Int’l Group of Scientists Calls for Restraints on Conflicts of Interest in...
(Beyond Pesticides, December 15, 2023) Drawing on a recent gathering of international scientists, a group of 34 scientists published a call for much stricter scrutiny of researchers’ conflicts of...
View ArticleCommentary: New Year Calls for Transformational Change Starting with Chemical...
(Beyond Pesticides, January 2, 2024) [photo credit: Alessandro Marongui, Bhopal Medical Appeal, Bhopal, 2009] The new year begins with numerous critical decisions before the U.S. Environmental...
View ArticleUN Climate Crisis Conference Calls for Phaseout of Fossil Fuels, which Are...
(Beyond Pesticides, January 5, 2023) The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28) wrapped up in Dubai on December 13 with what some hailed as a breakthrough agreement among...
View ArticleCommentary: We Can and Must Stop Antibiotic Pesticide Use in the Interest of...
(Beyond Pesticides, January 8, 2024) Despite successful litigation that stopped the unnecessary use of an antibiotic (streptomycin) in citrus production in December 2023, the court’s reasoning fails to...
View ArticleField Study of Bumble Bees Finds Exposure to Chemical Mixtures, High Hazard,...
(Beyond Pesticides, January 9, 2024) A “landscape-level” study finds that typical risk assessment studies used by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and European regulators fail to...
View ArticleThe Fallacy of Glyphosate Exemptions Demonstrates the Importance of Sound...
(Beyond Pesticides, January 30, 2024) The City Council of Brighton and Hove (England) is preparing to expand the use of glyphosate after widespread public complaints over the growth of Japanese...
View ArticlePlanting the Seeds of Change: Why the European Union Struggles to Meet 2030...
(Beyond Pesticides, January 31, 2024) A report published in December 2023 by the European Environment Agency (EEA) details opportunities and challenges to European organic farming targets for 2030. The...
View ArticleThe European Union Takes on Greenwashing with a Broad Brush
(Beyond Pesticides, February 2, 2024) Last March, the European Union (EU) Parliament passed a measure to prevent greenwashing in the EU. As public concern about both human and ecosystem health rises,...
View ArticleUNEP Initiative Aims to Tackle Petrochemical Pesticide Infiltration in Global...
(Beyond Pesticides, March 19, 2024) This month the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) announced the creation of a new initiative to combat the health and environmental impacts of toxic...
View ArticleMexico Ban on Genetically Engineered Corn Imports Spurs Challenge from U.S....
(Beyond Pesticides, March 20, 2024) A report by CBAN unpacks the ecosystem and wildlife health impacts of genetically engineered (GE) corn in the context of Mexico’s 2023 decision to stop its...
View ArticleU.S. Acts To Block Mexico’s Protection of Traditional Varieties against...
(Beyond Pesticides, April 8, 2024) When Mexico in 2020 decided to protect its traditional varieties of corn for reasons of health, safety, environmental protection, and food sovereignty with the...
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