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Investigators issue update on toxic waste leaking from quarry

Villagers have long raised their concerns about the site

Wales Online

SI:AM | The Rays Can’t Be Stopped

They’re going for history on Thursday afternoon against the Red Sox.

Sports Illustrated

Commentary: Toxic pesticide drift hurts all of us

When I started farming corn and soybeans on our 320-acre family farm in Greene County, Iowa, in 1976, herbicides like dicamba were a go-to to control weeds. Dicamba is quite toxic, but it helped control broadleaf weeds in my corn crop — until it didn’t.

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Shareholders are forcing Bayer's CEO out. What do they expect from his replacement?

Incoming Bayer CEO Bill Anderson is taking charge of a company in the midst of a trust crisis.

Fortune

I once admired Russell Brand. But his grim trajectory shows us where politics is heading

In an age of distortion, public figures have powerful tools and a responsibility. This is an object lesson in how that can go wrong, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK

Big Ag's glyphosate conspiracy

Dr. Chadi Nabhan spent years treating patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma before knowing potential link to Roundup

Salon

How Climate Change Threatens California Wine

Longstanding varieties like Cabernet Sauvignon just can’t take the heat.

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Aim for the Stomach

Why the threat to food supplies — and industrial agriculture's role in global warming — is central to the discourse on climate change.

Capital & Main

People exposed to weedkiller chemical have cancer biomarkers in urine – study

Study measured glyphosate in urine and found high levels associated with signs of oxidative stress

The Guardian - US

Ynysddu residents fear toxic waste is 'spilling past village' near where children play

Villagers have spoken of their fears for after witnessing a mysterious liquid flowing downhill from a mine where a toxic chemical was dumped several decades ago

Daily Mirror

Villagers in Wales fear toxic waste is leaking from Monsanto dump site

The Ty Llwyd Quarry near Caerphilly is believed to contain highly carcinogenic PCBs after being dumped at the site decades ago by chemical company Monsato

Wales Online

AP News Digest 4 a.m.

Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EST. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan at https://newsroom.ap.org.

The Independent UK

$698M deal to end Monsanto PCB pollution lawsuit in Oregon

Oregon's attorney general says Bayer has agreed to pay $698 million to end a lawsuit over PCB pollution associated with products made by Monsanto, the agriculture giant it now owns

The Independent UK

Revealed: group shaping US nutrition receives millions from big food industry

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has a record of quid pro quos with a range of food giants, documents show

The Guardian - US

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Radio France Internationale

French farmer poisoned by Monsanto herbicide wins 'paltry' compensation

After 15 years of legal proceedings, French farmer Paul François, who was accidentally poisoned by a Monsanto herbicide in 2004, will receive compensation - but much less than he had asked for.

France 24

'€11,000 for so much sacrifice': Bayer pesticide ruling ends French farmer's 15-year battle

A French court has ordered Germany's Bayer to pay compensation of some 11,000 euros to a crop farmer for the accidental inhalation of a weedkiller produced by its subsidiary Monsanto, ending a 15-year legal battle, his lawyer and the company said on Thursday.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Why is a weedkiller showing up in Midwesterners’ urine?

St. LOUIS — A research group says levels of the controversial and drift-prone weedkiller dicamba have more than tripled in the urine samples of people in the Midwest — even in urban areas.

The Guardian - AU

Gardeners beware: household chemicals banned overseas are still used in Australia

From tomato dust to snail pellets, Australia takes a much more relaxed approach to household pesticide use than other countries

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The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Trump appears to concede he illegally retained official documents

Ex-president’s lawyers indicate he unlawfully kept government papers after losing election. Plus, a raw veg row

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: The parallel struggles of human and monarch migration

In July, the monarch butterfly was added by the International Union for Conservation of Nature to its red list of threatened species, a recognition that the insect’s continuing decline could lead to extinction. Though the monarch population increased 35% from December 2020 to December 2021, its numbers overall have been…

The Guardian - US

A long list of upcoming trials complicating Bayer’s efforts to escape the costly, ongoing litigation over the health effects of Roundup

Daily Record

Where is House of the Dragon filmed?

Game of Thrones spin-off show House of the Dragon will treat fans to a new look at Westeros, 200 years before the original show. Locations include the UK, Spain and Portugal.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

NJ sues Monsanto over ‘reckless’ PCB contamination, including along Delaware River

PHILADELPHIA — The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection filed suit Thursday against Monsanto for “extensive damage” caused by PCB contamination, citing “reckless long-term discharge of” polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) statewide and noting pollution from a company facility in Gloucester County on the Delaware River.

Salon

Pesticide found in most Americans' urine

Glyphosate is a common pesticide ingredient and has been linked to a number of health conditions in humans

The Conversation

The dangers of big data extend to farming

Most internet users are by now aware of the vulnerability of their personal data. When the news broke that tech companies misuse and manipulate our personal data, there was a widespread “techlash” against the corporate giants Facebook, Amazon and Google.

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