More Evidence Neonics Inhibit Social Behavior and Pollination Skills in...
(Beyond Pesticides, January 10, 2017) Exposure to neonicotinoid (neonic) insecticides leads to a decrease in pollination frequency and fewer social interactions in bumblebees, according to research...
View ArticleGot Organic? USDA Proposes Organic Check-Off Program, Family Farmers Question...
(Beyond Pesticides, January 19, 2017) The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) opened a 60-public comment period January 17 on a controversial proposal to establish a federal research and promotion...
View ArticleTrump Administration Stifles Science and Transparency within EPA
(Beyond Pesticides, January 26, 2017) In a startling move that puts independent science at odds with government, the Trump administration’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) transition team...
View ArticleJudge Rules Against Monsanto, Allows California to List Glyphosate Products...
(Beyond Pesticides, January 31, 2017) A tentative ruling last week by Fresno County Superior Court Judge Kristi Culver Kapetan moves California closer to listing glyphosate (Roundup) as a carcinogen...
View ArticleNRDC and Others Sue Over Two-for-One Executive Order
(Beyond Pesticides, February 10, 2017) On Wednesday, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), along with Public Citizen and the Communications Workers of America, sued the Trump administration in...
View ArticleTrump Administration Sued on Reversal of Endangered Species Designation for...
(Beyond Pesticides, February 16, 2017) On Tuesday, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) sued the Trump administration for reversing a February 10 rule, published in the Federal Register, that...
View ArticleTake Action: Bill Will Eliminate Permit Requirement to Spray Pesticides into...
(Beyond Pesticides, February 21, 2016) The Agriculture Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill last week that will eliminate protections from toxic pesticides for the nation’s...
View ArticleU.S. House Passes Bill that Supports EPA’s Pesticide Regulatory Program
(Beyond Pesticides, March 29, 2017) The U.S. House of Representatives voted last week to pass H.R. 1029, the Pesticide Registration Enhancement Act of 2017 (PREA), reauthorizing the Pesticide...
View ArticleDow-Dupont Mega-Merger Moving Forward In the EU, Raising Food Security Concerns
(Beyond Pesticides, April 3, 2017) The European Union (EU) has approved a $130 billion mega-merger between two agrochemical giants, Dow Chemical Company and DuPont Company, heralding a new round of...
View ArticleSpending Bill Found to Include Taxpayer-Funded Program to Promote GMOs
(Beyond Pesticides, May 16, 2017) Buried in the spending bill passed earlier this month to avert a government shutdown is a provision that allots $3 million for a federal outreach campaign promoting...
View ArticleVeterans’ Coverage of Agent Orange-Related Diseases Delayed
(Beyond Pesticides, November 9, 2017) Vietnam veterans suffering from certain Agent Orange-related health conditions will continue to wait for compensation. U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA)...
View ArticleTake Action: Tell Your Representative to Cosponsor the Saving America’s...
(Beyond Pesticides, February 26, 2017) U.S. Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Jim McGovern (D-MA) reintroduced the Saving America’s Pollinators Act (H.R. 5015), which suspends the registration...
View ArticleEthics Scandals Surround EPA Administrator Pruitt, Call for Firing
(Beyond Pesticides, April 16, 2018) Ethics scandals pile up regarding Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt’s failure to do his job, leading to the inevitable conclusion that he...
View ArticleUSDA Proposed Rule for GE Labeling Criticized as Misleading
(Beyond Pesticides, May 11, 2018) Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its long-awaited proposal for disclosing the presence of genetically engineering (GE) in foods....
View ArticleHouse Passes Farm Bill with Provisions that Weaken Organic, Poison Waterways...
(Beyond Pesticides, June 26, 2018) On June 21, 2018, the controversial 2018 Farm Bill (H.R. 2) narrowly passed the U.S. House of Representatives 213 to 211 with provisions that will eliminate federal...
View ArticleConcerns Rise Over Plan to Overhaul USDA Research
(Beyond Pesticides, August 30, 2018) A plan announced earlier this month by Agriculture Secretary, Sonny Perdue, to relocate one of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) top research office — the...
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