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The pesticide industry’s attempt to increase the legal levels of glyphosate (Roundup) in Canadian food has been paused after a public outcry. In a major shift in pesticide policy, the Government of Canada is hitting the pause button to suspend decisions on maximum residue levels (MRLs) for glyphosate and...

Scientific uncertainty and controversy go hand-in-hand in efforts in the U.S. to prevent adverse public health and environmental impacts from the pesticides...

Farmer-scientist organization MASIPAG has vehemently condemned the railroaded decision by the Philippine Department of Agriculture to allow the commercial...

A newly uncovered confidential U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report found “suggestive evidence” linking glyphosate to Non-Hodgkin’s...

Bayer have announced that they will no longer sell glyphosate-based herbicides to U.S. gardeners as of 2023, following the costly litigation battle over...

Center for Food Safety (CFS) and allied plaintiffs filed a new federal lawsuit on Monday challenging the 2020 decision by the Trump administration’s...

A new report from The Rockefeller Foundation finds that the US food system costs at least $3.2 trillion per year when taking into account its impact on...

A new Heartland Health Research Alliance (HHRA) paper published in the peer-reviewed journal Agronomy reports significant impacts of organic farming systems...

A new scientific analysis concludes that the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) claim that glyphosate is not genotoxic cannot be justified on...

Regional advocacy group PAN Asia Pacific (Pesticide Action Network) congratulated Sri Lanka on Wednesday for winning the Future Policy Special Award 2021 in...