"Farming Mega-Mergers Threaten Food Security, Say Campaigners"
"Deals would put the majority of seeds, chemicals and GM traits in the hands of three companies, deepening poverty for small-scale farmers".
Source: Guardian, 09/27/2016
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"Pesticide Manufacturers' Own Tests Reveal Serious Harm To Honeybees"
"Bayer and Syngenta criticised for secrecy after unpublished research obtained under freedom of information law linked high doses of their products to damage to the health of bee colonies".
Source: Guardian, 09/23/2016
"Group Says It Has Sued Dow Over Pesticide Used In California"
"Chemical manufacturing giant Dow fails to warn people in farming communities throughout California when a potentially dangerous pesticide is applied to nearby fields, health advocates claimed in a lawsuit filed Tuesday."
Source: AP, 09/21/2016
"Monsanto Accepts $66 Billion Bayer Takeover"
"Monsanto has accepted a takeover offer from Germany's Bayer at $128 a share, the BBC has learned."
Source: BBC News, 09/14/2016
"Zika, Miami And Innovative Alternatives To Pesticides"
"As locally acquired cases of Zika continue to gradually grow in Miami, officials are still hamstrung in deploying a promising technology to fight the mosquitoes that transmit the virus, Aedes aegypti. There are 22 locally acquired cases in Florida, 19 primarily in the Wynwood area of Miami, two in Broward County, and a new case in Palm Beach County."
Source: Forbes, 08/15/2016
"Pesticides Threaten Golf Courses, Homes, Businesses In NY"
"A mysterious green residue started coating golfers’ shoes last spring at Rye Golf Club. Players joked about wiping the gunk off, but angry questions mounted as the lush course transformed into a field of dustbowls."
Source: Gannett, 07/27/2016
Damning Probe Finds EPA 'Turning Blind Eye' to Toxic Chemical Cocktails
"Despite the EPA's claims, information on dangerous synergistic effects is publicly available. In fact, the agro-giants collected it themselves."
Source: Common Dreams, 07/22/2016
U.S. Farmers Struggle To Feed The Country's Appetite For Organic Food
"Consumer appetite for organic foods reached $13.4bn in the US last year – so why is only 1% of the country’s cropland dedicated to organic farming?"
Source: Guardian, 07/21/2016
"Will New Chemical Regulations Keep Toxics off Our Plates?"
"There has been a lot of discussion lately about the chemicals that get added to our food and sprayed on or around it while it’s growing. But science shows that even if we removed the pesticides and additives, we’re all eating and drinking a number of other chemicals with unintended consequences every day."
Source: Civil Eats, 06/15/2016
Restricted Pesticides Easy To Buy In Winnipeg Despite Ban, I-Team Finds
"Manitoba's cosmetic pesticide ban was supposed to keep weed killers like Roundup out of the battle against pesky yet harmless weeds, but a CBC News investigation found store after store flouting the rules."
Source: CBC News, 05/31/2016
