Newly unsealed internal corporate files show Syngenta avoided sharing certain paraquat health risk data with the EPA despite federal legal requirements for companies to report information about adverse effects.
The Senate Agriculture Committee advanced the Farm Bill on Wednesday on a party-line vote, despite Republican in-fighting over a failed effort to bring forward a “Save Our Bacon Act” amendment that would have weakened state animal welfare laws.
A former USDA scientist is sharing his research on regenerative agriculture after visits with 2,000 farms across the US. His latest findings suggest regenerative agriculture can play a vital role in carbon capture.
Opposing teams of attorneys spent hours on Monday battling over a proposed $7.25 billion settlement of the US Roundup cancer litigation that, if approved, would allow Bayer to keep selling its controversial glyphosate weed killers while providing roughly $10,000 to $165,000 for individuals suffering from cancer they blame on Roundup use.
Food health advocates say that failed commitments from fast food chains to reduce the use of antibiotics in their beef supply poses a serious threat to public health, putting Americans at risk of antibiotic-resistant infections.
A group of over 30 scientists, health professionals, and public health advocates is urging the Senate not to weaken the Toxic Substances Control Act, a move they say will put children in harm’s way from toxic chemicals and pollutants.
Despite promises made to limit PFAS, the Trump administration’s regulatory rollbacks and approval of new types of PFAS signal what observers see as a sharp contradiction: commitments to reduce exposure to the so-called “forever chemicals,” followed by policies that increase the risks of exposure for millions of Americans.
A former EPA chemist recounts agency reluctance to respond to risks seen with pesticides.
The recent record-breaking warming of the Pacific Ocean, deaths from heat in Europe, wildfires around the world, and the heat dome roasting the U.S. create an urgent need to understand every major driver of climate change, including those we don’t usually talk about.
Real change occurs in America when civic pressures from outside the centers of influence force insiders to retreat. A compelling example of that type of systemic change is now unfolding in Iowa.