Bayer’s chemical became the most common pesticide in the world in recent decades. How the industry co-opted academics, regulators, beekeepers and the media to remain silent about the risks…
Study Links Pesticides to Childhood Central Nervous System Tumors…
The study, published in Environmental Research last week, found that children were more likely to develop central nervous system (CNS) tumors if their mothers had lived within 2.5 miles of land where pesticides were being sprayed when they were born…
Bayer Investors Investigate Company’s Directors for Possible Securities Fraud over Roundup Cancer Cases…
The legal announcement on Monday from Pomerantz LLP called on investors to join a class action case that will investigate Bayer’s officers and/or directors. Hagens Berman has also urged investors in Bayer who suffered $1 million or more in losses to submit their losses now for evaluation by their legal team. They stated that a […]
Louisiana Study Identifies Pesticides as Major Parkinson’s Disease Factor…
One’s zip code plays an important role in the likelihood of developing Parkinson’s disease (PD), according to data published by Louisiana State University researchers in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. With genetics and exposure to agricultural pesticide use identified as the main factors affecting Parkinson’s disease, proximity to certain cropland and […]
Judge Slashes Couple’s Award in Roundup Cancer Case…
Alva and Alberta Pilliod, a Livermore couple who attributed their cancer diagnoses to years of Roundup use, will see only a fraction of the $2 billion in punitive damages a jury awarded them in May. A state trial judge cut their award down considerably in an order Thursday to a total of $86.7 million, which […]
Ag Runoff Into Tap Water Linked to 12,000 Cancer Cases a Year…
Runoff from U.S. farms may be causing more than 12,000 cases of cancer per year as Americans drink up nitrate-polluted tap water, according to a new study published Monday in the scientific journal Environmental Research. The nonprofit Environmental Working Group conducted the groundbreaking peer-reviewed study to analyze health and economic impacts of agriculture contamination. The […]
Roundup Trial Reveals Monsanto Concern Over Cancer Studies…
Monsanto says it wasn’t concerned about early epidemiological studies showing a possible link between the active compound in Roundup and cancer, but unsealed documents and emails paint a different picture. Questioning Monsanto’s corporate representative William Reeves at a video deposition played in court on Wednesday, attorney Brent Wisner, who represents an elderly couple claiming Roundup […]
A New Study Shows Glyphosate May Be Killing Honeybees…
Glyphosate, the world’s most widely used weed killer, has caused concerns over its potential risk to human health and the environment for decades. Now, new research shows that glyphosate may be indirectly killing bees. Brand-new research from the University of Texas at Austin shows that glyphosate is hazardous for bees. For this study, scientists exposed […]
EPA Forced to Ban Pesticides Based on ‘Secret Science’ It Wants to End…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has fewer than 60 days to ban a commonly-used pesticide after a federal court ruled in favor of environmental activists in early August. The Natural Resources Defense council (NRDC) celebrated the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling, arguing that EPA’s decision not to ban chlorpyrifos ignored “solid science” from its […]