pesticides
Poll: Americans Divided Over Safety of GMO Products
The belief that genetically modified foods are harmful to human health has increased over the last two years to about half of all American adults, primarily among those with low levels of scientific knowledge, according to a new study published Monday.
Read moreEnvironmentalists: California Restrictions on Pesticide Too Weak
The California agency in charge of regulating pesticides handed down new regulations on a chemical found to cause brain damage in children, but public health and environmental advocates say the regulations don’t go far enough.
Read moreClass of Pesticides Found to Make Bees Less Social
Scientists said Thursday they’ve found that exposure to the neonicotinoid pesticide imidacloprid produces complex changes in the social behaviors and activities of bumblebees – a very bad thing for creatures who rely on their colonies to survive.
Read moreCereal Maker Faces Class Action Over Herbicide Found in Products
Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods conceals the presence of an allegedly carcinogenic weed killer in its steel cut oats and rolled oats, and instead capitalizes on consumer demand for “wholesome” food by falsely advertising the products as healthy, two people claim in a federal class action filed in San Francisco on Friday.
Read moreMonsanto on Defense in Dual Ninth Circuit Hearings
Monsanto products factored in two appeals heard Wednesday by a Ninth Circuit panel reviewing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of a dicamba-based herbicide and possible government complicity in PCB contamination of state waterways.
Read moreNinth Circuit Orders EPA to Ban Harmful Pesticide
The Ninth Circuit blasted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday for failing to follow federal guidelines and ordered the agency to ban chlorpyrifos, a pesticide known have detrimental health impacts to children.
Read moreMonsanto Rests Its Case in Roundup Cancer Trial
A Chicago oncologist suggested Friday that a groundskeeper’s aggressive lymphoma was inherited and not caused by Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer, in a California jury trial over the herbicide’s alleged carcinogenicity.
Read moreUnder Fire in Court, EPA Revives Pesticide-Training Rules
Reinstatement of pesticide rules that protect agricultural workers led three state attorneys general on Friday to drop their lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency.
Read moreEPA Can’t Dodge Suit Over Toxic Pesticide Ingredients
A trimmed down lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of 35 pesticide ingredients that allegedly harm endangered species will move forward, a federal judge ruled from the bench Friday.
Read moreEPA Backpedals on Suspension of Farmworker Protections
The Environmental Protection Agency backed off the temporary suspension of federal requirements aimed at protecting farm workers on Thursday, following a lawsuit filed by three states two weeks ago.
Read moreRat Killers
Raptors Are the Solution sued the California Department of Pesticide Regulation on Wednesday for renewing the registrations of seven rodenticides “without initiating the re-evaluation process pursuant to state law,” in Alameda County Court.
Read moreHawaii Becomes First State to Ban Popular Pesticide
Hawaii became the first state Wednesday to ban a dangerous pesticide that is said to cause disabilities and behavioral problems in children.
Read moreEU Acts to Stall Decline of Insect Pollinators
With 1 in 10 pollinating insect species on the verge of extinction and a third of bee and butterfly species in decline, the European Commission on Friday issued a swarm of plans to protect creatures vital to our own survival.
Read moreMalathion
The Center for Environmental Health brought a federal complaint Wednesday against the EPA for indefinitely delaying review of the impact of the insecticide Malathion on endangered species.
Read moreStates Sue EPA for Ditching Pesticide-Training Rules
Three blue states filed suit filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the Trump administration, saying the suspension of pesticide rules designed to protect agricultural workers was illegal.
Read moreCalifornia, Feds Take Aim at Deadly Pesticide in Illegal Pot Grows
Federal and California law enforcement officials announced Tuesday they are coming after Mexican drug cartels not just for their lucrative illegal marijuana, but for their outlawed pesticides as well.
Read moreEU Court Upholds Ban on 3 Bee-Killing Insecticides
Three neonicotinoid insecticides will remain banned in Europe, the General Court ruled Thursday, finding the measures justified to protect honeybees.
Read moreMonsanto Labeling Suit Advances in Washington
Explaining why he advanced a labeling challenge to the weedkiller Roundup, a federal judge said Monday that there is enough evidence at this stage to support the claim that Monsanto misleads consumers.
Read moreEU Moves to Full Ban on Pesticides That Harm Bees
The European Union made a key breakthrough on Friday to completely ban pesticides that harm bees and their crop pollination.
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