Pesticides - Investigate Midwest (Page 5)

Last Year It Was Dicamba, This Year It’s 2,4-D

A volatile weed killer linked to cancer and endocrine issues will likely be sprayed on millions more acres of soybeans and cotton across the Midwest and South starting this year.

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 27 Mar 2019

Last Year It Was Dicamba, This Year It’s 2,4-D

Iowa Ag Secretary Says Pesticide Investigation Staff Levels To Remain The Same Despite Higher Demand

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Iowa will not add investigators to handle an increased number of pesticide drift complaints, favoring instead more efficient ways to handle complaint inspections, the state’s

By Lyle Muller and Jeff Stein

/ 16 Mar 2019

Iowa Ag Secretary Says Pesticide Investigation Staff Levels To Remain The Same Despite Higher Demand

Legislative Bill Would Increase Pesticide Application Fees In Iowa, Send Money To Inspections

A bill has been introduced in the Iowa Legislature that would increase the fee for a three-year public or private pesticide application certification from $15 to $30 and designate

By IowaWatch

/ 4 Mar 2019

Legislative Bill Would Increase Pesticide Application Fees In Iowa, Send Money To Inspections

Sex Registry Failures, Pesticide Drift Concerns, Mental Health Care Top Readers' Interest at IowaWatch in 2018

The IowaWatch.org stories from 2018 that you read most covered a variety of topics: the environment, mental, cultural diversity, agriculture and personal safety from being assaulted. Here they are.

By Taylor Odekirk

/ 26 Dec 2018

Little Interest In Buffer Zones, Or Other New Pesticide Application Rules In Iowa

Iowa state Sen. Bill Dotzler has traveled across Iowa’s country roads on his bicycle while training and riding for RAGBRAI. On these rides, he pays attention to farmers spraying

By Sophia Schillinger and Sabine Martin/IowaWatch-Cedar Falls Tiger Hi-Line report

/ 1 Jun 2018

Little Interest In Buffer Zones, Or Other New Pesticide Application Rules In Iowa

Large Number Of Iowa Public Schools In Range Of Potential Pesticide Spray Drift

Nine of every 10 public school districts in Iowa have buildings within 2,000 feet of a farm field, making students and teachers susceptible to being exposed to pesticides that drift from the fields when pesticides are sprayed. Yet many school officials interviewed for an IowaWatch/Tiger Hi-Line inve

By Rachel Schmid, Sophia Schillinger and Sabine Martin/IowaWatch-Cedar Falls Tiger Hi-Line report

/ 1 Jun 2018

Large Number Of Iowa Public Schools In Range Of Potential Pesticide Spray Drift

EPA Eased Herbicide Regulations Following Monsanto Research, Records Show

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lessened protections for crops and wildlife habitats after Monsanto supplied research that presented lower estimates of how far the weed killer dicamba can drift,

By Lyle Muller

/ 4 Mar 2018

EPA Eased Herbicide Regulations Following Monsanto Research, Records Show

Environmental groups sue EPA, renew calls for ban on pesticide linked to neurological disorders

Two environmental groups filed a complaint against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday for its controversial decision to not ban a pesticide linked to neurological, developmental and autoimmune disorders.

By Robert Holly

/ 6 Apr 2017

Environmental groups sue EPA, renew calls for ban on pesticide linked to neurological disorders

Iowa Watch: Drifting pesticides put neighboring farms at risk

Iowa’s organic farms, vineyards, apiaries and other non-conventional farms surrounded by row crops treated with pesticides are at risk of being hit with drifting spray that can leave their farms’ futures uncertain.

By Lauren Mills/IowaWatch

/ 15 Sep 2016

Iowa Watch: Drifting pesticides put neighboring farms at risk

Growing Health Concerns Surrounding Pesticides, Including Two Commonly Used In Iowa

Some farmers applying pesticides to fields this summer might ignore symptoms of being exposed to the chemicals, like headaches or nausea. But mounting evidence shows chronic exposure to pesticides may increase risks for certain cancers, like prostate cancer, and for other chronic illnesses, like Par

By Lauren Mills

/ 21 Jul 2016

Growing Health Concerns Surrounding Pesticides, Including Two Commonly Used In Iowa

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Health Impacts Of Widely-Used Pesticides Uncertain

Iowa’s wide expanses of row-cropped fields produced roughly 2.5 billion bushels of corn and 554 million bushels of soybeans in 2015. And for many, those high yields are thanks in part to pesticides. But what impact, if any, do those chemicals have on our health? It’s a controversial topic and the an

By Lauren Mills and Jeff Stein

/ 20 Jun 2016

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Health Impacts Of Widely-Used Pesticides Uncertain

Soybean farmers among those to oppose tighter farm worker protections

The Illinois Soybean Association is among several industries to oppose tighter regulations of pesticide protections for farm workers. The group – which represents 45,000 soybean producers in the state – filed a letter last week as part of a public comment period on proposed updates to the Agricultur

By Pam Dempsey, Investigate Midwest

/ 19 Aug 2014

Soybean farmers among those to oppose tighter farm worker protections