New Paper Undercuts EPA Assurance of Glyphosate Safety
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15.2.2019 |
Organic Consumers Association News Headlines |
A new scientific meta-analysis of the cancer-causing potential of glyphosate herbicides published online Sunday, Feb. 10, found that individuals with high exposures to the herbicides have a 41% increased risk of developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The findings by five U.S. scientists run counter to an assessment by the U.S. EPA that found no cancer concerns. |
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Exposure to Weed Killing Products Increases Risk of Cancer by 41% - Study
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15.2.2019 |
Organic Consumers Association News Headlines |
A broad new scientific analysis of the cancer-causing potential of glyphosate herbicides, the most widely used weedkilling products in the world, has found that people with high exposures to the popular pesticides have a 41% increased risk of developing a type of cancer called non-Hodgkin lymphoma. |
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[flenvcenter :: Education]
[flenvcenter :: National]
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Arsenic in Your Fruit Juice? Tests Say Yes.
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14.2.2019 |
Organic Consumers Association News Headlines |
Are there heavy metals lurking in your fruit juice? Yes, according to a recent analysis by Consumer Reports (CR). CR tested 45 fruit juices in four popular flavors—apple, grape, pear and fruit blends—sold in the U.S. and found “elevated levels” of arsenic, cadmium and lead. The levels were “concerning,” according to CR. Even more worrisome? Toxic heavy metals were found in nearly half of the juices tested. |
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World's Bananas Are in 'Imminent Danger' of Disease
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11.2.2019 |
Newsweek Top Stories |
But fear not, science can come to the rescue. |
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L.A. leaders seek answers on City Hall rat and flea problem
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9.2.2019 |
LA Times: Commentary |
The Los Angeles City Council on Friday ordered a handful of city agencies to draw up an assessment of fleas and vermin at City Hall, with at least one member linking the problem to the ongoing homelessness crisis. City officials told council members that they believe the rat infestation was triggered... |
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‘OSRS’ Kebos Update Adds Brimstone Chest Keys and More
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8.2.2019 |
Newsweek Top Stories |
The latest “OSRS” update adds new rewards to the Konar drop table. Find out about the new Brimstone chest keys, and other Kebos Lowlands changes, here. |
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Neonic Pesticide May Become More Toxic in Tap Water
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6.2.2019 |
Organic Consumers Association News Headlines |
Yet again, our government scientists—the oft neglected but so important brain trust of our Nation—bring the public some very important new data. Pesticide water monitoring experts at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) paired up with scientists from the University of Iowa in a federally-funded collaboration to track neonicotinoid pesticides or “neonics” in tap water, including the potential to form chlorinated disinfection byproducts (DBPs) from the pesticides and their metabolites that may be more toxic than the original compounds. And, the news isn’t good. |
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EU Infiltrated by Pesticide Industry Plagiarizes Safety Study
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31.1.2019 |
Organic Consumers Association News Headlines |
Controversy over glyphosate has reached an all-time high in the European Union (EU), after researchers accused the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) of plagiarizing a report supporting its safety. The plagiarized sections were largely lifted from a paper written by the pesticide industry, raising serious concerns about the legitimacy of the findings. |
And the Hits Just Keep Coming: More Bad News for Monsanto
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31.1.2019 |
Organic Consumers Association News Headlines |
In a few weeks, Monsanto will go on trial again. And when it does, the pesticide-maker won’t be able to suppress evidence that the company ghostwrote scientific studies and otherwise tried to influence scientists and regulators in an attempt to hide the potential health risks of its flagship product, Roundup weedkiller. This week, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, the federal judge in San Francisco overseeing 620 cases involving Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller and cancer victims, ruled that the evidence could be introduced in the upcoming trial. According to a Reuters report, Chhabria said the documents were “super relevant.” Chhabria’s ruling almost guarantees that the documents in question will play a role when, on February 25, a jury in San Francisco Federal Court, begins hearing the case of Edwin Hardeman vs. Monsanto. Hardeman alleges that Roundup caused his non-Hodgkin lymphoma cancer. |
French Court Bans Sale of Controversial Weedkiller
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30.1.2019 |
Organic Consumers Association News Headlines |
A French court has banned the sale of Roundup Pro 360 — a weedkiller that contains the controversial ingredient glyphosate — to professional gardeners and farmers. The ruling follows the ban enacted on 1 January in France on amateur gardeners buying herbicides that contain glyphosate. |
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New Study Confirms: Degenerative Food & Farming System Poses Mortal Threat
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29.1.2019 |
Organic Consumers Association News Headlines |
A new study calling for a “radical rethink” of the relationship between policymakers and corporations reinforces what Organic Consumers Association and other public interest groups have been saying for years: Our triple global health crises of deteriorating public health, world hunger and global warming share common root causes—and that the best way to address these crises is to address what they all have in common: an unhealthy, inequitable food system perpetuated by a political and economic system largely driven by corporate profit. |
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Bees Are Facing Yet Another Existential Threat
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26.1.2019 |
Mother Jones |
This story was originally published by Reveal and produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network, an independent nonprofit news organization. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. While soybean farmers watched the drift-prone weed killer dicamba ravage millions of acres of crops over the last two years, Arkansas beekeeper Richard Coy noticed a parallel disaster […] |
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12 Reasons Why Even Low Levels of Glyphosate Are Unsafe
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20.1.2019 |
Organic Consumers Association News Headlines |
Proponents of GMOs and Glyphosate-based herbicides and staunch believers in the EPA have long argued that low levels of glyphosate exposure are safe for humans. Even our own EPA tells us that Americans can consume 17 times more glyphosate in our drinking water than European residents. |
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Looking to fungi, spiders and other natural insect killers for less toxic alternatives to synthetic pesticides
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17.1.2019 |
Energy & Climate | Greenbiz.com |
New technologies based on natural chemicals are yielding more environmentally friendly ways to control pests that eat our food and harm our health. |
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[flenvcenter :: Sustainable Agriculture]
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Microbes in the crop rows: Soil's secrets may yield a new ag revolution
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26.11.2018 |
Minnesota Public Radio: News |
A U of M scientist is leading an international effort that explores the next frontier of science: Soil microbes. Her research could fundamentally change the way farmers grow the food we eat. |
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Organic farming with gene editing: an oxymoron or a tool for sustainable agriculture?
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19.10.2018 |
Resource Efficiency | GreenBiz.com |
Many farmers cultivating organic crops believe that genetically modified crops pose threats to human health. It's not that simple. |
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[flenvcenter :: Alternative Medicine]
[flenvcenter :: Biotech]
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[flenvcenter :: Environment]
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You can't outproduce our environment
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6.10.2018 |
GreenBiz.com |
Or, how this farmer chose regenerative agriculture over conventional growing. |
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To satisfy bloodthirsty lab mosquitoes, give 'em the fake stuff
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24.8.2018 |
Minnesota Public Radio: Law & Justice |
Feeding mosquitoes artificial blood could help get them ready to go out in the world and stanch the flow of disease -- and reduce the need for animal blood |
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How much a life? Monsanto trial exposes risks of Roundup herbicide
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23.8.2018 |
rabble.ca - News for the rest of us |
"This case is way bigger than me. I hope it gets the attention that it needs."
-- Dewayne Johnson, former school groundskeeper awarded $289 million in damages from Monsanto
As a Saskatchewan resident for many years, I often heard the phrase "Roundup Ready." It was coined as if it were a harmless jingle for soda pop. The ad still rings in my ears.
All farmers know of Roundup, the most effective weed killer. Most urbanites do as well. The way the corporate giant Monsanto has marketed, promoted, and created an artificial need for Roundup is a true story of profiteering and avarice. Now, finally, even some courts are accepting that it likely kills much more than just weeds and that Monsanto has acted to cover up concerns about the safety of Roundup.
A few years ago, Dewayne Johnson, a courageous man and one who is also dying of cancer, launched a lawsuit against Monsanto. In early August, Johnson had his day in court -- and won. He showed that David can still take down Goliath -- something that some of us ... |
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How much a life? Monsanto trial exposes safety risks of Roundup herbicide
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23.8.2018 |
rabble.ca - News for the rest of us |
"This case is way bigger than me. I hope it gets the attention that it needs."
-- Dewayne Johnson, former school groundskeeper awarded $289 million in damages from Monsanto
As a Saskatchewan resident for many years, I often heard the phrase "Roundup Ready." It was coined as if it were a harmless jingle for soda pop. The ad still rings in my ears.
All farmers know of Roundup, the most effective weed killer. Most urbanites do as well. The way the corporate giant Monsanto has marketed, promoted, and created an artificial need for Roundup is a true story of profiteering and avarice. Now, finally, even some courts are accepting that it likely kills much more than just weeds and that Monsanto has acted to cover up concerns about the safety of Roundup.
A few years ago, Dewayne Johnson, a courageous man and one who is also dying of cancer, launched a lawsuit against Monsanto. In early August, Johnson had his day in court -- and won. He showed that David can still take down Goliath -- something that some of us ... |
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[flenvcenter :: Industrial Agriculture]
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