"Map Shows States With Highest Use Of Harmful Pesticides"
"Midwestern and Southern states use much higher rates of the potentially harmful pesticide 2,4-D, according to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data."
Source: Newsweek, 07/01/2025
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"4 New Pesticides Ignite Debate Over PFAS Definition"
"The US Environmental Protection Agency is doubling down on efforts to decrease a backlog of new pesticide active ingredients waiting for EPA approval to enter the marketplace. Since April, the agency has proposed registering four of them—cyclobutrifluram, diflufenican, isocycloseram, and trifludimoxazin."
Source: Chemical & Engineering News, 06/27/2025
Scientists Fear Pesticides Are Raising Resistance To Antifungal Drugs
"The proliferation of new fungicides in the U.S. agricultural sector may be raising resistance to critical antifungal medications in humans and animals, infectious disease experts are warning."
Source: The Hill, 06/12/2025
"A Killer Within Easy Reach"
"Pesticides are a leading means of suicide. The tiny nation of Suriname is working to restrict access to one of the most common and dangerous ones."
Source: NYTimes, 06/11/2025
"Ecologists’ Horror As Nature Reserves Are Emptied Of Insects"
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides"
Source: Guardian, 06/09/2025
"Pesticide Report Led By RFK Jr. Draws Fire From Agrichemical Industry"
"A new White House report linking pesticides to children’s health concerns is drawing backlash from farm groups and support from environmental advocates."
Source: Investigate Midwest, 06/09/2025
"White House Releases Details About Proposed Budget Cuts"
"EPA’s core workforce would shrink to its smallest size since the mid-1980s, while funding for numerous grant programs would be zeroed out, according to new documents released Friday."
Source: E&E News, 06/02/2025
Pesticide Firms Ask Lawmakers For Immunity From Lawsuits By Sick Farmers
"Ray Bickel spent over a decade driving a truck through giant corn and soybean fields in Clinton County, Iowa, applying pesticides. He says it was good work, while it lasted." “He was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, which is blood and bone marrow cancer."
Source: KWQC, 05/28/2025
Advocates Applaud MAHA Report On Chemical Harms, But Say It Falls Short
"Exposures to pesticides and other chemicals, ultra-processed foods and over-prescription of medications are among the factors contributing to an epidemic of chronic disease in America’s children, according to a government report issued Thursday by the Trump administration’s controversial “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) Commission.'
Source: The New Lede, 05/28/2025
"RFK Jr.’s MAHA Report Targets Food, Drug, Tech Industries: Key Takeaways"
"The Trump administration issued its long-awaited Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission report Thursday, hammering various industries while deviating from mainstream science on key issues including farming practices, vaccinations and psychiatric medications."
Source: The Hill, 05/23/2025
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