Tag: pesticides
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."
Federal judge bans use of glyphosate in Brazil
The decision prohibits the registration of new products containing the herbicide and suspends existing registrations within the next 30 days.
US Fish and Wildlife Service lifts ban on neonicotinoids linked to...
"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."
Under Trump, federal agencies halt reviews of toxic pesticides that endanger...
Scientists say pesticides from nearby farms are pushing them closer to extinction.
Glyphosate detected in granola and crackers, FDA emails show
"I have brought wheat crackers, granola cereal, and corn meal from home and there's a fair amount in all of them."
European Commission gives green light to Bayer-Monsanto merger
"The coming together of these two is a marriage made in hell – bad for farmers, bad for consumers, and bad for our countryside."
Scientific studies conclude neonicotinoids damage bee populations
What if honeybee health was greatly affected by commonly used pesticides, causing colonies to die en masse?
EPA to allow minors to be exposed to highly toxic pesticides
Unfortunately, EPA administrator Scott Pruitt will continue to side with industry interests over science and citizen health.
17 ways the Trump administration assaulted the environment over the holidays
New rules could affect everything from clean power to migratory birds, and they’re just a hint of what’s yet to come.
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Not very bright
How much of Donald Trump’s directive on U.S. tariffs imposed on nations all over the world—that in recent days has caused a stock market loss of trillions of dollars—is a result of his not being very bright?
Patriotic Millionaires challenge oligarch power with sweeping economic plan
As economic inequality worsens and public frustration grows, a coalition of wealthy Americans offers a radical legislative blueprint to dismantle the grip of the ultra-rich on democracy.
Chevron ordered to pay $744 million for decades of destruction to Louisiana’s coastal wetlands
A Louisiana jury’s landmark verdict against Chevron signals a major shift in holding Big Oil accountable for environmental degradation and decades of ignored coastal restoration laws.
Over 4,000 factory workers laid off as Trump tariffs spark economic chaos
A wave of mass layoffs across the U.S. exposes the real cost of Trump’s trade war, as union leaders and lawmakers warn of deepening instability in American manufacturing.
Israeli soldiers expose ‘kill zone’ campaign in Gaza, citing war crimes and systematic devastation
A new report from Breaking the Silence reveals shocking testimony from Israeli troops describing the creation of a lethal buffer zone inside Gaza, the deliberate razing of civilian infrastructure, and the normalization of killing civilians.