While sunny summer weather usually ushers in better moods with dreams of vacations and more time outdoors, it also brings...
Year: 2017
Effort to ban some sunscreen chemicals advances
WAILUKU — Sunscreen containing certain chemicals could be banned in Maui County after a bill to eliminate the potentially harmful...
Keepers warn of ‘bee-mageddon’ after France authorises controversial insecticide
French bee keepers are up in arms over the authorisation of an insecticide they warn could sound the death knell...
The Harmful Effects of Sunscreen on our Oceans
Sunscreens have been making headlines lately due to their contribution to coral bleaching and ocean acidification. Coral bleaching is the...
LA will stop using weed killer on playgrounds and dog parks
Los Angeles’ Recreation and Parks Department will stop spraying the weed killer, Roundup, within 100 feet of children’s play areas,...
Goodbye to Golden Rice? GM Trait Leads to Drastic Yield Loss and “Metabolic Meltdown”
by Allison Wilson, PhD. GMO Golden Rice is promoted as a potent tool to alleviate vitamin A deficiency. However, Indian researchers now...
Ben & Jerry’s says no to glyphosate
Even though the New York Times is reporting that scientists say the detected levels seem “totally irrelevant,” officials with Ben & Jerry’s...
Six Middle Eastern Countries Ban Glyphosate Herbicides over ‘Probable Carcinogen’ Fears
Oman’s Ministry of Agriculture has confirmed that six Middle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman have banned...
Emmanuel Macron: EU pesticide debate needs more ‘independent expertise’
France and the European Union need independent scientific experts to guide them on divisive environmental issues such as pesticides, French...
How Monsanto Manufactured ‘Outrage’ at Chemical Cancer Classification It Expected
Three years ago this month Monsanto executives realized they had a big problem on their hands. It was September 2014 and the...