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RSS FEED Protests over methyl iodide; Minnesota right to know hearing; Environmentally just & organic chocolate and more...
October 25, 2007

Opposition to methyl iodide grows; Plantation worker trial wraps up; National Mall goes green and more...
October 18, 2007

Methyl iodide approved; DDE linked to diabetes; California spraying suspended; Pesticide-free pumpkins and more...
October 11, 2007

EPA hesitates on methyl iodide; Chloropicrin poisons dozens; PAN's 25th party; and more...
October 4, 2007

Scientists object to proposed fumigant; Pesticides and asthma; DDT myths; Indiana sustainable farmers; PAN's 25th party; more...
September 27, 2007

US leaves Chemical Safety Forum; Endocrine disruptors in Arctic; UN declares Indigenous rights; Organic food may cost less; more
September 20, 2007

Petition to ban chlorpyrifos; Light Brown Apple Moth; Lindane and breast cancer; Idaho tribes farm sustainably, more...
September 14, 2007

USDA’s nutty plans; DDT and breast cancer; pesticides, parents, kids and leukemia; Antigua; and more
September 06, 2007

Big Apple sprayed again; Bedbugs; Organic farm contaminated; Wisconsin to toughen pesticide rules; more...
August 30, 2007

Dow India raided; EU moves to restrict pesticides; Kenya rejects DDT; Alternative to methyl bromide; more...
August 23, 2007

Petition for fumigant safety; Endosulfan fatality; EPA chief shuns community; Rural women's empowerment; and more...
August 16, 2007

Suit to ban chlorpyrifos; Paraquat withdrawals in EU; DDT linked to breast cancer; Organic food improves breast milk; more...
August 9, 2007

Autism & endosulfan; House Farm Bill disappoints; Monsanto patents rejected; Neighbors fight fumigants; Healthy tomatoes; more
August 2, 2007

DBCP trail update; Dow PR coming to town; Peruvians ban GMO's; Toddlers poisoned; State IPM policies report; and more...
July 26, 2007

U.S. wheat exports contaminated with malathion; Advocates demand VOC reduction; Organic lawns and farming...
July 19, 2007

EU court rejects paraquat ruling; Dole DBCP trial starts; Farmers making biodiesel from local waste; more
July 12, 2007

EU & California consider strengthening pesticide rules; Organic farming eases global warming, and more
July 5, 2007

Canadian pesticide poisonings; Children at risk; Russian push to ban GMO's; Pesticide-Free in Calgary and more
June 28, 2007

EPA screens endocrine disrupting pesticides; Harmful organochlorine pesticides; Make your pet a star! and more....
June 21, 2007

EPA cost-cutting poses health risks; Pesticides and brain tumors; Florida fumigants meeting; Safe lawns; more...
June 14th, 2007

Pesticides and Parkinson's; OPs more hazardous to frogs; Fumigant meetings in California; REACH debuts; and more
June 7, 2007

Scientists call for increased chemical regulation; DDT & sperm count; EPA delays endocrine disruptor tests; more...
May 31, 2007

Dangerous fumigant pesticides; Pesticides and breast cancer; Washington Drift bill; Organic gardening tips and more
May 24, 2007

Community finds pesticide in their bodies; Dow shareholder protest; Black farmers boycott Monsanto; DDT use doubles...
May 17, 2007

Ecology Center SLAPP dismissed; Monsanto GE alfalfa ban permanent; Alternatives for Mothers Day; and more
May 10, 2007

WHO reconsiders DDT, Dow's Bhopal memo scandal, "Veggie Libel" bill defeated, Rachel Carson Post Office, and more
May 3, 2007

DDT briefings; Banana worker settlement, NYC admits West Nile spraying unsafe; Spring healthy lawn campaign; more
April 26, 2007

Pesticides at Florida school; Breast cancer study; Pesticide bans promoted in Kansas, Ontario and Oregon; more...
April 19, 2007

Paraquat/Parkinsons links; Endosulfan up for PIC list; Backyard farmers; more...
April 12, 2007

Minnesota may minimize atrazine; Paraquat poisons Portugal; Pesticides endanger Uganda; more...
April 6, 2007

Chiquita funding terrorists; EU children suffering; Farmworker Awareness Week, Ethical Easter bunnies, and more...
March 29, 2007

Bhopal survivors' demands met; Monsanto's GM potatoes linked to cancer; DDT in Africa; EU pesticide regulation...
March 22, 2007

Bush administration censors scientists; Teens harmed by pesticides; Pesticide industry unites in New York...
March 15th, 2007

USDA rebuked for GE trials; Pesticides damage reef; Former EPA analyst says farmworkers still hurt by pesticides...
March 8, 2007

Farmworker birth defects; Oregon farmers request increased pesticide fines; Senator advocates more funds for organics; more
March 1, 2007

Dow chemical fined; Honeybee decline, Food Sovereignty Conference and more...
February 22, 2007

EPA chief scolded by Senate; Court halts GMO trials; Drift bill in WA; and more...
February 15, 2007

Organics for Valentines; Bush further undermines regulatory agencies; Monsanto’s Roundup draws fire in France and U.S.; Ag-mart sued by workers; and more
February 08, 2007

DDT contamination in California; Testing pesticides on humans dramatized on “Law and Order”; Chlorpyrifos on rice in Taiwan; Beyond Pesticides launches database; and more...
February 01, 2007

Indigenous people and Ecuadorian govt. resist Columbia’s herbicide spraying; Genetic mutations in fish linked to chemicals; Pesticide use linked to adverse health effects in children; New video from the makers of “Meatrix” and “Store Wars” and more...
January 25, 2007

EPA rejects ACC; Public comment needed on chloropicrin; U.S. scientists blast White House risk assessment bulletin; Wisconsin wants to use dangerous Dual Magnum; Who owns organic; and more...
January 18, 2007

Syngenta loses GMO site in Brazil; Danish chemical corporation phases out WHO class I pesticides; Charges against Ag-mart dropped; Chlorpyrifos in Washington state and more
January 11, 2007

Mustard is safer, more economical than chemical fumigants; EPA raises threshold for TRI reporting; Pesticide industry sues to weaken Clean Water Act; New database on pesticide damage to amphibians
January 04, 2007

This week: Action you can take to start a safer, healthier New Year
December 28, 2006

European Union passes historic chemical policy, EPA sued for pesticides in water, India considers ban on pesticide-contaminated Coke & Pepsi, Organic jeans and more...
December 21, 2006

West Bengal women and children peasants beaten by police; U.S. Senators fight EPA library closures; Pesticide victims await justice; Another New York County enacts pesticide notification law, and more...
December 14, 2006

New reports on chlorpyrifos, Paraguayan child’s death brings jail sentences, Philippine children sickened by pesticides fumes, Activist named to Boxer’s staff, and more...
December 07, 2006

Dec. 3rd “Day of No Pesticides”; EPA allows pesticides in waterways; lindane moves toward global phaseout; methyl bromide commodity fumigation; and what makes wine organic?
November 30, 2006

UN FAO focuses on organic agriculture; California reports pesticide use up; Texas cotton farmer to head Organic Exchange, and more
November 23, 2006

Call for justice in child’s death from pesticides, WHO official calls for organophosphate ban, neighbor notification law, and more
November 16, 2006

Senator Jim Talent cuts fees for chemical corporations, North Carolina residents sickened, New report on pesticide residues on produce and more...
November 09, 2006

U.S. requests methyl bromide exemption again, Seattle protests new head of EPA Region 10; Indonesian farmers prosecuted for saving their seeds while Maine farmers celebrate community seed saving, and more...
November 02, 2006

Unsafe pesticide use in Tanzania; Dole fires flower workers; “No bad bug” at organic winery, and more
October 26, 2006

Members of Congress oppose human testing, Report exposes Syngentas false claims for paraquat, Zambia turns organic to fight poverty and more
October 20, 2006

Another fox in the EPA henhouse, Malaysia lifts paraquat ban, California enacts "healthy day care" bill, scientists and engineers join to defeat anti-science candidates, and more
October 12, 2006

DDT fight continues, Organophosphate comments closed, Environmental justice as an election issue, and more
October 5, 2006

DDT scandal at WHO; Toxic tours across U.S.; Physicians in Canada call for pesticide ban and more
September 28, 2006

WHO Promotes DDT, New evidence of DDT health damage; U.S. Hoards Methyl Bromide, Idaho County Goes Organic for West Nile, and more
September 21, 2006

Court orders EPA to investigate pesticide harm, Pesticides lead in suicides, US obstructs treaties on toxics, and more
September 14, 2006

New studies on pesticides in pregnant women and children; Rice contaminated with GE variety
September 7, 2006

Bush EPA loses in one court, wins in another; Pepsi & Coke sued; kids' organic clothing sales rising, and more
August 31, 2006

Children at risk, Big win against GMOs, How to get rid of bugs safely
August 24, 2006

Lindane activists sued, U.S. threatens India over Coke & Pepsi bans, Worm poop and more
August 17, 2006

EPA approves harmful organophosphates, Sodas in India contaminated, Tell FDA NO to lindane, PAN‘s new summer magazine, and more
August 10, 2006

Lindane withdrawn for agricultural use in U.S., Bt Cotton increases insecticide use, New risks of West Nile spraying, Campaign for Pesticide-Free parks, and more
August 02, 2006

FDA and EPA Scientists Rebel, Pesticides in Produce and more
July 27, 2006

OP’s in Children, Failed Court Order on Pesticides, Community Monitoring of Pesticides and more
July 20, 2006

Congress Considering Preemption of State Environmental Safeguards, Another Study Links Pesticides to Parkinson’s, Historic Ban in Canada, Farmworkers Fired and more
July 13, 2006

EPA Scientists Fight Library Closures, New Evidence of DDT health impacts, An Alternative to Methyl Bromide, and more…
July 6, 2006

BioPirates, Contaminated Iowa Homes, Healthy Gardens and more…
June 29, 2006

Environmental Illness, Pesticides & Parkinson’s, First Ever Organic Degree and more
June 22, 2006

Indonesia Earthquake, EPA phasing out AZM, Pesticide Industry Pressure and more
June 14, 2006

Human Testing, Fumigants in Florida, Sustainable Ag in Africa, and more
June 8, 2006

Scientists Fight Pesticide Industry Pressure, Florida Birth Defects, Get Rid of Pests Without Pesticides, and more
June 1, 2006

Birth Defects, Lawsuits, DDT and more...
May 25, 2006

World Activists Press for Action on Global Poisons
May 18, 2006

Pesticides in Tobacco Increase Health Risks
May 12, 2006

Farmworkers, Immigration, and Pesticides
May 04, 2006

Global Treaty Targets Dangerous Pollutants
April 27, 2006

Aerial Spray Threat of Dangerous Chemical Cocktail in Alaska
April 20, 2006

DDT Controversy & more
April 11, 2006

EPA Revises Views on Dangerous Pesticide Lindane
April 4, 2006

Monsanto Hurts Texas Farmers
March 27, 2006

New Quebec Pesticide Ban in Peril
March 15, 2006

Defend Sustainable Agriculture!
March 10, 2006

Pesticides – A Greater Threat to Children
March 7, 2006

Pesticides Linked to Frog Mutations
February 28, 2006

Diane Wilson Released from Jail
February 21, 2006

New Environmental Agreement Undermined by U.S.
February 14, 2006

Share the Love with Flower Workers
February 7, 2006

How Many Are Poisoned?
January 31, 2006

Replacing Poison with Poison: We Can Do Better
January 24, 2006

Activists Defend Quebec’s Ban on 2,4-D
January 17, 2006

Corporate Greed + Destructive Technology = Increased Risk of World Hunger
January 10, 2006

Public Right to Know About Toxics is Under Attack
January 3, 2006

Vote With Your Dollars
December 27, 2005

California Finds Lawn Chemical Dangerous to Health
December 21, 2005

Farmers Resist WTO in Hong Kong
December 20, 2005

Ozone Outlaw: U.S. Continues Major Methyl Bromide Use
December 14, 2005

Tribunal Investigates Children's Pesticide Poisoning
December 09, 2005

The 21st Anniversary of the Bhopal Pesticide Plant Explosion
December 02, 2005

Human Experimentation: EPA’s Flawed Proposal
November 29, 2005

Families of Consumers and Farmworkers Benefit from Organic
November 22, 2005

Scientists Identify Corporate Structure as Bad for Public Health
November 15, 2005

Resource Pointer #397 (Cultivating our Youth’s Environmental Awareness)
November 8, 2005

WaterPIC Debuts
November 1, 2005

Lindane Action Plan Must Include U.S. Ban
October 19, 2005

Resource Pointer #396 (Political Activism Guides)
September 30, 2005

PANUPS Alert: Tell Congress to reject industry amendments to U.S. organic standards!
September 23, 2005

PANUPS Alert: Prevent corporations from exploiting the Katrina disaster!
September 21, 2005

JAMA Study of Pesticide Risks in Schools
September 15, 2005

Resource Pointer #395 (Guides to Organics in the U.S.)
September 8, 2005

PANUPS Alert: Tell Home Depot You Want Pesticide-Free Lawn Products
September 02, 2005

Resource Pointer #394 (Chemicals and War)
August 24, 2005

Keeping Perspective on West Nile Virus
August 22, 2005

Watch Us on Public TV
August 17, 2005

Alert: Tell EPA That Toxic Fumigants Must Go
August 11, 2005

Resource Pointer #393 (Gender Issues and the Environment)
August 10, 2005

Rethinking Roundup
August 5, 2005

Resource Pointer #392 (Free Trade and the Environment)
August 3, 2005

Methyl Bromide Loophole for U.S. Prolongs Ozone Hole
August 1, 2005

Resource Pointer #391 (The Fate of Small Farms)
July 26, 2005

CDC Body Burden Study Finds Widespread Pesticide Exposure
July 22, 2005

Resource Pointer #390 (Media, Muckrakers and Big Business)
July 8, 2005

Carbaryl: One Poison for Another in Urban Creeks
July 6, 2005

Resource Pointer #389 (Emerging Environmental Risks)
June 29, 2005

US EPA Accepts Unethical Human Pesticide Tests
June 27, 2005

Resource Pointer #388 (Environmental Report Cards for the Bush Administration)
June 21, 2005

PANUPS: Check Out Our New Look
June 16, 2005

Resource Pointer #387: Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
June 15, 2005

EPA Sued for Farm Children’s Pesticide Risks
June 10, 2005

Resource Pointer #386: Integrated Pest Management
June 8,2005

Resource Pointer #385: Local Food Systems
May 31, 2005

PANUPS Alert: Clean Water for Bhopal
May 25, 2005

Four New Chemicals Targeted for Elimination at First Official Stockholm Convention Meeting
May 20, 2005

PANUPS Alert: Tell Malaysia to Keep the Ban on Paraquat
May 13, 2005

Top Court Saves Right to Sue
May 4, 2005

Resource Pointer #383: Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
May 3, 2005

Public In the Dark as Illegal GE Corn Enters Food Supply
April 29, 2005

Resource Pointer #382: Pesticide Use Information for Central and Eastern Europe
April 22, 2005

Tell Bayer Lindane Ban Is Overdue
April 21, 2005

Refuse to Use Lawn Chemicals
April 15, 2005

Resource Pointer #381: Organic Cotton
April 13, 2005

OMB Undermines Guidelines on Cancer Risk
April 8, 2005

Resource Pointer #380: California Agriculture, From Organics to Agri-business
April 5, 2005

EPA Sweet on Atrazine
March 31, 2005

Pesticides Among Chemicals Found in New Study on Household Dust
March 24, 2005

Action Alert: Civil Society Denounces US Nomination of World Bank President
March 22, 2005

Activists Urge Lindane Ban
March 17, 2005

Tell EPA to Put the Brakes on 2,4-D
March 10, 2005

Resource Pointer #379 How Safe is the Industrial Food Supply?
February 25, 2005

Farm Worker Tests Reveal Routine Pesticide Exposure
February 18, 2005

Resource Pointer #378 Children’s Environmental Health
February 16, 2005

A Valentine for Flower Workers
February 11, 2005

Resource Pointer #377 Politics in the U.S.
February 8, 2005

A New Secretary of Agriculture
February 4, 2005

Resource Pointer #376 (The Spread of GE Crops)
January 31, 2005

EPA Sued Over Rat Poison Risks
January 27, 2005

Lawsuit Targets Pesticide Air Pollution
January 19, 2005

Monsanto Fined Over Bribes in Indonesia
January 11, 2005

EPA Waffles on Dursban
December 23, 2004

Bayer Backs Out of GE in India
December 20, 2004

U.S. Muscles Montreal Protocol on MB Limits
December 10, 2004

Resource Pointer #375 (Justice for Bhopal)
December 08, 2004

Global Day of Action for Justice in Bhopal
December 3, 2004

Stop EPA From Testing Pesticides on Children
December 1, 2004

Resource Pointer #374 (Food Appreciation)
November 24, 2004

Plan Now for the Global Day of Action for Bhopal
November 19, 2004

Subsidies Increase for Industrial Agriculture
November 11, 2004

A Vote Against Pesticides
October 28, 2004

People’s Caravan 2004 for Food Sovereignty
October 25, 2004

U.S. Blocks Phaseout of Lindane in North America
October 4, 2004

PIC Lists 14 New Chemicals
September 27, 2004

Resource Pointer #373 (Corporate Accountability)
September 21, 2004

Report Highlights Corporate Control at USDA
September 16, 2004

Pesticide Drift Bill Should Become Law
September 7, 2004

Court Orders Biopharm Crops Disclosed
August 26, 2004

Action Alert: Ban Lindane Now!
August 19, 2004

Action Alert: Tell the Forest Service Not to Spray the Stanislaus
August 10, 2004

Resource Pointer #372 (Pesticide Alternatives & IPM)
July 28, 2004

Action Alert: WTO, Hands Off Our Food!
July 20, 2004

Resource Pointer #371 (Water)
July 13, 2004

Research Dispels Myth of U.S. Food as Safest and Cheapest
July 9, 2004

Resource Pointer #370 (American Political Culture)
July 6, 2004

Courts Take Aim at Dow for Bhopal
July 2, 2004

Resource Pointer #369 (Environmental Directories)
June 25, 2004

Pesticides Affect Child Development in India
June 22, 2004

Resource Pointer # 368 (China’s Economy and the Environment)
June 16, 2004

Two New Warnings on Pesticides & Chemicals
June 15, 2004

Resource Pointer #367 (Local Food Systems)
June 9, 2004

Shareholders and Public Interest Groups Knock Pesticide Companies
June 7, 2004

Resource Pointer #366 (Body Burden)
June 3, 2004

Action Alert: Protect Endangered Species From Pesticides
May 29, 2004

Resource Pointer #365 (Plants as Medicine)
May 26, 2004

Increasing Grassroots Opposition to Dow Chemical
May 21, 2004

POPs Treaty In Force Today
May 17, 2004

Pesticide Drift Poisons in Central Valley
May 14, 2004

Resource Pointer #364 (International Development)
May 12, 2004

Toxic Pesticides Above “Safe” Levels in Many U.S. Residents
May 11, 2004

World Fair Trade Day
May 7, 2004

Resource Pointer #363 (Soil Science)
May 6, 2004

Resource Pointer #362 (Alternative Agriculture)
April 29, 2004

A Call to Action on Malaria
April 27, 2004

50 Years Is Enough for the World Bank and IMF
April 23, 2004

Birth Weights Higher After Pesticide Ban
April 16, 2004

Resource Pointer #361 (Environmental Law)
April 14, 2004

Methyl Bromide in Montreal
April 5, 2004

Resource Pointer #360 (Pesticides and Health)
April 1, 2004

Action Alert: Tell the U.S. Congress to Block Bill Undermining POPs Treaty
March 24, 2004

Resource Pointer #359 (Industrial Pollution)
March 17, 2004

Resource Pointer #358 (Corporate Power)
March 10, 2004

Unite for Change
March 8, 2004

Resource Pointer #357 (Food & Environmental Health Conferences)
March 4, 2004

Mendocino Votes on GE Crop Ban
March 1, 2004

Resource Pointer #356 (Globalization Critiques)
February 26, 2004

POPs Treaty Achieves 50th Ratification
February 18, 2004

Send a Valentine for Colombia Flower Workers
February 12, 2004

Resource Pointer #355 (GM Crops)
February 11, 2004

Resource Pointer #354 (North American Trade and Globalization)
February 5, 2004

Sweeping Ruling Protects Salmon from Pesticides
February 02, 2004

Resource Pointer #353 (Resources for Non-profits)
January 28, 2004

Farmworkers Sue U.S. EPA for Allowing Dangerous Pesticides
January 26, 2004

Resource Pointer #352 (Public Health)
January 22, 2004

Pesticide Drift Sickens Residents
January 16,2004

Resource Pointer #351 (The Health of Mother's Milk)
January 14, 2004

GE Crops Use More Pesticides
January 9, 2004

Resource Pointer #350 (The Global Environment)
January 7, 2004

Hospitals Spray Dangerous Pesticides
December 22, 2003

Resource Pointer #349 (Pesticide Impacts)
December 18, 2003

Action Alert: Workers Poisoned in Colombia
December 11, 2003

Resource Pointer #348 (Going Organic)
December 10, 2003

STOP Paraquat!
December 3, 2003

Resource Pointer #347 (EU Chemicals Policy)
December 3, 2003

PIC Treaty Now Legally Binding
November 26, 2003

USDA Sued for Overlooking Risks of Biopharm
November 20, 2003

Resource Pointer #346 (Organic Farming: Trends and Data)
November 19, 2003

Resource Pointer #345 (Understanding Technology)
November 12, 2003

Action Alert: Stop Increased Use of Methyl Bromide
November 11, 2003

Resource Pointer #344 (U.S. Agricultural Policy)
November 5, 2003

Salmon May Get Pesticide Buffers
October 31, 2003

Resource Pointer #343 (Food Security)
October 29, 2003

EU says "No" to Atrazine, But Not to Paraquat
October 24, 2003

Resource Pointer #342 (The Precautionary Principle)
October 23, 2003

Resource Pointer #341 (Urban Agriculture)
October 16, 2003

Action Alert: PAN Leader Targeted in the Philippines
October 14, 2003

Resource Pointer #340 (Sustainable Agriculture)
October 10, 2003

Pesticides in Water Threaten Aquatic Life
October 7, 2003

Resource Pointer #339 (Activism)
October 1, 2003

Collapse of WTO Talks in Cancún
September 29, 2003

Resource Pointer #338 (Alternative Economies)
September 25, 2003

World Bank Still Pushes Pesticides
September 22, 2003

Resource Pointer #337 (Biodiversity Conservation)
September 17, 2003

Learning from West Nile
September 15, 2003

Resource Pointer #336 (Biotechnology Policy)
September 10, 2003

Swedish Study Shows Power of Prevention
September 8, 2003

Resource Pointer #335 (Farmworker Rights)
September 3, 2003

Action Alert: Tell the U.S. Senate Not to Gut the POPs Treaty
August 29, 2003

Resource Pointer #334 (Readings for Tomorrow's Activists)
August 27, 2003

Help Mexican Farmers Stand Up to WTO in Cancun
August 25, 2003

Resource Pointer #333 (Water Pollution)
August 20, 2003

Indian Pop Has POPs (and other pesticides)
August 15, 2003

Resource Pointer #332 (Children's Environmental Health)
August 13, 2003

Resource Pointer #331 (Debt and Development)
August 6, 2003

Resource Pointer #330 (Toxic Chemical Management)
July 28, 2003

Action Alert: Tell U.S. EPA Testing Pesticides on People is Off Limits
July 25, 2003

Resource Pointer #329 (Pesticides and Health)
July 18, 2003

Colombian Court Nixes Spray Program
July 15, 2003

Resource Pointer #328 (Global Trade and Agriculture)
July 9, 2003

Indian Chemical Companies Seek a Right to Poison
July 7, 2003

Resource Pointer #327 (Biotechnology in the Global South)
July 2, 2003

Mass Protests Against Industrial Ag in Sacramento
June 30, 2003

Resource Pointer #326 (The Global Environment)
June 25, 2003

Voices From the South Debunk GE Myths
June 20, 2003

Resource Pointer #325 (Corporate Accountability)
June 18, 2003

Agrochemical Shareholders Call for Corporate Accountability
June 13, 2003

Resource Pointer #324 (Sustainable Rural Development)
June 11, 2003

Action Alert: Stop Use of Pesticide Highly Toxic to Birds
June 6, 2003

Resource Pointer #323
June 2, 2003

GE Crops Won't End Hunger
May 30, 2003

Hunger Strike Against Bt Corn in Philippines
May 23, 2003

Resource Pointer #322
May 21, 2003

U.S. Organic Agriculture Blooms
May 19, 2003

Resource Pointer #321
May 14, 2003

Pesticide Drift a Hazard for Californians
May 9, 2003

Cambodia Bans Endosulfan
May 5, 2003

Resource Pointer #320
April 30, 2003

More Were Exposed to Agent Orange
April 25, 2003

Resource Pointer #319
April 22, 2003

New York Sues Dow for Calling Dursban Safe
April 18, 2003

Resource Pointer #318
April 16, 2003

Agrochemical Sales Flat in 2002
April 14, 2003

Resource Pointer #317
April 9, 2003

Terminator Technology Marches Ahead
April 4, 2003

Resource Pointer #316
April 3, 2003

Worker Protections Fail Farmworkers
March 31, 2003

Resource Pointer #315
March 28, 2003

Québec Adopts Strict Pesticide Regulations
March 24, 2003

Resource Pointer #314
March 24, 2003

Airline Passengers Are Sprayed for Bugs
March 17, 2003

Resource Pointer #313
March 11, 2003

Coalition to Sue USDA over Biotech Crops Containing Pharmaceuticals
March 7, 2003

Resource Pointer #312
March 5, 2003

Action Alert: Endangered Species Need Pesticide Review
March 3, 2003

Resource Pointer #311
February 26, 2003

Action Alert: U.S. Organic Standards Threatened
February 24, 2003

Resource Pointer #310
February 19, 2003

New Reports Find Pesticides in People
February 14, 2003

Resource Pointer #309
February 13, 2003

What Ozone Layer? U.S. Wants to Use More Methyl Bromide
February 7, 2003

Resource Pointer #308
February 5, 2003

Eating Organics Cuts Kids' Pesticide Loads
January 31, 2003

Resource Pointer #307
January 30, 2003

U.S. Moves Towards Biological Warfare in Colombia
January 24, 2003

Resource Pointer #306
January 23, 2003

Pesticide Residues a Major Threat to China's Ag Exports
January 17, 2003

Resource Pointer #305
January 16, 2003

USDA Sued to Stop GE Grasses
January 15, 2003

Resource Pointer #304
January 8, 2003

Banana Workers Win Against Dow, Shell & Standard Fruit
January 6, 2003

Resource Pointer #303
January 1, 2003

Monsanto Sales Down, CEO Out and Weed Resistance Up
December 20, 2002

Resource Pointer #302
December 18, 2002

California Farmers Allowed to Pollute
December 16, 2002

Resource Pointer #301
December 12, 2002

California Department of Pesticide Regulation Sued for Frog Declines
December 9, 2002

December 3rd--Day of No Pesticides
December 3, 2002

Resource Pointer #300
November 26, 2002

Action Alert: Biopharm Corn Contaminates Food Crop
November 22, 2002

Resource Pointer #299
November 19, 2002

Action Alert: Canada's First Province-Wide Ban of Cosmetic Pesticides Threatened Under NAFTA
November 15, 2002

Paraquat Poisons 153 Workers in the Dominican Republic
November 8, 2002

Resource Pointer #298
November 8, 2002

Stockholm Convention Ratifications Gain Momentum
November 1, 2002

Resource Pointer #297
October 29, 2002

Organic Advocates Take USDA to Court on Organic Certification
October 25, 2002

Resource Pointer #296
October 18, 2002

Forging a Science for the People
October 18, 2002

Low Doses of Common Weedkiller Damage Fertility
October 11, 2002

Resource Pointer #295
October 10, 2002

Action Alert: Call on Syngenta to Stop Production of Paraquat
October 1, 2002

World Bank Forges Ahead with Transgenic Crops
September 27, 2002

Resource Pointer #294
September 26, 2002

Pesticides Poison Farmworkers
September 23, 2002

Resource Pointer #293
September 20, 2002

Resource Pointer #292
September 16, 2002

Herbicides to Fight Forest Fires?
September 13, 2002

Resource Pointer #291
September 9, 2002

Bhopal Survivors Put Spotlight on Dow After Court Victory
September 6, 2002

Bayer Found Responsible for Poisoning of Children in Peru
August 30, 2002

Resource Pointer #290
August 29, 2002

Action Alert: Support Philippine Activists
August 26, 2002

Resource Pointer #289
August 21, 2002

The Westward March of West Nile
August 16, 2002

Resource Pointer #288
August 14, 2002

Send a Message of Support for Bhopal Survivors
August 9, 2002

Resource Pointer #287
August 7, 2002

New Evidence That Endocrine Disruptors Block Sperm Function
August 2, 2002

Resource Pointer #286
July 31, 2002

Action Alert: Ask the U.S. EPA to Fully Evaluate Aerial Herbicide Spraying in Colombia
July 26, 2002

Resource Pointer #285
July 24, 2002

Latino Farmworkers Face Greater Risk of Cancer
July 19, 2002

Resource Pointer #284
July 17, 2002

Biopharm Crops Will Contaminate Food Supply
July 12, 2002

Action Alert: Support Bhopal Hunger Strikers
July 10, 2002

Resource Pointer #283
July 9, 2002

World Food Summit In Rome--Food Is a Human Right
July 5, 2002

Action Alert: Stop Carbofuran Use
July 3, 2002

Resource Pointer #282
June 26, 2002

NGOs Denounce World Bank Partnerships with Unethical Multinational Corporations
June 24, 2002

Illegal Genetically Engineered Starlink Corn Contaminates Food Aid
June 13, 2002

Floriculture: Pesticides, Worker Health & Codes of Conduct
June 12, 2002

Organic & Beyond: A Campaign for a New Vision of Farming
June 4, 2002

Resource Pointer #281
May 28, 2002

ACTION ALERT: NGOs Mark Anniversary of POPs Treaty, Press for Ratification
May 22, 2002

U.S. EPA Gives Rice Herbicide Molinate High Toxicity Rating
May 21, 2002

Atrazine: Possible Cause of Global Decline in Frogs?
May 10, 2002

Resource Pointer #280
May 9, 2002

U.S. Media Opinion Pages Present Biased View of Biotech
May 3, 2002

Resource Pointer #279
April 26, 2002

2001 Top Seven Agrochemical Companies
April 19, 2002

Resource Pointer #278
April 12, 2002

WTO Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) Harms Small Farmers
April 8, 2002

Girl Dies After Eating Small Amount of Lindane Ant Powder
April 1, 2002

Resource Pointer #277
March 29, 2002

Christian Aid Calls for Global Regulation of Tobacco Industry
March 27, 2002

China Caves to U.S. Pressure on GE Soybean Imports
March 18, 2002

Resource Pointer #276
March 14, 2002

New Terminator Patents Threaten Food Security
March 8, 2002

NGO Applies For Ownership Of British "Chip"
March 1, 2002

Resource Pointer #275
February 28, 2002

International Bodies Urged to Halt Maize Contamination
February 22, 2002

Arsenic Wood Preservative Phased Out in U.S.
February 18, 2002

Resource Pointer #274
February 12, 2002

International Campaign Targets Kraft Foods
February 8, 2002

U.S. Government Sued For Bird Deaths
February 1, 2002

Action Alert: Uphold Kerala's Endosulfan Ban
January 29, 2002

Resource Pointer #273
January 24, 2002

Action Alert: Strengthen Controls on Pesticide Drift
January 18, 2002

U.S. Pesticide Exports Remain High
January 11, 2002

Resource Pointer #272
January 8, 2002

Canadian Government Sued for Banning Lindane
January 3, 2002

German Study Shows Potential for Pesticide Use Reduction
December 21, 2001

Resource Pointer #271
December 20, 2001

U.S. EPA to Allow Human Pesticide Tests
December 14, 2001

Compost Contaminated with Clopyralid
December 11, 2001

17th Anniversary of Bhopal Disaster
December 5, 2001

Resource Pointer #270
November 30, 2001

Resource Pointer #269
November 20, 2001

France Bans Triazine Herbicides
November 16, 2001

Resource Pointer #268
November 12, 2001

Action Alert: Stop Re-registration of Endosulfan
November 8, 2001

Companies Slow to Clean Up Obsolete Pesticide Stocks
November 2, 2001

California Pesticide Use Declines for Second Year in a Row
October 26, 2001

Resource Pointer #267
October 25, 2001

U.S. EPA Approves Bt Corn Despite Lack of Testing
October 22, 2001

Plan Colombia -- Pesticide Experiments on Farmers
October 12, 2001

Resource Pointer #266
October 11, 2001

Government Agencies Failing to Cut U.S. Pesticide Use
October 9, 2001

Parkinson's Disease Possibly Linked to Pesticide Exposure
September 28, 2001

Resource Pointer #265
September 27, 2001

BASF Subsidiary Charged with Illegal Pesticide Sales
September 21, 2001

Arsenic Risk in Children's Playground Equipment
September 17, 2001

Resource Pointer #264
September 13, 2001

Handful of Corporations Dominates Commercial Agriculture
September 10, 2001

GE Crops Expand in China
August 31, 2001

Resource Pointer #263
August 29, 2001

Dioxin Contamination in Vietnam
August 24, 2001

DuPont Convicted of Racketeering in Benlate Case
August 17, 2001

Organic Apples Win Productivity and Taste Trials
August 10, 2001

Action Alert: Stop Registration of Bt Crops
August 6, 2001

Resource Pointer #262
August 3, 2001

Canada's Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Local Pesticide Use
July 27, 2001

Resource Pointer #261
July 23, 2001

West Nile Virus Crops Up Again in the U.S.
July 20, 2001

Pollinator Declines Could Increase Food Prices
July 13, 2001

Action Alert: Stop Aerial Fumigation Program in Colombia
July 11, 2001

Resource Pointer #260
July 3, 2001

Pesticide Fishing Spreading in Mexico
June 29, 2001

Action Alert: Hormone disrupting chemicals
June 27, 2001

Resource Pointer #259
June 20, 2001

Thousands of Field Tests of GE Crops Across the U.S.
June 16, 2001

POPs Treaty Signed, NGOs Call for Early Ratification
June 8, 2001

Tenth anniversary of disastrous explosion at Anaversa plant
June 6, 2001

Resource Pointer #258
May 31, 2001

Top Seven Agrochemical Companies in 2000
May 23, 2001

Resource Pointer #257
May 16, 2001

Farmers and NGOs Monitoring the World Bank in Indonesia Get Results
May 11, 2001

DuPont Withdraws Benlate from Market
May 1, 2001

Resource Pointer #256
April 30, 2001

Resource Pointer #255
April 19, 2001

Action Alert: DonÕt Let the Pesticide Industry Undermine the Food Quality Protection Act
April 17, 2001

Monsanto vs. Percy Schmeiser
April 6, 2001

Resource Pointer #254
April 5, 2001

Action Alert: Ask U.S. Congress for Hearing on Chemical Industry
March 30, 2001

Call for U.S. Schools to Cut Pesticide Use
March 23, 2001

Resource Pointer #253
March 22, 2001

Global Agrochemical Sales Down
March 16, 2001

High Quantities of Poor-Quality Pesticides Sold in Developing Countries
March 9, 2001

Resource Pointer #252
March 8, 2001

EPA Analysis of Bt Corn Flawed
March 1, 2001

Action Alert: Tell U.S. FDA to Test GE Food!
February 26, 2001

Resource Pointer #251
February 22, 2001

Argentina: Industrialized Agriculture and GE
February 16, 2001

Resource Pointer #250
February 6, 2001

Lawsuit to Protect Salmon from Pesticides
February 1, 2001

Resource Pointer #249
January 26, 2001

GE Seed Market Stalled?
January 22, 2001

Resource Pointer #248
January 10, 2001

Coalition Urges China to Control Sales of Methyl Bromide
January 4, 2001

Resource Pointer #247
December 29, 2000

POPs Treaty to Protect Environment and Health
December 22, 2000

POPs Residues in U.S. Diets
December 4, 2000

Resource Pointer #246
November 30, 2000

Scientists Urge Precaution in Toxics Management
November 24, 2000

Resource Pointer #245
November 17, 2000

People's Caravan 2000--Citizens on the Move for Land and Food Without Poisons!
November 14, 2000

New GE Crops Tested in California Threaten Key Export Markets
November 7, 2000

Resource Pointer #244
October 30, 2000

Partial Lindane Bans in California and Europe
October 24, 2000

Resource Pointer #243
October 19, 2000

Illegal GE Corn Found in More Taco Shells
October 12, 2000

Resource Pointer #242
October 6, 2000

Bt-Corn Pollen from Iowa Fields Kills Monarch Caterpillars
October 10, 2000

World Bank Progress Towards IPM Uneven
September 28, 2000

Illegal GE Corn Found in Taco Shells
September 19, 2000

Resource Pointer #241
September 12, 2000

New PAN Pesticide Database
September 7, 2000

Non-Ag Pesticides Market Growing
September 2, 2000

Chinese Farmers Fight Crop Disease with Diversity
August 29, 2000

Resource Pointer #240
August 24, 2000

Resource Pointer #239
August 10, 2000

Parkinson's Linked to Residential Pesticide Use
August 4, 2000

Biological Weapons Join Pesticides in Misguided "War on Drugs"
August 1, 2000

Resource Pointer #238
July 26, 2000

Genetically Engineered Food Alert Launched in U.S.
July 20, 2000

Locust Control in Madagascar
July 10, 2000

Resource Pointer #237
July 5, 2000

Area Planted With Transgenic Crops Up in 1999
June 29, 2000

Action Alert: Stop Spray Campaigns in Colombia
June 19, 2000

Endosulfan Deaths in Benin
June 13, 2000

Resource Pointer #236
June 9, 2000

Action Alert: Organic Standards
June 5, 2000

Pesticides on the Rise in China
May 26, 2000

Resource Pointer #235
May 22, 2000

Action Alert: USDA Seeks Comment on GE Policies
May 12, 2000

Cancer-Causing Pesticide Use Rising in California
May 3, 2000

Action Alert: Parathion Kills Birds
April 24, 2000

POPs Negotiations Slow
April 20, 2000

Resource Pointer #234
April 12, 2000

Action Alert: Support Legal Action to Strengthen U.S. FDA Regulation of GE Foods
April 9, 2000

Resource Pointer #233
March 30, 2000

Suicide Seeds on the Fast Track
March 24, 2000

Action Alert: POPs Negotiation Update
March 17, 2000

Resource Pointer #232
March 13, 2000

California Town Bans Pesticides on City Properties
March 10, 2000

Action Alert: Inadequate Methyl Bromide Regulations
March 4, 2000

Resource Pointer #231
February 29, 2000

Action Alert: Monsanto's Latest GE Corn
February 28, 2000

Farmworker Community Poisoned by Pesticide Drift
February 18, 2000

Resource Pointer #230
February 14, 2000

DDT and Breast Milk
February 11, 2000

Persistent Pesticides Exported from U.S. Ports
February 4, 2000

Seminis -- GE Vegetable Seeds
January 31, 2000

Resource Pointer #229
January 26, 2000

Mexican Bean Biopiracy
January 24, 2000

Fake Aldrin Cheats Kenyan Farmers
January 14, 2000

Groups Around the World Mark "No Pesticides Day"
January 10, 2000

Action Alert: GE Food Safety
December 17, 1999

Resource Pointer #228
December 15, 1999

Bhopal--Fifteen Years Later
December 2, 1999

Resource Pointer #227
November 24, 1999

Resource Pointer #226
November 17, 1999

Resource Pointer #225
November 8, 1999

Action Alert: Children Poisoned in Peru
October 29, 1999

Glyphosate May Harm Beneficial Organisms
October 27, 1999

Resource Pointer #224
October 25, 1999

Monsanto Won't Commercialize Terminator
October 19, 1999

Resource Pointer #223
October 18, 1999

Progress and Challenges at International POPs Negotiations
October 12, 1999

Resource Pointer #222
October 6, 1999

Formula-Fed Infants Exposed to Atrazine
October 5, 1999

Resource Pointer #221
September 27, 1999

Farmers are Victims in Colombian Drug Wars
September 23, 1999

Resource Pointer #220
September 17, 1999

Pesticides in U.S. Water
September 15, 1999

Resource Pointer #219
September 10, 1999

Seed Industry Giants: Who Owns Whom?
September 8, 1999

Resource Pointer #218
August 30, 1999

Dow Chemical, Union Carbide and Bhopal
August 25, 1999

Resource Pointer #217
August 18, 1999

Resource Pointer #216
August 13, 1999

Organic Crops Competitive with Conventional Systems
August 9, 1999

Resource Pointer #215
July 28, 1999

World and U.S. Agrochemical Market in 1998
July 23, 1999

Use of the Most Toxic Pesticides Increasing in California
July 16, 1999

Resource Pointer #214
July 14, 1999

Millions Lost to Sales Tax Exemptions for Pesticides and Fertilizers in U.S.
July 9, 1999

Resource Pointer #213
July 7, 1999

Obsolete Pesticides--An Ongoing Dilemma
July 2, 1999

Resource Pointer #212
June 30, 1999

California Agencies Not Protecting Farmworkers
June 25, 1999

Resource Pointer #211
June 23, 1999

Pesticide Disaster in Paraguay
June 21, 1999

Resource Pointer #210
June 16, 1999

U.S. Town Uses Hot Water to Control Weeds
June 14, 1999

Resource Pointer #209
June 9, 1999

Pesticides Threaten Birds and Fish in California
June 4, 1999

Action Alert: Gene-Altered Corn Pollen Threatens Monarchs
May 28, 1999

Action Alert: Pesticide Threatens Birds
May 21, 1999

Resource Pointer #208
May 19, 1999

Indonesian Farmers call for World Bank Reform
May 17, 1999

Resource Pointer #207
May 12, 1999

1998 Top Ten Agrochemical Companies
May 7, 1999

Resource Pointer #206
May 6, 1999

Hundreds of Birds Killed in Florida
April 30, 1999

Corporate Control of Food, Farming and Health
April 25, 1999

Resource Pointer #205
April 21, 1999

Caltrans' Excessive Herbicide Use on California Roads
April 19, 1999

Resource Pointer #204
April 14, 1999

Resource Pointer #203
April 7, 1999

Resource Pointer #202
April 5, 1999

Action Alert: Comments Needed on NAS Biotech Panel
March 31, 1999

New Study Points to Inadequate Testing of Pesticides
March 26, 1999

Resource Pointer #201
March 24, 1999

California Ordered To Adopt Methyl Bromide Regulations
March 22, 1999

Resource Pointer #200
March 17,1999

Opportunities for Organic Farmers Worldwide
March 12, 1999

Resource Pointer #199
March 9,1999

Pesticides on Apples Endanger U.S. Children
March 8, 1999

Resource Pointer #198
March 3, 1999

OP Food Poisoning: Case Study in India
February 26, 1999

Resource Pointer #197
February 24, 1999

Endosulfan Residues in Australian Beef
February 22, 1999

Resource Pointer #196
February 18, 1999

U.S. Organic Farmer Survey
February 15, 1999

Resource Pointer #195
February 10, 1999

Action Alert: Cotton Pesticide Poses Reproductive Risks to Birds
February 8, 1999

Resource Pointer #194
February 3, 1999

New Patents for Terminator Seeds Threaten Farmers and Food Security
February 1, 1999

Resource Pointer #193
January 28, 1999

Pesticides and Smog in California
January 27, 1999

Resource Pointer #192
January 25, 1999

New Report Highlights Risk of Pesticides Used on Aircraft
January 20, 1999

Resource Pointer #191
January 14, 1999

UK Report Highlights Problems with OPs
January 11, 1999

Resource Pointer #190
January 6, 1999

Global "No Pesticides Day" Launched
December 18, 1998

Resource Pointer #189
December 15, 1998

Monsanto Prosecutes U.S. Seed Violators
December 14, 1998

Agent Orange and Dioxin in Vietnam: New Findings
December 4, 1998

Resource Pointer #188
November 25, 1998

NGO Stops Monsanto in Brazil
November 23, 1998

Resource Pointer #187
November 18, 1998

The Myths About World Hunger
November 16, 1998

Resource Pointer #186
Novemeber 12, 1998

Call for U.S. to Eliminate "Worst 40" Insecticides
November 4, 1998

Resource Pointer #185
November 4, 1998

Pesticides and Amphibians
October 30, 1998

U.S. Farm Children Face Risk of Serious Harm from Pesticides
October 23, 1998

Resource Pointer #184
October 23, 1998

Federal Budget Agreement Poisons Communities, Destroys Ozone Layer
October 20, 1998

Pesticide Production and Sales in Asia
October 16, 1998

Resource Pointer #183
October 16, 1998

Resource Pointer #182
October 7, 1998

Action Alert: Stop Delay of U.S. Methyl Bromide Ban
October 2, 1998

Resource Pointer #181
October 1, 1998

Pesticide Problems in Guatemala and Nicaragua
September 25, 1998

Resource Pointer #180
September 23, 1998

Alternative Agriculture Success Stories in the U.S.
September 18, 1998
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