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

A red-legged frog sits in a backyard pond in Washington state. The herbicide atrazine, common in the U.S. but banned many other places, is linked to hermaphroditic amphibians as well as various harmful health effects in humans. (Photo: Dan Dzurisin/flickr/cc)

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

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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)

One critic charged that the agency "has shown such callous indifference to the damage dicamba has caused to farmers and wildlife alike."

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Rejecting Scientific Evidence of Harm to Children's Brains, Trump EPA OKs Continued Use of Chlorpyrifos

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

The Environmental Protection Agency is ignoring scientific evidence of the harm of the neurotoxic pesticide chlorpyrifos—including from its own researchers—and delaying a decision on the chemical's use. (Photo: Getty Images)

The neurotoxin—which EPA scientists wanted to ban during the Obama...

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Trump EPA Denounced for 'Disgusting' Decision on Atrazine, Herbicide Tied to Birth Defects

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Atrazine is mostly use on corn, according to Civil Eats, "but also on sorghum, sugarcane, and a few other crops, as well as on golf courses, Christmas tree farms, and in residential landscaping." (Photo: TumblingRun/flickr/cc)

One critic warned that "this decision imperils the health of our children and...

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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)

Groundbreaking Study Shows Organic Diets Drastically Lower Dietary Toxins

Democratic Bill Banning Toxic Pesticides in US Applauded as 'Much-Needed' Step to Protect Kids and the Planet

A Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farmer works on his field in Ghent, Belgium on May 21, 2020.

Fridays for Future Europe Calls for Transforming Agricultural Policy to Tackle the Climate Crisis

A red admiral butterfly stands on a flower in an urban garden in the city center on August 9, 2018 in Berlin.

'Silent Spring Is Already Here': Global Study Shows Nearly 25% Drop in Insect Population Over 30 Years

Locust nymphs aggregated on the ground at a hatch site near Isiolo town in eastern Kenya on Feb. 25, 2020

'Unprecedented Threat' for East Africa as Larger Second Wave of Locust Crisis Arrives Amid Pandemic

With Nation Distracted by Public Health and Economic Crises, Trump Moves to Allow GMO Crops in Wildlife Refuges

Locusts swarm from ground vegetation

'A Scourge of Biblical Proportions': UN Leaders Sound Alarm on East Africa Locust Crisis in Call for Global Response

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

ground beetle on a plant

Save the Insects, Save Ourselves: Researchers Sound Alarm on Bugpocalypse

monarch nectaring on a showy milkweed

'Because Insects Are Key to Our Own Survival,' 73 Scientists Unveil Global Roadmap to Battle Bugpocalypse

Trump's EPA proposed Thursday increasing the allowable levels of atrazine in waterways.

Putting 'Health of All Species' in Danger, Trump EPA Proposal Guts Restrictions on Toxic Herbicide Linked to Birth Defects

bee on flower

Conservationist Warns 'Unnoticed Apocalypse' of Insects 'Should Set Alarms Ringing'

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Center for Biological Diversity

EPA Finds Glyphosate Is Likely to Injure or Kill 93% of Endangered Species

Center for Biological Diversity

EPA: Widely Used Pesticide Atrazine Likely Harms More Than 1,000 Endangered Species

Center for Food Safety

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

Friends of the Earth

New Scorecard Ranks Top Food Retailers on Bee-friendly Policies

Center for Biological Diversity

Documents: Powerful Pro-Pesticide Groups Shaped U.S. Push to Weaken International Oversight of Medically Important Antibiotics

Center for Food Safety

Environmental Protection Agency Releases Interim Decision on Toxic Pesticide Atrazine

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Africa at the Crossroads: Time to Abandon Failing Green Revolution

Vandana Shiva

Poisons Mean Extinction: For Bees and Humanity

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

Carey Gillam

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

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The Battle for the Future of Food in Africa

Peter Nelson

What's Wrong With the Bees? Our New Film, "The Pollinators," Seeks an Answer

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Big Ag Is a Major Obstacle to Combating the Climate Crisis

Diana Donlon

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Regenerative Agriculture Is Key for a Sustainable Climate and Food System