Posted September 25, 2020
An investigation by academics, journalists and public interest researchers reveals a web of corporate money and industry-funded science surrounding the nonprofit organization International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI). ILSI describes itself as a network of think-tanks, science societies and institutes that promote food safety and nutrition. However, as research group U.S. Right to Know (USRTK) asserts, ILSI is a “food industry lobbying group” that works to benefit its corporate donors despite its proclaimed mission of improving “human health and well-being.” Read more.
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EPA Ignores Evidence Chlorpyrifos Causes Permanent Damage to Children’s Brains
Posted September 25, 2020
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it is rejecting extensive scientific evidence that even low levels of the pesticide chlorpyrifos damages children’s brains. In its third risk assessment on chlorpyrifos published Monday, EPA is rejecting years of established science saying the science addressing the pesticide’s “neurodevelopmental effects remains unresolved,” as it tries to keep a widely used toxic pesticide in fruits and vegetables, as well as feed crops that lead to residues in milk, eggs, and meat. Read more.
In Arkansas, Backlash Against Dicamba Pesticide Regulation Gets Personal
Posted September 25, 2020
Here’s a shocking story about the latest developments in the dicamba wars in the US. Dicamba is a drift-prone herbicide that is intended to be sprayed on GM dicamba-tolerant crops – but certain states have restricted the herbicide due to its tendency to drift off-target and kill non-dicamba-tolerant crops and other plants. This has infuriated some farmers who want to use dicamba. Read more.
1 Million + People Download Study Showing Heavy Aluminum Deposits in Autistic Brains
Posted September 25, 2020
What Happened: In 2018, Professor of Bioinorganic Chemistry at Keele University, who is considered one of the world’s leading experts in aluminum toxicology, published a paper in the Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine & Biology showing very high amounts of aluminum in the brain tissue of people with autism. Read more.
Residents Livid with Glyphosate say They’ll Chase Spray Helicopters out of their Communities
Posted September 18, 2020
On Monday night, Peter Ganong noticed a pair of helicopters had landed just across the road from his house in Brockway, about 56 kilometres north of Saint Andrews. Read more.
Bayer Links Deals with Three Roundup Cancer Law Firms as Settlement Progresses
Posted September 18, 2020
Bayer AG has reached final settlement terms with three major law firms representing thousands of plaintiffs who claim exposure to Monsanto’s glyphosate-based herbicides caused them to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Read more.
Study Confirms GM Roundup Ready Crops to Blame for Monarch Butterfly Decline
Posted September 4, 2020
The decline in the eastern North American population of the monarch butterfly population since the late 1990s has been attributed to the loss of milkweed during the summer breeding season and the consequent reduction in the size of the summer population that migrates to central Mexico to overwinter (milkweed limitation hypothesis). Read more.
Judge Gives EPA One More Chance to do its Job and Halt Fluoridation of Drinking Water
Posted September 4, 2020
In August, a landmark David-versus-Goliath federal lawsuit brought by citizens against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to end fluoridation of drinking water took another giant step forward. The lawsuit—spearheaded by a coalition of nonprofits and individual citizens—resulted in a two-week trial in June (via video conference) that synthesized the findings of hundreds of studies, including two landmark birth cohort studies funded by the National Institutes of Health. Read more.
Plight of Organic Farmer “Poisoned” in Pesticide attack becomes cause celebre in France
Posted September 3, 2020
An organic farmer in Provence who claims he was poisoned by jealous neighbours with pesticides they poured onto his vegetables has become a cause célèbre in France, which is facing a growing backlash against intensive agriculture. Read more.
Glyphosate levels in children and adults drop dramatically after one week of eating organic
Posted August 14, 2020
A peer-reviewed study published today in the journal Environmental Research found that levels of the pesticide glyphosate in participants’ bodies dropped an average of 70% after six days on an organic diet. The study is the first to examine how an organic diet affects exposure to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Bayer AG’s weedkiller Roundup®, the most widely used pesticide worldwide. It also indicates that for the general population, the food they eat is a primary way they are exposed to this pesticide. Read more.
