Three years ago this month Monsanto executives realized they had a big problem on their hands. It was September 2014 and the...
Tag: Chemicals
6 Ways This Ivy League University Is Acting Like a PR Firm for Junk Food, GMOs and Pesticides
Consumers lose when professors get their marching orders from Big Ag and Big Food. If a scientist has a relationship...
Tribes worry about environmental toll from salmon spill
Tribes are growing increasingly worried about the toll that the Atlantic salmon escape from a fish farm near Cypress Island...
DID YOU EAT ROUNDUP TODAY?
When I was a teen, I worked a couple summers for a neighboring dairy farm family. Most of my work...
States sue over EPA’s decision to keep pesticide on market
WASHINGTON (AP) – Several states are seeking to join a legal challenge to a Trump administration decision to keep a...
Damage From Wayward Weedkiller Keeps Growing
Two weeks ago, in a remarkable move, the State Plant Board of Arkansas voted to ban the sale and use of...
Neonicotinoid pesticides are slowly killing bees
Neonicotinoid pesticides commonly found in agricultural areas kill bees and hurt their ability to reproduce, two separate large-scale studies confirmed...
Movies of Interest- June 2017
Poisoning Paradise- Featured at the Maui Film Festival 10:00 p.m. | Fri, June 23, 2017 http://www.mauifilmfestival.com/#day3 Executive Producer Pierce Brosnan returns...
FDA Resumes Testing Foods For Weed Killer, Safety Questions Grow
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has resumed its first-ever endeavor to evaluate how much of a controversial chemical is...
Two Community Events!
“Protecting Maui from Unethical Agro-Chemical Experimentation” June 6 (Kihei) & June 13 (Paia) Presented by: SAFE – Sustainable Action Fund...