Erin Brockovich, the environmental consumer advocate, took to the Guardian to proclaim, “The weedkiller in our food is killing us.”1 She has...
Tag: Pesticides
Turning Farm Workers Into Farmers
Posted by SHAKA Movement on Monday, December 9, 2019 By Johnny Magdaleno Mr. Magdaleno, who lives in Ecuador and California, writes...
Costa Rica Bans Glyphosate in All Protected Wild Areas
Costa Rica’s National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) has banned the use of glyphosate herbicides in all protected wild areas...
BREAKING: Monsanto to Plead Guilty to Illegally Spraying Banned Pesticide on Maui
Monsanto Company has agreed to plead guilty to illegally using a banned pesticide known as Penncap-M on research crops at...
GLYPHOSATE: MAIN CROPS OF CONCERN, AND WHY
Posted by SHAKA Movement on Friday, November 15, 2019
Suit blames birth defects in Maui community on Monsanto chemicals
By HNN Staff | October 24, 2019 at 4:19 PM HST – Updated October 25 at 12:40 PM HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) –...
Thailand to Ban Glyphosate and Other High-Profile Pesticides
Thailand edged closer Tuesday to banning glyphosate and two other controversial pesticides despite protests from farmers in a multi-billion-dollar agriculture...
Second Aussie farmer launches legal action against Monsanto over Roundup cancer claims
A second Australian farmer has launched legal action against chemical manufacturer Monsanto, alleging prolonged use of their Roundup product is...
Alameda County judge reduces $2 billion jury award in Monsanto case to $86.7 million
An Alameda County judge on Thursday upheld a jury’s verdict that Monsanto’s widely used Roundup herbicide caused cancer in a...
E.P.A. Won’t Ban Chlorpyrifos, Pesticide Tied to Children’s Health Problems
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration took a major step to weaken the regulation of toxic chemicals on Thursday when the...