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 lawsuit immunity in the courts, the states and at the federal level.
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 most widely used pesticide in the world.
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 claims related to the most widely used herbicide in the world. Tens of thousands of plaintiffs who contracted non-Hodgkin lymphoma after working with Roundup have sued over the company’s failure to label it as a potential carcinogen. Bayer is now aggressively lobbying Congress to permanently close the door on Roundup victims and advocating fro complete Roundup Immunity.
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 — especially Roundup, the most widely used herbicide in the world.
High tunnels are hoop buildings that growers typically use to help extend the growing season. This is especially important in areas, like ours, where much of the year is too cold to grow vegetables and fruit without the assistance these buildings provide. They can be an important tool for farms that seek to follow the principles of agroecology.
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. Rob was recently asked by Michael Admire, host of the podcast Good & Game, to discuss these topics and ways we can advocate to change things for the better. You can watch the entire podcast here.
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 lawsuit immunity in the courts, the states and at the
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 most widely used pesticide in the world.
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 claims related to the most widely used herbicide in the
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 — especially Roundup, the most widely used herbicide in the
High tunnels are hoop buildings that growers typically use to help extend the growing season. This is especially important in areas, like ours, where much of the year is too cold to grow vegetables and fruit without the assistance these buildings provide. They can be
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