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USDA Indefinitely Suspends Honey Bee Tracking Survey as States Get Approval to Use Bee-Killing Pesticide

The Trump administration's budget cuts have led to a suspension of the USDA's tracking of honey bee populations.

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

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Roundup

"It is our responsibility to ban this poison from our environment."

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

Julia Conley, staff writer

"Industry wolf disguised as scientific health charity."

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Green Groups Say Trump EPA Backing Monsanto's Claim Glyphosate Not a Health Threat 'Completely Ignores Science'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

RoundUp

"Under the control of Trump and Wheeler, the agency is virtually incapable of...

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'Finally!': Court Orders EPA to Stop Stalling Potential Ban on Pesticide Tied to Brain Damage in Kids

'Huge Victory': French Court Finds Monsanto Guilty of Poisoning Farmer

Kale, Strawberries, and Spinach Top List as Report Shows Nearly 70% of US Produce Contain Dangerous Pesticide Residue

Another Guilty Verdict for Monsanto as Jury Finds Roundup Was 'Substantial Factor' in Causing Man's Cancer

'Terrifying': Rapid Loss of Biodiversity Placing Global Food Supplies at Risk of 'Irreversible Collapse'

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Report on President's Environmental Record 'Reminds Us That Trump Soap Opera Has Dire Real-World Consequences'

Agricultural workers in Salinas, California. (Photo: Michael Davidson/flickr/cc)

200+ Groups Call on Senate to Reject 'Pesticide Industry Loyalist' Scott Hutchins as USDA's Top Scientist

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Judge Upholds Landmark Monsanto Verdict, But Slashes Punitive Damages by $211 Million

Beyond Neonics: New Study Shows Glyphosate Also Major Threat to World's Honey Bee Population

Nicolas Hulot

'I Don't Want to Lie to Myself Anymore': Calling Macron's Timid Steps on Climate Inadequate, French Environment Minister Resigns in Protest

"It's About Time": Canada Celebrated for Banning Bee-Killing Neonics While US Backslides

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'Major Victory for Public Health': Court Orders Trump EPA to Ban Pesticide That Harms Kids' Brains

Newswire

Friends of the Earth

Trump’s EPA Continues to Delay Federal Ban on the Brain-damaging Pesticide Chlorpyrifos, Leaving States to Take Action

Earthjustice

Trump’s EPA Keeps Brain-damaging Pesticide in Fruits and Vegetables

Environmental Working Group (EWG)

EPA’s Wheeler Keeps Brain-Damaging Pesticide Legal for Use on Foods Kids Eat

Friends of the Earth

Protesters Launch Countdown to Extinction at Kroger Annual Meeting

Friends of the Earth

Environmental and Public Interest Groups Demand EPA Revoke Monsanto’s License to Pollute

Friends of the Earth

Customers to Demand Kroger Stop Selling Food Grown With Bee-killing Pesticides

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Elizabeth Henderson

Unfair Food Pricing Is Killing Family Farms and Regenerative Farming

Jim Goodman

Current Farm Crisis Offers Opportunity For Change

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

Olivia Rosane

Glyphosate Found in 19 of 20 Beers and Wines Tested

Sharon Anglin Treat

Agribusiness's Secretive Plans to Unravel Food Safety and Worker Protections

Caroline Cox

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

Ruchi Shroff

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

Alfonso Saldaña, Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap

A Cancer on Society: Monsanto Claims Right Not to Speak About Roundup

Evaggelos Vallianatos

Pesticides Are Making Children Aggressive