A new study published in Frontiers in Public Health shows that over 400 million of the world’s farmers and farmworkers suffer from acute pesticide poisoning annually. This total excludes the 84 million children working in
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) initiated a reevaluation of paraquat in November 2024. As of last week, all manufacturers of pesticide products containing paraquat have voluntarily canceled their product registrations in California.
Neonicotinoid pesticides (neonics) are a threat to our pollinators, to birds and fish, and to humans. Seeds treated with neonics are not regulated properly. But states are stepping up to limit the use of neonics.
In a major victory for endangered species, a federal court ruled today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service failed to adequately protect more than 1,500 imperiled species from the insecticide malathion — in violation
The United States is at a critical moment regarding our ability to effectively regulate pesticides and hold the companies that manufacture them accountable. Pesticide corporations, led by Bayer’s Modern Ag Alliance are trying to get
For the past two years, the Modern Ag Alliance has been the leading public face of a campaign to quash tens of thousands of cancer claims surrounding the use of Roundup, the highly controversial and
In the eight years since it bought Monsanto — along with the liability for its primary product, Roundup — Bayer AG has been saddled with an endless stream of lawsuits and settlement payments for cancer
Bayer has mounted an aggressive lobbying, public relations, and litigation campaign to shield the company from tens of thousands of lawsuits, including from Roundup cancer victims, to protect its multibillion-dollar annual sales of glyphosate-based products
What do small-scale farms, pesticides, pesticide drift and cancer have in common? In this case, they are all things our Communications Manager and Iowa farmer, Rob Faux, has had some experience with during his lifetime.