EPA accused of failing to regulate use of toxic herbicides despite court order Instead of yanking products, EPA made Monsanto and others amend labels before reapproving dicamba, lawsuit claims The Guardian - US · Apr 24, 2023
Investigators issue update on toxic waste leaking from quarry Villagers have long raised their concerns about the site Wales Online · Apr 19, 2023
SI:AM | The Rays Can’t Be Stopped They’re going for history on Thursday afternoon against the Red Sox. Sports Illustrated · Apr 13, 2023
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. Tribune News Service · Mar 24, 2023
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 · Mar 10, 2023
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 · Mar 10, 2023
Big Ag's glyphosate conspiracy Dr. Chadi Nabhan spent years treating patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma before knowing potential link to Roundup Salon · Feb 26, 2023
How Climate Change Threatens California Wine Longstanding varieties like Cabernet Sauvignon just can’t take the heat. Capital & Main · Feb 14, 2023
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 · Jan 31, 2023
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 · Jan 20, 2023
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 · Jan 19, 2023
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 · Jan 19, 2023
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 · Dec 16, 2022
$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 · Dec 15, 2022
The Guardian - US · Dec 9, 2022 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
Radio France Internationale · Dec 8, 2022 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 · Dec 8, 2022 '€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 · Nov 12, 2022 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 · Oct 1, 2022 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
The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2022 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 · Aug 24, 2022 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 · Aug 23, 2022 Popular weedkiller Roundup on trial again as cancer victims demand justice A long list of upcoming trials complicating Bayer’s efforts to escape the costly, ongoing litigation over the health effects of Roundup
Daily Record · Aug 19, 2022 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 · Aug 4, 2022 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 · Jul 13, 2022 Pesticide found in most Americans' urine Glyphosate is a common pesticide ingredient and has been linked to a number of health conditions in humans