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Our Best Chance To Stop Vilsack From Leading USDA!
While serving as USDA Secretary under President Obama, Mr. Vilsack supported chemically-dependent industrial agriculture that resulted in millions more pounds of pesticides released into the environment, contaminating our water and soils and harming human health and wildlife
New EPA Finding: Glyphosate Harms 93 Percent of Endangered Species
Over 93 percent of endangered species and 96 percent of their habitats are likely to be harmed by glyphosate, the ubiquitous and controversial herbicide, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported in a draft evaluation released last week
Bayer Settles Roundup, Dicamba And PCB Water Lawsuits For $10 Billion
Bayer reached a settlement with plaintiffs in its Roundup, glyphosate, lawsuits, and litigation concerning dicamba drift and PCB water. The company agreed to a total payment of $10.1 billion to $10.9 billion.
EPA Moves To Block California’s Roundup Cancer Warning
This announcement follows a move by California regulators in 2017 to add glyphosate to a state-maintained list of cancer-causing chemicals
BREAKING: I’m At The EPA Right Now - Join Us In Demanding A Ban on Monsanto’s Roundup Weedkiller!
First, please submit your comments to the EPA before midnight on Friday, July 5. Demand that the EPA heed the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer determination that glyphosate is a “probable human carcinogen.”
Tortilla Trouble
Tests show that samples of both white and yellow Maseca brand flours contain traces of Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller. Tests also show that most of the flours are made with GMO corn.