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Pesticides

How the U.S. and other countries fail to adequately regulate pesticides

Posted inAccountability, Environment, Food Security, Pesticides

Farm wars

Fernanda Camarena by Fernanda Camarena, Deborah George, Byard Duncan, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Kaitlin Benz and Najib Aminy April 20, 2019June 30, 2021

Dicamba herbicide is causing a civil war in farm country. Honeybee rustling in California’s almond groves. And sulfur’s link to asthma in children.

Posted inEnvironment, Pesticides, Sustainability, The (Un)Scientific Method

Scientists warned this weed killer would destroy crops. EPA approved it anyway

by Liza Gross November 13, 2018June 30, 2021

The agency based its decision on “shockingly insufficient” company studies. Now millions of dollars in soybeans and other crops have been destroyed.

Farmworkers apply the fumigant 1,3-Dichloropropene to a field in Salinas, Calif.
Posted inFood Security, Pesticides, Sustainability

CA boasted of tighter pesticide rules. But Dow got what it wanted

by Bernice Yeung October 17, 2016October 16, 2016

For one of the most popular and potent pesticides, California regulators increased how much could be used in each community every year. It’s a move that Dow has been advocating for since 2008, department documents show.

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Farmworkers apply the fumigant 1,3-Dichloropropene to a field in Salinas, Calif.
Posted inPesticides, Sustainability

Dow sued for not warning California residents of pesticide risk

by Bernice Yeung September 28, 2016September 28, 2016

The suit alleges that the chemical company should have given notice when growers used 1,3-Dichloropropene, a popular but toxic pesticide manufactured exclusively by Dow.

Posted inEnvironment, Pesticides

How California’s pesticide regulator spun a concerned community

by Andy Donohue August 24, 2015June 30, 2021

Since outcry over pesticide use began in Ventura County, California, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation has responded to the community’s questions with statements that contradict the findings of its own scientists and exaggerate its own policies.

Posted inEnvironment, Pesticides

Potent pesticide still used at levels that defy scientists’ warnings

by Andy Donohue and Bernice Yeung May 26, 2015June 30, 2021

Residents in California farming counties such as Kern, Fresno and San Joaquin are being put at a higher risk of cancer than state scientists believe to be acceptable, internal documents and interviews show.

Posted inEnvironment, Pesticides

Use of Monsanto pesticide linked to cancer has boomed in California

by Rachael Bale March 27, 2015June 30, 2021

Roundup’s active ingredient, glyphosate, is one of the most widely used pesticides in the world. Recent studies found that the chemical probably causes cancer, in addition to other health risks, and may contribute to antibiotic resistance.

Posted inEnvironment, Pesticides

How a pesticide loophole increased cancer risk at a California school

by Andy Donohue March 20, 2015June 30, 2021

Ventura County Supervisor John Zaragoza is calling for an investigation into pesticide use around Rio Mesa High School after our story found that a loophole created by the state’s pesticide regulator put people in more than 100 communities statewide at greater cancer risk.

Farmworkers apply the fumigant 1,3-Dichloropropene to a field in Salinas, Calif.
Posted inEnvironment, Pesticides

La industria de las fresas en California está adicta a peligrosos pesticidas

by Bernice Yeung, Kendall Taggart and Andy Donohue February 26, 2015June 30, 2021

La industria de fresas de $2.6 billones de California depende de un tipo de pesticidas llamados fumigantes, que han sido relacionados con el cáncer, problemas de desarrollo y el agotamiento del ozono.

Posted inEnvironment, Pesticides

Everything you wanted to know about the bee die-off

by Rachael Bale February 20, 2015June 30, 2021

For years, honeybees were dying mysteriously. There have been some glimmers of hope recently, but a simple fact remains: Bees still are on the decline, and no one’s sure why.

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