Big Ag, Pharma, Pesticides, Industries Hope to Sway COP16 Biodiversity Talks
"Corporations have found ways to be heard during negotiations on reversing the drastic global decline in plant and animal life."
Source: DeSmog, 10/31/2024
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"E.P.A., Just Rebounding From Trump Years, Faces an Uncertain Future"
"Perhaps more than any other federal agency, the one responsible for protecting air, water and public health is a target for Donald Trump and his allies."
Source: NYTimes, 10/30/2024
Toxic Contamination Of S. Calif. Coast Lives On Decades Later: Study
"Toxic pesticides dumped off Southern California’s coast decades ago are staying put — deep in adjacent ocean sediments and in the fish that reside in these habitats, a new study has found."
Source: The Hill, 10/29/2024
"Agricultural Chemicals Are More Toxic To Insects Than Previously Thought"
"New research provides evidence that chemicals used in farming may be more harmful to insects than previously thought, contributing to worldwide declines in important species."
Source: The New Lede, 10/28/2024
Canadian Regulator Colluded With A Pesticide Maker To Silence Researcher
"The federal pesticide regulator collaborated with an agrochemical giant to undermine research by a prominent Canadian scientist to stave off an impending ban of a class of pesticides harmful to human brains and sperm and deadly to bees, insects and birds, Canada's National Observer has found."
Source: National Observer, 10/21/2024
"How Farms Are Fighting A Pesky Almond Moth Without Pesticides"
"Every year, navel orangeworms eat through roughly 2% of California’s almonds before they can make it to grocery store shelves. With climate change threatening to make the situation worse, researchers are hoping to sterilize millions of moths a day with radiation and drop them from airplanes."
Source: LA Times, 10/11/2024
Wisconsin Estimates Around 40 Percent Of Private Wells Contain Pesticides
"The state estimates one or more pesticides are found in around 43 percent of 800,000 private wells in Wisconsin, and more than half of the pesticides detected aren’t regulated in groundwater by the state or federal governments."
Source: Wisconsin Public Radio, 10/11/2024
"EPA Not Protecting Public From Neonic Exposure, Analysis Suggests"
"Rodent studies given to US regulators by insecticide makers close to 20 years ago revealed the chemicals could be harmful to the animals’ brain development – data worrisome for humans exposed to the popular pesticides but not properly accounted for by regulators, according to a new research report published this week."
Source: The New Lede, 10/08/2024
Biden EPA Restores Pre-Trump Farmworker Protections From Pesticides
"The Biden administration this week restored Obama-era farmworker protections from pesticides that were rolled back under the Trump administration."
Source: The Hill, 10/04/2024
US Company Uses Government Funds To Suppress Global Pesticide Opposition
"In 2017, two United Nations experts called for a treaty to strictly regulate dangerous pesticides, which they said were a “global human rights concern”, citing scientific research showing pesticides can cause cancers, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s, and other health problems. Publicly, the industry’s lead trade association dubbed the recommendations “unfounded and sensational assertions”. In private, industry advocates have gone further."
Source: The New Lede, 09/27/2024
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