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Pesticides

Climate Crisis and Negligent Policymakers Blamed for 'Record Sickening Levels' of Manatee Deaths in Florida

"The reason sensitive manatees are dying is no big mystery," wrote the Orlando Sentinel editorial board. "Environmentalists heralded this foul die-off. Politicians were deaf to the warning."
Julia Conley, staff writer ·
Brad Rose looks at rows of soybean plants that show signs of having been affected by dicamba use on August 9, 2017. (Photo: The Washington Post via Getty Images)

IG Report Shows Top Trump Officials at EPA Hid Threats of Toxic Dicamba Herbicide

Kenny Stancil, staff writer ·

A farmer harvests fresh corn cobs from the field into his truck for Prairie Crossing, a community sponsored organic farm in Grayslake, Illinois, USA. (Photo: © Ralf-Finn Hestoft/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Mexico Wants to Import Non-GMO Corn and US Farmers Say They Can Deliver It

Ken Roseboro ·

A monarch butterfly sits on milkweed. (Photo: Mara Koenig/USFWS)

Biden EPA Admits Faulty Glyphosate Review Under Trump But Still Won't Take It Off US Market

Kenny Stancil, staff writer ·

Protesters hold bees killed by pesticides prior to the annual shareholders meeting of German chemicals and pharmaceuticals conglomerate Bayer AG on April 26, 2019 in Bonn, Germany. (Photo: Maja Hitij via Getty Images)

Rejecting Bayer Appeal, Top EU Court Upholds Ban on Bee-Killing Pesticides

Kenny Stancil, staff writer ·

Farmworkers tend to strawberries growing in a field on February 10, 2021 in Ventura County, California. (Photo: Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)

'Huge Victory': Federal Appeals Court Orders EPA to Ban All Food Uses of Toxic Pesticide Chlorpyrifos

"EPA's time is now up," said the environmental law firm Earthjustice, which sued the agency on behalf of labor and public health groups.

Julia Conley, staff writer ·

An activist from the environmental group Greenpeace participates in a protest against the use of transgenic corn on November 8, 2004, in Mexico City. (Photo: Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images)

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, staff writer ·

The US is starting to recognise that it doesn’t have an endless frontier to move on to, and that much of its vast territories have been poisoned by fossil fuel industries, ground down by exploitation,including for agri-chemicals. (Photo: jetsandzeppelins/Flickr/cc)

Big Agriculture Is the Problem

You reap what you sow.

Natalie Bennett ·

A bumble bee (Bombus) collects pollen on a lavender plant. (Photo: Jens Büttner/picture alliance via Getty Images)

New Study Finds Undisclosed Ingredients in Roundup Lethal to Bumblebees

Researchers found that one of the herbicide formulations killed 96% of the bees within 24 hours.

Jenna McGuire, staff writer ·

Tyson Food and Hillshire Brands food products are seen on May 29, 2014 in Miami, Florida. Tyson Foods made a $ 6.8 billion all-cash proposal to aquire Hillshire Brands whose brands include among others Jimmy Dean sausages and Ball Park hot dogs. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

To Bust Monopoly Power, Start With the Companies Controlling Our Food

Busting the monopoly power of abusive and arrogant food giants is broadly popular—even in Congress.

Jim Hightower ·

A protester holds dead bees prior to the annual shareholders meeting of German chemicals and pharmaceuticals conglomerate Bayer AG on April 26, 2019 in Bonn, Germany.

Despite Declining U.S. Pesticide Use, Toxicity to Bees Doubled in a Decade: Study

The findings, said the study's lead researcher, "call for action to reduce the pesticide toxicity applied in agriculture worldwide."

Andrea Germanos, staff writer ·

Aerial view of farmers working in a corn field in San Pedro Nexapa, Mexico state, on April 3, 2020. (Photo by PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images)

Mexico's Decision to Ban Glyphosate Has Rocked the Agribusiness World

GM corn presidential decree comes despite intense pressure from industry, U.S. authorities.

Timothy A. Wise ·

All 17 species of Red Colobus, including Temminck's Red Colobus (Piliocolobus basius temminckii) are threatened, making this Africa's most threatened genus of monkeys. Hunting for bushmeat—much of it illegal—and habitat loss continue to pose the most urgent threats to primates across the continent. (Photo: Mic Mayhew/IUCN)

Biden's Efforts on Climate Is a Start—But What About Including Biodiversity?

With approximately one million plant and animal species threatened by extinction, the loss of our natural habitats is as much of a global crisis as climate change.

Johanna von Braun ·

An American bumblebee.

Biden Urged to 'Be the Hero' to Save American Bumblebee From Extinction

"It is our hope that the Biden administration grasps the gravity of this moment."

Andrea Germanos, staff writer ·

A dragonfly sits in reedbeds on the Isle of Grain on August 31, 2016 in Isle of Grain, England. (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

'Nature Is Under Siege': Scientists Sound Alarm About Insect Apocalypse

The lead author of the new research package notes that insects "are absolutely the fabric by which Mother Nature and the tree of life are built."

Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·