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Despite Court Ruling and Drift Concerns, EPA Approves Use of Dicamba Products on Soybeans and Cotton for Five Years

Brad Rose looks at rows of soybean plants that show signs of having been affected by dicamba use on August 9, 2017. He doesn't use it on his crops and he's assured by neighbors within a mile and a half that they haven't used it either. According to him, that means that the chemical had to travel about two miles to reach his crops. (Photo: The Washington Post)

Groundbreaking Study Shows Organic Diets Drastically Lower Dietary Toxins

Krissy Waite, editorial intern

Organic farming has brought environmental benefits—healthier soils, freedom from toxic pesticides and herbicides—to 6.5 million acres in the U.S. (Photo: Jeff K/Flickr)

"We all have the right to food that is free of toxic pesticides."

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'Vindication': Bayer Reaches $10 Billion Settlement Over Roundup Cancer Lawsuits

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Demonstrators walk with placards during a march for agroecology and civil resistance against U.S. seed and pesticide maker Monsanto on May 20, 2017 in Bordeaux, southwestern France.

The deal includes $1.25 billion to cover potential future settlements.

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Judge Rules California Requirement of Cancer Warning Label for Glyphosate Violates Corporate 'Free Speech'

Jake Johnson, staff writer

The World Health Organization's cancer research arm classified glyphosate—the...

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Brad Rose looks at rows of soybean plants that show signs of having been affected by Dicamba use on Aug 9, 2017

'Victory for Farmers' as Jury Awards Grower $265 Million in Damages From Drift of Monsanto's Dicamba

The EPA formally declared Thursday that weedkiller chemical glyphosate poses no threat to human health. Activists were outraged.

Critics: Trump EPA's Formal Assertion Glyphosate Poses No Risk to Human Health Indication of 'Troubling Allegiance' With Bayer/Monsanto

bottles of Roundup

Trump's EPA Goes to Bat for Bayer as Company Fights $25 Million Verdict in Roundup Cancer Case

A French mayor banned the pesticide glysophate from areas near homes in his village and inspired other municipalities to do the same.

After Mayor of Small Village Bans Glyphosate, Dozens of Others Join Rebellion Against French Law

Glyphosate—designated a probable carcinogen by the WHO—is the active ingredient of Roundup, a weed killer produced by Monsanto, which merged with Germany's Bayer last year.

Monsanto Doctor Wanted to 'Beat the Sh*t Out of' Group of Mothers: Emails

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Playing Role of Pesticide 'Cheerleader,' EPA Rebukes Calif. With Ban on Warning Labels for Roundup

Critics Say Monsanto's Spying and Intimidation Operation Exposes Company's 'Toxic Corporate Culture' and Threatens Journalists' Rights

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'Good News': Austria Poised to Become First EU Nation to Fully Ban Cancer-Linked Weed Killer Glyphosate

EPA Urged to Put Public Health Over Monsanto Profits by Banning Cancer-Linked Glyphosate

Toddler feeds herself Cheerios

New Testing Revealed Popular Kids Cereals Contaminated With Weedkiller Roundup

'Industry Front Group' Claims to Promote Public Health While Fighting Chemical and Food Safety Regulations, Study Finds

'Historic' Verdict as Jury Orders Monsanto to Pay Record $2 Billion to Couple in Roundup Cancer Trial

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Monsanto, Let Our Farmers Grow: Rock Star Bucks Coffee Giant

Indefatigable rocker and activist Neil Young has a new video featuring an anti-Starbucks anthem, part of his fierce fight against Monsanto, GMOs and Starbucks' alleged support of an industry effort to block Vermont's GMO-labelling bill. The exuberant, vintage-style song comes ahead of this month's release of Young's concept album, "The Monsanto Years," and a summer tour with Willie Nelson's sons. "I want a cup of coffee," wails Young, "but I don't want a GMO." Good man.

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Center for Food Safety

EPA Reapproves Dangerous, Drift-Prone Dicamba Pesticides Recently Banned by Federal Court for Causing Widespread Economic Harm to Farmers

Global Justice Ecology Project

Researchers’ Plan To Release Genetically Engineered American Chestnut Trees in Forests Will Set Dangerous Precedents If Approved

Friends of the Earth

Drop Dramatically After One Week of Eating Organic

Environmental Working Group (EWG)

Bayer-Monsanto Agrees to $10B Settlement With Victims Poisoned by Roundup Weedkiller

Environmental Working Group (EWG)

EPA Chief: Environmental and Public Health Rollbacks ‘Make Things Better

Center for Food Safety

Farmworkers and Conservationists Sue EPA for Re-Approving Monsanto Cancer-Causing Pesticide

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Judy Young, Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap

Corporate Constitutional Rights are Cancerous to Democracy

Johnathan Hettinger

Jury Awards $265M in Damages in Dicamba Trial Against Monsanto, BASF

Carey Gillam

It’s Farmer v. Monsanto in Court Fight Over Dicamba Herbicide

Timothy A. Wise

Big Ag Is a Major Obstacle to Combating the Climate Crisis

Katherine Paul

When Will We Start Applying the Precautionary Principle to the Chemicals that Are Killing Our Kids?

Lauren Sandford

Pesticide Lawsuits and the Threat Hiding in the Perfect Lawn

Julie Wilson

Judge in Second Roundup Cancer Trial Worked for Firm that Defended Monsanto

Caroline Cox

There’s a Toxic Weedkiller on the Menu in K-12 Schools Across the U.S.

Russell Mokhiber

Center for Science in the Public Interest: Greg Jaffe, Cornell, and GMOs

Ruchi Shroff

Monsanto-Bayer: Eliminating the Name Will Not Erase the History