victory for public health:’ Court orders Trump EPA to ban...
"Children, farmworkers, rural families, and science are all huge winners today... EPA's job is to protect public health, not industry profits."
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More than 770,000 children are no longer receiving SNAP benefits after Trump changes Federal...
Republican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show children are losing access.
The persistence of ‘Israel First’
Trump’s Middle East record reveals the short life of “America First.”
The Trump administration aims to penalize disabled adults who live with their families
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients.
How agave agroforestry can restore drylands and strengthen climate resilience
The agave-powered agroforestry and livestock management system is an example of how native desert plants, cultivated as part of an agroforestry system, can regenerate drylands and provide inexpensive animal feed, taking pressure off overgrazed rangelands.
Report: State textile laws spark massive drop in apparel PFAS levels
"No PFAS, No Problem: Product Testing Reveals Success of CA and NY PFAS Textile Laws" found that 80 percent of tested consumer products are now in compliance with newly enacted restriction.