(Beyond Pesticides, October 26, 2026) As the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meets October 27-29, 2026, a campaign is targeting the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to follow through on the Board’s past recommendations that are said to be critical to public trust in the…
The Impacts of Section 13 Today, the Pest Control Products Act (PCPA) requires Health Canada to reassess every registered pesticide at least once every 15 years, based on the latest scientific evidence. Section 13 replaces this reassessment with a simple "review" of information…
A fourth year political science student is petitioning the federal government to repeal changes passed earlier this year, allowing the federal cabinet to authorize the use of pesticides deemed unsafe by Health Canada. The Pest Control Products Act protects the…
The European Parliament and EU Council have entered a provisional deal to amend rules governing organic production, labelling, certification, and trade. EU lawmakers have agreed to update rules around the production, labelling, certification, and trade of organic products. On Tuesday…
"The data is nowhere near as bad as we thought it was going to be when this first happened." In East Palestine, Ohio, nearly 900 people are suing the lawyers connected to Norfolk Southern's $600 million derailment settlement, NewsNation reported. The residents…
A very different picture in 2021 As a new analysis from PAN Europe’s member Générations Futures shows, at that time the EPP group- a right-wing party- signed no fewer than 38 amendments calling for impact assessments and evidence-based evaluations, one of them…
A farmer harvests a soy crop in Levis, Que., Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. MONTREAL - Since he was a child, Gérald Chouinard knew he wanted to be a scientist. He fulfilled that dream for three decades, researching alternatives to pesticides in Quebec, until…
Pennsylvania is on the verge of banning a highly toxic – and commonly used – herbicide closely linked to Parkinson’s disease. House Bill 1135 is scheduled for legislative floor action on Tuesday, meaning that state representatives could vote to ban paraquat as early…
Atrazine is commonly used on corn, sugarcane and sorghum, and has been linked to birth defects, cancer and fertility problems. (CN) — A coalition of conservation and public health groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday in an effort to…
In a new release, Consumer Reports and the Environmental Working Group call for a bill of rights to protect people from the health harms of pesticides Consumers should enjoy more and stronger protections from the health risks of harmful pesticides,…
Regulating pesticides: EPA registrations and bans, the MAHA debate over farm chemicals, the farm bill, and EU and state rules.
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