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Over 157,000 Consumers Call on Home Depot and Lowe’s to End Sales of Cancer-Linked Roundup
Home and garden stores can make a significant difference in reducing the use of this toxic product Read More
Over 65 Organizations Call on Home Depot and Lowe’s to End Sales of Cancer-linked Roundup
Home and garden stores can make a significant difference in reducing the use of this toxic product. Read More
New Study: Glyphosate Levels in Children and Adults Drop Dramatically After One Week of Eating Organic
The study is the first to examine how an organic diet affects exposure to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Bayer AG’s (BAYRY) weedkiller Roundup®, the most widely used pesticide worldwide. Read More
U.S. Beekeepers lost the second-most hives in history
Beekeepers recorded the second highest annual losses in history, including the highest summer losses ever. Read More
Maryland Legislators Partially Ban Chlorpyrifos
The Maryland General Assembly passed S.B. 300 today, making Maryland the fourth state to ban Dow’s brain-damaging pesticide. Read More
Corteva Agriscience announces it will stop making chlorpyrifos
Corteva Agriscience, the main manufacturer of chlorpyrifos, a pesticide linked to brain damage in children, announced today that they will stop production of the pesticide by the end of the year. Read More
Governor Cuomo directs his administration to enact pesticide ban
Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) today directed the New York Department of Environmental Conservation to take action to ban the use of chlorpyrifos. With the governor’s action, New York has joined Hawai’i and California in outlawing the use of the neurotoxic pesticide. Read More
Rite Aid releases new policy to limit toxic pesticides to protect pollinators
Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) has released a pollinator health policy aimed at encouraging its suppliers to phase out the use of pollinator-toxic pesticides: glyphosate, neonicotinoids and organophosphates, including chlorpyrifos. Read More
Groups demand Governor Cuomo ban neurotoxic pesticide chlorpyrifos
Public health, environmental and consumer organizations today rallied outside Governor Cuomo’s office to urge him to sign S.5343, which would ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos in the state of New York. Read More
ALDI U.S. releases new policy to limit toxic pesticides to protect pollinators
ALDI U.S. has released a pollinator policy aimed at encouraging its suppliers of fruits, vegetables, live plants and flowers to phase out the use of chlorpyrifos and neonicotinoid pesticides. Read More