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Bees are still dying

EPA is moving too slowly. Urge Congress to step up. Act Now »

What's On My Food?

A decoder ring for the pesticides on your food. Explore »

Children & pesticides

Science on birth defects, brain cancer & falling IQs. Learn More »

Honey Bees & Pesticides

Bees are dying and pesticides are one of the leading factors. Our State of the Science report presents findings from dozens of scientific studies, focusing on the link between pesticides and CCD. Learn More »

Protect future generations

As a PAN board member and mother-to-be, I'm both saddened and outraged that pesticides harm our children's health. Please join me in supporting PAN's important work! Donate»

We need to know

Scientists reprimanded EPA for lowballing the cancer risks of atrazine - 6 months ago. The agency has since done nothing. If atrazine causes cancer, we need to know. Urge EPA to act now »

Fetal pesticide exposure

Scientists find changes in brain structure among children whose mothers were exposed to chlorpyrifos during pregnancy. Learn more »

Mother vs. Monsanto

Sofía Gatica challenged powerful corporate interests to protect her family and community from pesticides — and won. Now the Argentine mother is being honored with the Goldman Environmental Prize. Learn more»

Victory!

HUGE win! After years of aggressively promoting methyl iodide, Arysta LifeScience withdrew the cancer-causing strawberry pesticide from the U.S. market. Read More »

Bee kills in the corn belt: What's GE got to do with it?

In the last few weeks beekeepers have reported staggering losses in Minnesota, Nebraska and Ohio after their hives foraged on pesticide-treated corn fields. Indiana too, two years ago. What's going on in the Corn Belt?

Minnesota communities find pesticides in their air

Today Pesticide Action Network (PAN) is releasing Pesticide Drift Monitoring in Minnesota, a report that documents multiple pesticides in the air near homes and farms throughout Central Minnesota. This report is the result of diligent, on-the-ground monitoring by a group of citizens who have directly experienced harm from pesticide exposure — and are refusing to let it continue.

Since joining PAN earlier this year, collaborating with this group of farmers and rural residents has been my absolute favorite work. Their persistence in shining a light on pesticide exposure in their communities has both given me hope and shown me the severity — and urgency — of the problem.

Chemical gene damage carries across generations

Part of my job here at PAN is keeping track of the latest research about how pesticides are harming children’s health. This has kept me too busy of late, as studies seem to be coming fast and furious linking pesticides with childhood asthma, autism, birth defects, cancer and more.

One recent study gave me serious pause. We already understand that some chemicals can change how our genes function; now researchers know that this damage can be passed from one generation to the next. I’m no scientist, but I understand enough to know that compromising the DNA of future generations is not a good idea.

Don't drink the atrazine Kool-Aid

The controversial pesticide atrazine, found in U.S. drinking water and linked to cancers, birth defects and low fertility, is on the big screen this weekend. And Syngenta, largest pesticide corporation in the world and maker of atrazine, is fighting with fire.

The chemical giant's PR machine is in high gear, downplaying the risks of atrazine exposure and even claiming that its gender-bending chemical can save the day. Greenwashing at its best.

Bees & Pesticides: State of the Science

This week PAN released Honey Bees and Pesticides: State of the Science, a 22-page report on the factors behind colony collapse disorder (CCD) with a sustained focus on the particular role of pesticides.