Herbicide Paraquat, Banned In 70 Countries, To Be Pulled In Australia
"Syngenta says it will stop selling paraquat in Australia after new regulations on chemical linked to Parkinson’s disease"
Source: Guardian, 07/27/2026
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Tracking The Trump Administration’s Favors To The Pesticide Industry
"The pesticide industry has spent decades building a highly effective influence operation in Washington D.C., shaping how pesticides are regulated and how American agriculture operates."
Source: U.S. Right To Know, 07/27/2026
EPA’s Pesticide Approvals Prompt Fears of PFAS Contamination on Farms
"Less than a week after President Donald Trump signed an executive order supporting regenerative agriculture practices that he said would “reduce overall use” of chemical pesticides, his Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a flurry of controversial approvals."
Source: Civil Eats, 07/09/2026
Greens Petition EPA To Add Warnings To Pesticides Linked To Cancer
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should require cancer warnings on all pesticide products containing ingredients the agency has found show evidence of carcinogenicity, according to an emergency petition filed Wednesday by the Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental health advocacy group."
Source: The New Lede, 07/09/2026
EPA’s Pesticide Approvals Prompt Fears of PFAS Contamination on Farms
"Less than a week after President Donald Trump signed an executive order supporting regenerative agriculture practices that he said would “reduce overall use” of chemical pesticides, his Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a flurry of controversial approvals."
Source: Civil Eats, 07/09/2026
EPA Approves Three New Fluorocarbon Pesticides
"The Trump administration has approved three new pesticides that may be considered “forever chemicals” under an international definition, though the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is disputing the characterization."
Source: The Hill, 07/02/2026
Chemical Accidents Rise as Trump Admin Proposes Weakening Safety Rules
"Hazardous chemical releases from industrial accidents that injured or killed people increased by nearly 50 percent in recent years."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/02/2026
Congress Members Move To Override Court Ruling On Pesticide Protections
"Some US lawmakers are rushing to introduce legislation to reverse the impact of a US Supreme Court ruling handed down last week that overturned years of precedent by limiting consumer lawsuits against pesticide companies."
Source: The New Lede, 07/01/2026
Supreme Court Hands Bayer A Win on Roundup That Rattles MAHA
"The Supreme Court has dealt a devastating blow to the Make America Healthy Again Movement by blocking a path for users of the popular Roundup weedkiller to secure payouts from Monsanto for failing to disclose the product’s cancer risk."
Source: E&E News, 06/26/2026
MAHA’s CAFO Conundrum
“While the movement has long railed against harmful pesticides — such as glyphosate and paraquat — that are sprayed on crops and linked to cancers and other health ills, there is mounting evidence that CAFOs, which generate massive amounts of manure, are linked to some of these same health problems, including increased cancer rates.”
Source: The New Lede, 06/09/2026
