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      'Major Victory': Court Orders EPA Review of Glyphosate's Cancer and Endangered Species Risks

      "While it comes too late for many farmworkers and landscapers who suffer after glyphosate exposure, we are grateful for the court's ruling," said a representative for one plaintiff.

      Jessica Corbett
      Jun 17, 2022

      A federal appeals court on Friday issued a ruling on the weedkiller glyphosate that the coalition involved with the case called "a historic victory for farmworkers and the environment."

      "EPA's failure to act on the science... has real-world adverse health consequences for farmworkers, the public, and ecosystems."

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      80 Groups Blast US Interference in Mexico's Phaseout of Glyphosate and GM Corn

      80 Groups Blast US Interference in Mexico's Phaseout of Glyphosate and GM Corn

      "We call on Secretary Vilsack and Trade Representative Tai, as key leaders in the new administration, to respect Mexico's decision to protect both public health and the integrity of Mexican farming."

      Jessica Corbett
      Apr 29, 2021

      A coalition of 80 U.S. agricultural, consumer, environmental, public health, and worker groups sent a letter Thursday to key figures in the Biden administration calling for them to "respect Mexico's sovereignty and refrain from interfering with its right to enact health-protective policies"--specifically, the phaseout of the herbicide glyphosate and the cultivation of genetically modified corn.

      "It is completely unacceptable for U.S. public agencies to be doing the bidding of pesticide corporations like Bayer."
      --Kristin Schafer, PANNA

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      EPA Sued for 'Once Again Putting Corporate Interests Over Public Health or the Environment' by Reapproving Herbicide Atrazine

      EPA Sued for 'Once Again Putting Corporate Interests Over Public Health or the Environment' by Reapproving Herbicide Atrazine

      "We're not going to just stand by and watch another generation get poisoned by one of the most dangerous pesticides still in use."

      Jessica Corbett
      Oct 30, 2020

      While taking aim at the Trump administration's broader pesticide agenda, a coalition of advocacy groups sued Friday over the Environmental Protection Agency's recent reauthorization of atrazine, which is one of the most widely used herbicides in the United States but off limits in dozens of countries due to health and safety concerns.

      "If EPA were actually doing its job, this chemical would have been off the market years ago," declared Kristin Schafer, executive director of Pesticide Action Network (PAN). "The science on atrazine's harms is so clear that it's been banned in Europe for more than a decade, yet here in this country EPA is now loosening use restrictions--once again putting corporate interests over public health or the environment."

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