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2024 Retailer Scorecard

Without pollinators, grocery shelves would run short of a wide assortment of fruits and vegetables, nuts, and beans. Read More

Economic Risks of Pesticides

The U.S. food retail sector’s use of pesticides on just four crops could result in $219 billion in financial risks between now and 2050. Read More

New Roundup, New Risks

Friends of the Earth’s analysis finds that, on the fiftieth anniversary of its commercialization, Roundup sold to consumers is more toxic than ever before. Read More

2022 Bee-Friendly Supermarket Scorecard

Without pollinators, grocery shelves would run short of a wide assortment of fruits and vegetables, nuts, beans, and delicious favorites like chocolate and coffee. Read More

Toxic Acres

Since neonicotinoid insecticides were introduced in the 1990s, U.S. agriculture has become 48 times more toxic to insect life, according to a new study in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS One. Read More

Organic for All: Results of the Organic Diet Biomonitoring Study

In this peer-reviewed study, we compared pesticide levels in the bodies of four American families for six days on a non-organic diet and six days on a completely organic diet. We found that an organic diet rapidly and dramatically reduced exposure to pesticides in just one week. Read More

Toxic Secret: Pesticides uncovered in store brand cereal, applesauce, beans and produce

Friends of the Earth and our allies across the country conducted this testing to discover if pesticide residues are present in foods commonly eaten by children and families found at the top four food retailers in the United States: Walmart, Kroger, Costco and Albertsons/Safeway. Read More

Gardeners Beware: Bee-Toxic Pesticides Found in "Bee-Friendly" Plants Sold at Garden Centers Across the U.S.

New report finds 28 percent decrease in toxic pesticides in “bee-friendly” plants and shows that retailer commitments are shifting the market. Read More

Gardeners Beware 2014

Two-thirds of the food crops humans eat every day require bees and other pollinators to successfully produce a crop. However, the health and productivity of honey bees, bumble bees, and other pollinators are in great peril, and populations are dwindling worldwide. Read More

Gardeners Beware 2013

Bee-toxic pesticides found in "bee-friendly" plants sold at garden centers nationwide. Read More