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U.S. EPA reverses policy on ‘major sources’ of pollution

March 28, 2018 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: March 29, 2018

After 23 years, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is withdrawing the portion of the Clean Air Act designed to reduce air emissions of mercury, lead, benzene, and arsenic. This move from President Trump’s EPA is a departure from the “once-in… [read]

EPA Is Allowing Use of Unapproved Pesticides – New Study

January 1, 2018 by Kristina Martin

A report released by the Center for Biological Diversity reveals that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) allows the use of unapproved pesticides in the case of an emergency. The term emergency is defined in the dictionary as an unforeseen combination… [read]

Trump’s EPA Says Glyphosate Not Carcinogenic To People

December 28, 2017 by Kristina Martin

The Environmental Protection Agency released a draft assessment report this week that concludes glyphosate is not likely to be carcinogenic to humans, contradicting findings from both the World Health Organization and the State of California. The EPA is not the… [read]

EPA Relies on Industry Studies to Give Glyphosate New Green Light

December 27, 2017 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: December 27, 2017

Glyphosate is tthe most widely used pesticide in the world, and is the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup. On the 18th of December the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a controversial analysis that relies heavily on industry studies to conclude… [read]

PCBs, Roundup, and Dicamba – Monsanto’s Current Problems

August 15, 2017 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: August 14, 2017

They say bad news comes in threes, and biotech giant Monsanto can certainly attest to the truth of that statement right now. Their newest product line, XtendiMax (better known as dicamba), made it to market without proper volatility testing. This… [read]

Monsanto Might Be in Big Trouble

March 15, 2017 by Kristina Martin

Monsanto is currently embroiled in a lawsuit from farmers claiming that glyphosate caused their non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, contradicting the EPA’s finding that the chemical is “…not likely to be carcinogenic to humans.” On Tuesday, documents from the case were unsealed, including… [read]

The FDA Announces They Will Now Test For Glyphosates

February 23, 2016 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: March 1, 2016

Glyphosate, the extra secret ingredient in the majority of our food supply, will now have a harder time going incognito. After the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a criticism of the FDA and the USDA’s current herbicide monitoring practices,… [read]