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The U.S. EPA last month released its draft ecological risk assessment of dicamba for its registration review of this weed-killing pesticide. Dicamba is the volatile chemical that has caused unprecedented drift damage to crops, trees, vegetable gardens, orchards and ornamentals ever since the EPA approved...

A recent report by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found more than 80 percent of urine samples from children and adults...

In a new study, Arizona State University (ASU) and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGEN) have explored the effects of glyphosate exposure...

It’s not surprising that glyphosate, the so-called active ingredient in Bayer-Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller, is found in foods made with glyphosate-tolerant...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week denied requests by conservationists and members of Congress to phase out the use of agricultural pesticides...

A correlation between agricultural pesticides and cancer in western states has been found by University of Idaho and Northern Arizona University researchers....

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a bid from Bayer-owned Monsanto that aimed to challenge thousands of lawsuits claiming its weedkiller...

In a historic victory for farmworkers and the environment on Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit sided with Center for Food Safety...

Bumblebee colonies exposed to low levels of the weed killer glyphosate are unable to adequately regulate nest temperature, imperiling the next generation...

In a major victory for health and environmental groups, a California court has ruled (see here and here) that a sweeping state pesticide spraying program...