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EPA’s Registration of Herbicide under New Framework Puts Endangered Species at Elevated Risk, Advocates Say
EPA approves registrations of glufosinate (“L-glufosinate,” “glufosinate-P”) as new active ingredients under Herbicide ...
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Review Cites Memory and Learning Impairments; Children, Workers, and Nontarget Organisms at Risk
Exposure to pesticides, such as organophosphates, synthetic pyrethroids, and neonicotinoids, is linked to memory and learning ...
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Remembering the Victims of the Bhopal Chemical Plant Explosion 40 Years Ago
Tell EPA that pesticide manufacture, transportation, and disposal harms must count as “unreasonable adverse effects.” Plus, H ...
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Studies Cite Risk Assessment and Regulatory Deficiencies in Protecting Ground-Nesting Bees
Ground-nesting bees are at a heighted risk of pesticide exposure from soil residue and are inadequately protected by ...
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Reflection: Highly Neurotoxic Insecticide Chlorpyrifos To Continue on Major Crops, EPA Defers to Industry
EPA announced another milestone in the convoluted life span of the insecticide chlorpyrifos: revoking use except for 11 crops ...
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New European Union Organic Regulations Increase Rigor of Import Standards
A recent report unpacks the impacts of new European Union (EU) organic regulations that are going into effect in 2025.
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Study Affirms that Organic Farming Improves Soil Health, Microbial Life, and Pathogen Resistance
The authors of this study are researchers at Université de Rennes, Université de Paris-Saclay, L’Institut Agro Rennes-Angers, ...
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Following Exposés on Lax Import Oversight, Organic Integrity Strengthened by Enforcement Rule
Organic advocates welcome the new enforcement rule to ensure integrity of organic certification in the spirit of continuous ...
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Sublethal Pesticide Exposure, Inadequately Regulated, Adversely Affects Insect Health, Study Finds
A review of 1,024 different chemicals (herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, and plant inhibitors) harms insects, even at ...
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Study Highlights Correlation Between Pesticide Exposure and Prostate Cancer in Men in the U.S.
(Beyond Pesticides, November 19, 2024) Researchers at Stanford University recently published a study in Cancer, an international interdisciplinary journal of the American Cancer Society (ACS), that ...
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Using the Blog
(Beyond Pesticides, December 5, 2024) A novel, comprehensive study published in Science reviews a library of 1,024 different chemicals (herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, and plant inhibitors) ...