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Big Ag Makes Last-Ditch Effort to Protect Pesticide that Lowers Kids’ IQs
With its back up against the wall, U.S. agribusiness is making a last-ditch effort to keep its grip on a pesticide used on fruits and veggies, which is so nasty even the smallest amounts lower kids'...
Pruitt’s Home State Leads Nation in Pesticide Illnesses and Deaths
Arsenic, Pesticides, Chemicals in Kids? Trump Adviser Ebell and Breitbart Dismiss Concerns, Target EWG
Myron Ebell, head of President-elect Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency transition team, is a notorious denier of global warming whose biography unashamedly notes that activists consider...
Illegal Herbicide Use on Monsanto GMOs Spurs Bitter Complaints
Remember when we told you that some farmers were illegally spraying the herbicide dicamba on Monsanto's new GMO crops? Well, the situation is getting worse.
In 20 Years Since Landmark Law, Pesticides in Baby Food Drop Dramatically
On Aug. 3, 1996, President Bill Clinton signed the Food Quality Protection Act, a landmark law that required the EPA to show that all exposures to pesticides in food were safe for infants and children...
Monsanto’s New GMOs Spawn Illegal Use of Toxic Herbicides
Farmers in Arkansas and Missouri have filed more than 100 complaints with state agriculture agencies over a toxic weed killer that is drifting from adjacent farms and damaging their crops. The...
‘Unbroken Ground:’ Patagonia Film Calls for Food Revolution
California Slaps Health Warning Label on Popular Weed Killer
Scientists, Health Professionals Urge Action to Protect Children from Toxic Chemicals
Today, a distinguished group of 50 scientists, health professionals and advocates called for urgent action to protect children from the harmful effects of toxic chemicals.
GMOs Haven’t Cut Weedkiller Use
Monsanto marketed its potent weed killer glyphosate – brand name Roundup -- and the corn and soybeans genetically engineered to withstand it by claiming that it would replace other, more toxic weed...
EPA: Popular Weedkiller Threatens Wildlife
Five Essential Facts About Pesticides on Fruits and Vegetables
A healthy diet begins with lots of fruits and vegetables, but some of your family's favorites may contain startling amounts of harmful pesticides.
Kids Are on the Frontline of Pesticide Exposure
Dozens of independent studies show that pesticides do profound damage to children's health, according to a report released this week (May 10) by the non-profit Pesticide Action Network.
Does Monsanto’s Glyphosate Cause Cancer?
When the Environmental Protection Agency recently released and then abruptly withdrew a draft document on the cancer risks posed by the pesticide glyphosate, Monsanto jumped at the chance to say that...
Big Ag Doesn’t Want You to Know About Pesticides on Produce
Nothing sets off the chemical agriculture industry like questioning its heavy dependence on toxic pesticides. Every year, when EWG releases our Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce, the Alliance...
Big Ag Fights to Keep Pesticide Linked to Brain Problems in Kids
After years of debate, the Environmental Protection Agency is finally poised to revoke all uses of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, which first came on line as a pest control technology in 1965. That...
Organic Produce – A Path to Health and Prosperity
It may sound corny, but it's time to celebrate good old-fashioned fruits and veggies of the organic bent. We have been told since we were toddling to “eat your fruits and veggies dear.” We know that...
Widely Used Hormone-Disrupting Pesticides Put Millions at Risk
The European Union just banned two agricultural weed killers linked to infertility, reproductive problems and fetal development – the first-ever EU ban on endocrine-disrupting pesticides. That's good...
Why Children, Pregnant Women Should Eat Food with Fewer Pesticides
“For many children, diet may be the most influential source” of pesticides, said the Academy of Pediatrics in a landmark report published in November 2012.
Organic Success Is No “Fantasy”
Demand for organic food is soaring – so much so that Costco is running out of it.