Pesticides/Herbicides

SUPPORT THE PROTECT AMERICA’S CHILDREN FROM TOXIC PESTICIDES ACT: The most significant legislation in nearly a quarter century, to protect the nation against toxic pesticides

SUPPORT THE PROTECT AMERICA’S CHILDREN FROM TOXIC PESTICIDES ACT: The most significant legislation in nearly a quarter century, to protect the nation against toxic pesticides Urge your U.S. Senators and Representatives to co-sponsor and pass the  Protect America’s Children from Toxic Pesticides Act (PACTPA), originally introduced by Senator Tom Udall and Representative Joe Neguse in 2020.
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Busting the Myths on New GMOs

As the European Union is preparing to decide on whether and how to deregulate new GMOs, Slow Food look sat the most frequent claims made by the biotechnology and seed industry to promote new GMOs and their deregulation. Spoiler: they’re misleading, if not deceptive. Myth #1: Changes brought by new GM techniques (or “genome editing”) to
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FDA says 59% of US foods tested contain pesticide residues

CAREY GILLAM Pesticide residues were detected in 59% of US food samples tested by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in its most recently completed annual testing program, the agency revealed in a new report. Roughly 77% of domestic fruits, 60% of US vegetables and about 53% of US grains sampled showed residues.  The agency said
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Modern pesticides damage the brain of bees so they can’t move in a straight line.

by Frontiers The challenge to let people walk back and forth in a straight line isn’t just used by police to test if drivers are intoxicated: it’s also used by neurologists to diagnose neurological disorders like ataxia, where parts of the brain that coordinate movement are impaired. Now, researchers use an insect version of this challenge
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‘DISTURBING’: WEEDKILLER INGREDIENT TIED TO CANCER FOUND IN 80% OF US URINE SAMPLES

Jul 11, 2022 | Certification News – Glyphosate Residue Free, Featured, Reports More than 80% of urine samples drawn from children and adults in a US health study contained a weedkilling chemical linked to cancer, a finding scientists have called “disturbing” and “concerning”. Source: The Guardian The report by a unit of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found
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