Paraquat has been linked to Parkinson’s disease and just a sip is fatal, but tens of thousands of pounds of it are being released in the Mississippi Basin.
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In an opening salvo aimed at convincing the U.S. Supreme Court to curtail costly Roundup litigation, Bayer is citing support
Key trade agreements, the legality of the global trade war, Agri Stats’ antitrust case, more USDA moves, and rulings on dicamba and glyphosate predicted to grab industry headlines.
Even people outside of agriculture carried residue from dozens of chemicals after just one week, the study authors said. Many of these same chemicals, including several banned in Europe, are still in use across US farms.
Though HHS Secretary Kennedy litigated pesticide cases as an environmental lawyer, he pledges now not to target the chemical so widely used in US agriculture.
After decades of negligence, the EPA has suspended re-registration of DCPA, a herbicide tied to lifelong health risks, especially for pregnant women and their unborn children. But why did the agency take so long to act? This column explores the troubling timeline of inaction, the failures in oversig
