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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
Banning bee-killing pesticides in wildlife refuges
Bees in wildlife refuges are losing their ability to navigate due to toxic pesticide exposure. Help Friends of the Earth to protect these essential pollinators. Read More
Bees and other pollinators are under attack
Bayer claims to care about bees, yet they still sell bee-killing pesticides. See how Friends of the Earth is pushing Bayer to do better for pollinators. 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
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
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
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
Toxic Acres Study
The study found that U.S. agriculture is 48 times more toxic to insect life than it was two decades ago before neonicotinoids were introduced. Read More