Stop Chemical Company Secrecy of Pesticide Product Hazards! Organizations and Corporations: Take a stand for health justice before the U.S. Supreme Court hears the case against Bayer/Monsanto on whether to overturn victories of cancer victims poisoned by Monsa...

📢 HELP SPREAD THE WORD & join #grassroots, #health, #farm, #farmworker, #environmental & #consumer #groups & socially responsible #corporations! KEEP CHEMICAL COMPANIES RESPONSIBLE FOR WARNING ABOUT HAZARDS OF PRODUCTS! #glyphosate #signon #healthjustice #stopthesecrecy #March30 ✒️➡️ ow.ly/C2EX50YzZte

Preconception and Prenatal Maternal Exposure to Pesticides Linked to Neonatal Health Risks, Study Finds - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog Maternal exposure to pesticides, as documented with residential proximity to agriculture, impacts neonatal health.

In a study of #birth outcomes in Arizona, researchers find that #preconception & #prenatal #exposure to some #carbamates, #organophosphates, & #pyrethroids increases risk of lower #Apgar scores. University of Arizona Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health #UCLA ➡️ Blog: https://ow.ly/YUMg50YzP2r

Pesticide User’s “Take-Home,” Other Nonoccupational Residues Raise Household Exposure Alarm - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog A review of pesticide exposure from a family member working in agriculture finds that pesticide levels in the home are elevated between 2.6- and 3.7-times.

A review reexamines a quantitative analysis on #nontarget, “active-ingredient-specific” #exposure to #pesticides from multiple pathways, applying new criteria to AHS spousal exposure to #chlorpyrifos and #atrazine. #NIH #NIEHS Yale School of Public Health ➡️ Blog: https://ow.ly/zTRk50Yzefb

Hold Chemical Companies Liable for Not Warning About All Their Products’ Potential Hazards! Organizations and Corporations: Take a stand for health justice before the U.S. Supreme Court hears the case against Bayer/Monsanto on whether to overturn victories of cancer victims poisoned by Monsanto/Bayer's weed killer glyphosate (RoundupTM).

📣  Sounding the call for orgs, corps, institutions, associations, electeds, localities, and changemakers to #takeastand for #healthjustice! Voice #support for the #health and #safety of our #farmers, #farmworkers, and #communities! 🔄 Please sign on and spread the word! 🔗➡️ https://ow.ly/RphT50YyOy8

Pesticides in Drinking and Irrigation Water in Floriculture Region of Ecuador, Large Exporter of Flowers - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog Study results in the floriculture region of Ecuador find detections of neonicotinoid insecticides and atrazine in drinking and irrigation water.

Published in Environmental Pollution, study results from the #floriculture #agricultural region of #Ecuador — a large exporter of #flowers — highlight detectable levels of #neonics in 1 in 5 households' (20.5%) drinking #water samples! 🌹 #dailynews #drift #atrazine ➡️ Blog: https://ow.ly/Tj2L50YyftB

Bipartisan Bill Challenges Trump Giving Bayer/Monsanto Liability Immunity for Glyphosate Harm - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog (Beyond Pesticides, March 23, 2026) After President Trump invoked the Defense Production Act of 1950 and issued an Executive Order (EO), Promoting the National Defense by Ensuring an Adequate Suppl of Elemental Phosphorus and Glyphosate-Based Herbicides, U.S. Representatives Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Chellie Pingree (D-ME) stood up to say “no.” They introduced the No Immunity for Glyphosate Act (HR 7601) to undo the February 18 Executive Order, which is now being supported by a campaign to urge Congressional Representatives to cosponsor the bill. With the EO’s declaration that contains no...

After President Trump's problematic executive order on #glyphosate, Congressman Thomas Massie & Congresswoman Chellie Pingree stood up to say #NO by introducing the No Immunity for Glyphosate Act! 📣 Take Action: https://secure.everyaction.com/CBFR-ts7G0Wc4PXE_l15UA2 ➡️ Blog: https://ow.ly/feHa50Yxyka

Support the No Immunity for Glyphosate Act! 📣 Tell your Congressional Representative to cosponsor HR 7601, the No Immunity for Glyphosate Act.

Showing a #lackofconcern for the effects of #glyphosate, classified as “probably carcinogenic to humans” by #IARC (WHO), Trump granted by executive order #immunity from lawsuits for producers. Congresswoman Chellie Pingree and Congressman Thomas Massie are taking action! 📣 https://ow.ly/3LNF50Yx36n

“Biopesticides” Critiqued as Poorly Defined and Regulated, Challenging Safety Assumptions and Use - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog (Beyond Pesticides, March 20, 2026) Biopesticides represent a kind of Utopian destination in the landscape of agricultural sustainability. If only they could ensure planetary harmony. A review of botanical biopesticides in the March 11 issue of Toxics raises important questions that require scrutiny and review under pesticide registration review and when used in organic systems under the Organic Foods Production Act. The term biopesticide can be misleading, and any replacements for synthetic pesticides cannot be taken only on faith. As Beyond Pesticides has noted previously, the U.S....

A review of #botanical #biopesticides raises vital questions that require scrutiny during the #pesticide #registration process & when used in #organic systems under #OFPA, including careful analysis of modes of action, environmental fates, & potential #consequences. ➡️ Blog: https://ow.ly/bjh650YwPwl

Pesticide Contamination of Important Microorganism Communities Moves through Environment to Protected Areas - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog Pesticide contamination continues to spread into protected areas, as documented by a study in Brazil of epilithic biofilms.

🏞️ A study of #water #contamination in #ProtectedAreas (PAs) in #Brazil "found #pesticide compounds in #biofilms both inside and outside PAs’ streams, with no buffer effect..." contrary to expectations. #microorganisms #dailynews Universidade Federal de Santa Maria ➡️ Blog: https://ow.ly/m0rX50YwquL

🔎 Fun fact: One of the authors, André Leu, DSc, of @regenerationintl.bsky.social spoke at the first session of @beyondpesticides.org National Forum Series: Forging a Future with Nature in 2023! 🔗 ow.ly/MEbI50YvmnE

Genetically Modified Microorganisms Threaten Human and Soil Health; Full Extent of Hazards Not Regulated - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog Genetic engineering threatens the balance of healthy microbiomes. Genetically modified microorganisms, in particular, threaten this stability.

An article in #Microorganisms analyzes the adverse #health and #environmental effects of #geneticengineering and #GMOs, specifically genetically modified microorganisms (GMMs), with risk scenarios showing the threat to ecological systems, particularly in the #soil! ➡️ Blog: https://ow.ly/Qo5750YvqiU

Introduction of New Genetically Engineered Wheat Tied to Dangerous Pattern of Hazardous Pesticide Use - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog (Beyond Pesticides, March 16, 2026) On the brink of the first genetically engineered (GE) wheat to be introduced into the U.S. market, after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved it in August, 2024, groups are calling on Congress to instruct USDA to prohibit HB4 wheat and instruct EPA to prohibit the use of glufosinate herbicides on wheat. The herbicide on which the crop is dependent, glufosinate, is a highly toxic herbicide banned in the European Union because of its links to reproductive and developmental harm. The drought- and herbicide-tolerant wheat, known as HB4 GMO...

On the brink of the first #GE #wheat to be introduced into the U.S., groups are calling on Congress to instruct #USDA to prohibit it and instruct #EPA to prohibit the use of #glufosinate #herbicides on wheat. #hb4 #dailynews 📣 Take Action: https://ow.ly/p2pU50YuLCb ➡️ Blog: https://ow.ly/QWof50YuLCe

➡️ In addition to this action, please consider adding your name to a #petition opposing #GMO #hb4 #wheat being sent to major food processors and mills: ow.ly/g9LV50YtOhB

In recent years, #USDA / APHIS regulations have loosened restrictions concerning which #GE / #GMO crops can be grown, including allowing #HB4wheat... engineered to be resistant to the toxic #herbicide #glufosinate. 📣 Tell #Congress to #takeaction! 🔗 https://ow.ly/1TrQ50YtOoG

Study Shows Widely Used Weed Killer To Contain PFAS, Further Threatening Health and the Environment - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog Testing shows an herbicide product used on public lands contains PFAS, a group of chemicals with high persistence and health risks.

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) cites independent test data on #indaziflam with detections of #PFAS! The product “is being sprayed and considered for use across millions of acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and US Forest Service land.” ➡️Blog: https://ow.ly/2aJI50YtyXh

Oppose Pesticide Liability Shield Bill SB 199 in Kentucky Legislature! 📣 Help stop Kentucky bill (SB 199) shielding chemical companies from accountability for the potential harm their products cause! #TakeAction #Senate #FailuretoWarn

BREAKING—Now is the time to help #stop a #badbill in #Kentucky (SB 199) that will #shield #pesticide #manufacturers that #failtowarn #Kentuckians about the potential #hazards of their products! #TakeAction #kyga26 📣 Please ask your state Rep to OPPOSE #sb199! 🔗 https://ow.ly/GJ5550Yt9gq

Pesticide Exposure Again Linked to Neurotoxic Effects in Humans and Wildlife in Comprehensive Review - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog Neurotoxic effects from pesticide exposure are found in humans and wildlife, as documented in a review of toxicological studies.

A study in Discover Toxicology highlights #neurotoxic #pollutants as significant environmental threats! It showcases adverse impacts on vertebrates’ #neurologicalhealth from #pesticides, including #organophosphates, #carbamates, and #organochlorines. #dailynews DOAJ ➡️ Blog: https://ow.ly/r0u950YsWek

Monsanto Opening Brief Introduced as U.S. Supreme Court Considers Immunity for Pesticide Manufacturers - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog The Monsanto Company, acquired by Bayer AG in 2018, submitted its opening brief to the U.S. Supreme Court. last month, seeking liability immunity from lawsuits filed by product users who have been harmed but not warned about potential product hazards. The question before SCOTUS is: “Whether the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq., preempts a state-law failure-to-warn claim concerning a pesticide registered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), where EPA has determined that a particular warning is not required and the warning cannot be added...

Monsanto, acquired by Bayer in 2018, submitted its opening brief to #SCOTUS seeking liability #immunity from lawsuits filed by product users who have been #harmed but not warned about potential product hazards. #pesticides #Durnell #failuretowarn #DailyNews ➡️ Blog: https://ow.ly/ztCC50Ysnxy

Please share! Distributed in collaboration with @foeus.bsky.social and a coalition of like-minded orgs, please consider signing a #petition that asks major food processors to #reject the use of #GMO #HB4 #wheat — grown with the highly toxic weed killer #glufosinate.

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Pesticides and Antibiotic Resistance Genes: An Escalating Global Health Crisis - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog Public health continues to be threatened, as pesticides enhance the spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the environment.

A new article [ ACS Publications ] identifies #pesticides, often neglected, as a core #factor in the spread of #antibioticresistance genes (ARGs) in #agricultural environments. With resistance growing, WHO has identified the problem as a #silentpandemic. #dailynews 🔗 Blog : https://ow.ly/6fpH50YrWQf

EPA Asked to Deny Proposal To Use a New Not Registered PFAS Pesticide under “Emergency” Waiver - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog (Beyond Pesticides, March 9, 2026) Policy and toxicology are slated to collide as the U.S. Environmental Protection (EPA) considers allowing the use of a PFAS pesticide by invoking an emergency waiver process in federal pesticide law. If authorized, EPA’s decision will permit the use of an unregistered pesticide under an emergency waiver provision—in this case an emergency caused by weed resistance to weed killers (herbicides) on the market. EPA is accepting public comments until March 16, 11:59pm EDT. Beyond Pesticides is urging the public to object to EPA approval by writing to EPA and...

Policy & toxicology collide as #EPA considers allowing the use of a #PFAS pesticide. If authorized, it permits the use of an unregistered #pesticide under an #emergencywaiver provision—in this case, an emergency caused by weed resistance to herbicides on the market. ➡️ Blog: https://ow.ly/zSLV50Yro9h

Tell EPA Herbicide Resistance Is NOT an Emergency and Say NO to PFAS Pesticides! 📣 Tell EPA that herbicide resistance is not an emergency and PFAS chemicals must not be broadcast in the environment! #TakeAction

Take Action — #EPA is considering granting “emergency” exemptions for use of the unregistered #herbicide #tetflupyrolimet, which is a #PFAS chemical according to OECD 's definition. 📣 Herbicide resistance is not an emergency & PFAS must not be broadcast in the environment: https://ow.ly/hezx50YqwRA

North American Birds’ Decline Associated with Agriculture - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog (Beyond Pesticides, March 6, 2026) Does humanity want to live in a world without birds? This may seem like an extreme question, but a new study in Science concludes that, without changes in human behavior, just such a world may be on the horizon. This would be a tragedy of colossal proportions, not only for the ecosystems services birds provide, but for the meaning of human life and a healthy biosphere. The oldest human-made image of a bird is 40,000 years old. The new study, by Czech environmental scientist François Leroy, PhD and two colleagues from The Ohio State University, measured...

🦅 Does humanity want to live in a #world without #birds? A new study in Science Magazine concludes that, without changes, this may be on the horizon—a #tragedy of epic proportions for the meaning of human life and a healthy biosphere. #pesticides #climate #ag ➡️ Blog: https://ow.ly/tqET50Yqcpa

USRTK Spotlights Bayer-Monsanto Ties to Trump Administration, as Company Pushes for Immunity from Lawsuits - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog In an analysis of public records, USRTK discloses significant financial ties between Bayer, lobbying firms, and the second Trump Administration.

In analyzing public records, @usrighttoknow.bsky.social discloses significant #financial #ties between Bayer-Monsanto, lobbying firms, and the second Trump Administration, raising #concerns about basic #safeguards to curb #corporateinfluence over federal #policymakers. ➡️ Blog: ow.ly/GBtV50YpJv1

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🆕 Update — #FarmBill reported out of the #House #AgCommittee early this morning #strips environmental and #publichealth #protections from #pesticides, reversing 90+ years of environmental laws adopted by #Congress to protect #farmers, consumers, and the #environment! ⚠️ #markup 🔗 ➡️ ow.ly/HPy850YpLL7

Agricultural Pesticide Exposure Heightens Risks of Kidney Cancer in Men and Women, Study Finds - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog New research from France shows occupational exposure to pesticides, for both men and women, causes increased risks for kidney cancer.

In the International Journal of Epidemiology, researchers from France assess the risks of #kidney #cancer with a wide range of #agricultural activities and tasks, finding that occupational #exposure heightens kidney cancer risk. #pesticides #dailynews #health ➡️ Blog: ow.ly/OtrO50YpbOp

GOP Farm Bill Goes to Committee Amid Broad Opposition to Provisions that Eliminate Protections from Pesticides - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog (Beyond Pesticides, March 2, 2025) In advance of deliberations on the Farm Bill tomorrow, March 3, in the Agriculture Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, opposition to the GOP-proposed leg...

🗣️ “...it is important that the #FarmBill not be used to prop up the chemical industry, but instead supports #organic agriculture that will not threaten vulnerable populations and the ecosystems that support life,” says Jay Feldman, ED at @beyondpesticides.org. #DailyNews ➡️ Blog: ow.ly/e2Oi50Yo49j

Momentum Building Against Republican Farm Bill, Pesticide “Reform” Guts Protections from Pesticides! 📣 To uphold vital protections from pesticides, tell your U.S. rep to support Rep. Pingree’s Protect Our Health Amendment, move to strike Sections 10201-10204 and 102011, and support the No Immunity fo...

#Uphold #protections from #pesticides for #farmers, #consumers, and the #environment! #FarmBill 📣 Tell your U.S. Rep. to support @pingree.house.gov 's Protect Our Health Amendment, strike Sections 10201-10204, 102011, & support No Immunity for Glyphosate Act provisions. #overhaul 🔗 ow.ly/hpga50YnjfM

Benefits of U.S. Organic Production Highlighted in Evidence-Based Research that Supports an Expedited Transition - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog Researchers at Prairie View A&M University in Texas published a study of benefits, obstacles, and trends in U.S. organic agricultural production.

🌱 Researchers at Prairie View A&M University highlight #benefits of U.S. #organic #production alongside #obstacles to #entry, including limited support compared to highly subsidized, petrochemical-dependent agricultural practices. #Sustainability @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social ➡️ Blog: ow.ly/lYt450YmZHA

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