Are dandelions an important part of your #garden #ecosystem or do you use #weedkillers to manage them? We'd like to hear your views on #herbicide #glyphosate, its use and its impacts, in our #survey 👉www.cognitoforms.com/GardenOrganic1/Glyphosat... Closing date 31 March.

MAHA unleashes on White House after Trump backs pesticide MAHA advocates promptly denounced the move and said it would threaten Republicans’ chances in the midterms.

Will this fight destroy the already fraying coalition of voters that Trump has depended on?

#RoundUp #Weedkillers #MAHA #Midterms

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Don’t use #weedkillers.
Especially not RoundUp.
#Glyphosate kills bees.
Please avoid it 🩵 🐝

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We do #NoMowMay and now do #LetItBloomJune 💚🌸🌺🌼Yesterday I mowed several areas & the rest left for pollinators & wildlife. If everyone did this we’d have more #Pollinators 🧡🐝🦋🐞and a healthier planet. Also never use #WeedKillers !!! Let the rabbits enjoy the dandelions 🌼.

US court bans three weedkillers and finds EPA broke law in approval process Ruling, specific to three dicamba-based weedkillers, is major blow to Bayer, BASF and Syngenta

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US court bans three weedkillers and finds EPA broke law in approval process

#weedkillers
#dicamba

US court bans three weedkillers and finds EPA broke law in approval process Ruling, specific to three dicamba-based weedkillers, is major blow to Bayer, BASF and Syngenta

US court bans three #weedkillers and finds #EPA broke law in approval process - www.theguardian.com/environment/... "Ruling, specific to three #dicamba-based weedkillers, is major blow to Bayer, BASF and Syngenta"

Researchers Determine Mechanism of DDT Link to Alzheimer's, Informing Potential Treatments - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog (Beyond Pesticides, August 24, 2022) New research is helping the medical community understand the mechanism through which exposure to the banned insecticide DDT increases risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, a team of researchers from Florida International University and Rutgers used multiple models to demonstrate the effects of DDT on the production of toxic proteins in the brain. The constant stream of new health risks regarding a chemical banned decades ago underlines the importance of a precautionary approach to pesticide regulation, particularly as red flags are already being raised about the connection between widely used weed killers like glyphosate and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. “The vast majority of research on the disease has been on genetics — and genetics are very important — but the genes that actually cause the disease are very rare,” says study coauthor Jason Richardson, PhD of Florida International University. “Environmental risk factors like exposure to DDT are modifiable. So, if we understand how DDT affects the brain, then perhaps we could target those mechanisms and help the people who have been highly exposed.” Previous research from Dr. Richardson found that DDT exposure increased risk of Alzheimer’s by four times. Scientists […]

New health risks from #DDT, banned decades ago, shows need for #precautionaryapproach to pesticide regulation, esp. w/red flags about #glyphosate leading to #neurodegenerative diseases like #Alzheimers.#pesticides #insecticides #DDT #Roundup #weedkillers

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‘Disturbing’: weedkiller ingredient tied to cancer found ... CDC study finds glyphosate, controversial ingredient foun...

#CDC study finds #glyphosate , controversial ingredient found in #weedkillers including popular #Roundup brand, present in samples www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/09/weed...

Glyphosate and Other Weed Killers Create Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in Agricultural Soils - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog (Beyond Pesticides, February 24, 2021) Soil sprayed with weedkillers glyphosate, glufosinate, or dicamba are likely to contain higher amounts of antibiotic resistant bacteria, according to research published earlier this month in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution. Each year in the United States, at least 2 million people develop an antibiotic resistant infection, and over 23,000 die. Authors of the study say widespread herbicide use is likely playing a role. “Our results suggest that the use of herbicides could indirectly drive antibiotic resistance evolution in agricultural soil microbiomes, which are repeatedly exposed to herbicides during weed control,” said Ville Friman, PhD of the University of York in the United Kingdom. Scientists began their investigation by looking at changes to soil communities in soil microcosms over the course of a roughly two months. Microcosms were grouped by the herbicide applied, while a control microcosm remained unexposed. Each microcosm had a single herbicide applied at a rate reaching 10 parts per million (ppm) in soil. The researchers replicated each treatment 12 times. Contrary to the pesticide industry’s claim that these chemicals break down quickly and become inert by binding to soil particles, large proportions of the herbicides remained in the soil at […]

Soil sprayed w/ #weedkillers #glyphosate, glufosinate or #dicamba likely contain higher amounts of antibiotic resistant bacteria. Each year in the US at least 2 million people develop #AntibioticResistant infections & 23,000+ die. #pesticides

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Today is the deadline to tell regional authorities to keep toxic #weedkillers out of #LakeTahoe. 2,400+ people have already taken action. Add your voice to make a bigger impact:#pesticidefree #pesticides #nature #cleanwater #environment

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California to List Atrazine and Other Triazine Weedkillers to Prop 65 as Reproductive Toxicants - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog (Beyond Pesticides, July 13, 2016) California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has announced that atrazine, its chemical cousins,  propazine,  simazine,  and its break down triazine compounds des-ethyl atrazine (DEA),  des-isopropyl atrazine (DIA)  and  2,4-diamino-6-chloro-s-triazine (DACT)  would be added to the list of chemicals known to the state to cause reproductive toxicity for purposes of the state’s Proposition 65. The formal listing has been delayed and will not be effective until July 15, 2016 due to litigation from the manufacturer, Syngenta, which opposes the listing. In 2014 the state announced its Notice of Intent to list the triazines: atrazine, propazine, simazine and their breakdown products under Proposition 65 — the state’s law on toxic chemicals. The listing of these chemicals was initially to be effective on August 3, 2015. However, Syngenta, manufacturer of atrazine, challenged the listing decision, leading to a delay in the formal decision. Syngenta Crop Protection v OEHHA  (Sacramento Superior Court case#34-2014-800001868). Syngenta’s challenge was unsuccessful and now the official listing can move forward, in spite of Syngenta’s pending appeal. The six chemicals will now be known as reproductive toxicants in the state of California effective July 15, 2016. See listing notice. http://oehha.ca.gov/media/downloads/crnr/listingnoticetriazines070516.pdf Proposition 65, officially […]

#California to List #Atrazine and Other #Triazine #Weedkillers to Prop 65 as Reproductive #Toxicants

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