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RSS FEED Protests over methyl iodide; Minnesota right to know hearing; Environmentally just & organic chocolate and more...
October 25, 2007

Opposition to methyl iodide grows; Plantation worker trial wraps up; National Mall goes green and more...
October 18, 2007

Methyl iodide approved; DDE linked to diabetes; California spraying suspended; Pesticide-free pumpkins and more...
October 11, 2007

EPA hesitates on methyl iodide; Chloropicrin poisons dozens; PAN's 25th party; and more...
October 4, 2007

Scientists object to proposed fumigant; Pesticides and asthma; DDT myths; Indiana sustainable farmers; PAN's 25th party; more...
September 27, 2007

US leaves Chemical Safety Forum; Endocrine disruptors in Arctic; UN declares Indigenous rights; Organic food may cost less; more
September 20, 2007

Petition to ban chlorpyrifos; Light Brown Apple Moth; Lindane and breast cancer; Idaho tribes farm sustainably, more...
September 14, 2007

USDA’s nutty plans; DDT and breast cancer; pesticides, parents, kids and leukemia; Antigua; and more
September 06, 2007

Big Apple sprayed again; Bedbugs; Organic farm contaminated; Wisconsin to toughen pesticide rules; more...
August 30, 2007

Dow India raided; EU moves to restrict pesticides; Kenya rejects DDT; Alternative to methyl bromide; more...
August 23, 2007

Petition for fumigant safety; Endosulfan fatality; EPA chief shuns community; Rural women's empowerment; and more...
August 16, 2007

Suit to ban chlorpyrifos; Paraquat withdrawals in EU; DDT linked to breast cancer; Organic food improves breast milk; more...
August 9, 2007

Autism & endosulfan; House Farm Bill disappoints; Monsanto patents rejected; Neighbors fight fumigants; Healthy tomatoes; more
August 2, 2007

DBCP trail update; Dow PR coming to town; Peruvians ban GMO's; Toddlers poisoned; State IPM policies report; and more...
July 26, 2007

U.S. wheat exports contaminated with malathion; Advocates demand VOC reduction; Organic lawns and farming...
July 19, 2007

EU court rejects paraquat ruling; Dole DBCP trial starts; Farmers making biodiesel from local waste; more
July 12, 2007

EU & California consider strengthening pesticide rules; Organic farming eases global warming, and more
July 5, 2007

Canadian pesticide poisonings; Children at risk; Russian push to ban GMO's; Pesticide-Free in Calgary and more
June 28, 2007

EPA screens endocrine disrupting pesticides; Harmful organochlorine pesticides; Make your pet a star! and more....
June 21, 2007

EPA cost-cutting poses health risks; Pesticides and brain tumors; Florida fumigants meeting; Safe lawns; more...
June 14th, 2007

Pesticides and Parkinson's; OPs more hazardous to frogs; Fumigant meetings in California; REACH debuts; and more
June 7, 2007

Scientists call for increased chemical regulation; DDT & sperm count; EPA delays endocrine disruptor tests; more...
May 31, 2007

Dangerous fumigant pesticides; Pesticides and breast cancer; Washington Drift bill; Organic gardening tips and more
May 24, 2007

Community finds pesticide in their bodies; Dow shareholder protest; Black farmers boycott Monsanto; DDT use doubles...
May 17, 2007

Ecology Center SLAPP dismissed; Monsanto GE alfalfa ban permanent; Alternatives for Mothers Day; and more
May 10, 2007

WHO reconsiders DDT, Dow's Bhopal memo scandal, "Veggie Libel" bill defeated, Rachel Carson Post Office, and more
May 3, 2007

DDT briefings; Banana worker settlement, NYC admits West Nile spraying unsafe; Spring healthy lawn campaign; more
April 26, 2007

Pesticides at Florida school; Breast cancer study; Pesticide bans promoted in Kansas, Ontario and Oregon; more...
April 19, 2007

Paraquat/Parkinsons links; Endosulfan up for PIC list; Backyard farmers; more...
April 12, 2007

Minnesota may minimize atrazine; Paraquat poisons Portugal; Pesticides endanger Uganda; more...
April 6, 2007

Chiquita funding terrorists; EU children suffering; Farmworker Awareness Week, Ethical Easter bunnies, and more...
March 29, 2007

Bhopal survivors' demands met; Monsanto's GM potatoes linked to cancer; DDT in Africa; EU pesticide regulation...
March 22, 2007

Bush administration censors scientists; Teens harmed by pesticides; Pesticide industry unites in New York...
March 15th, 2007

USDA rebuked for GE trials; Pesticides damage reef; Former EPA analyst says farmworkers still hurt by pesticides...
March 8, 2007

Farmworker birth defects; Oregon farmers request increased pesticide fines; Senator advocates more funds for organics; more
March 1, 2007

Dow chemical fined; Honeybee decline, Food Sovereignty Conference and more...
February 22, 2007

EPA chief scolded by Senate; Court halts GMO trials; Drift bill in WA; and more...
February 15, 2007

Organics for Valentines; Bush further undermines regulatory agencies; Monsanto’s Roundup draws fire in France and U.S.; Ag-mart sued by workers; and more
February 08, 2007

DDT contamination in California; Testing pesticides on humans dramatized on “Law and Order”; Chlorpyrifos on rice in Taiwan; Beyond Pesticides launches database; and more...
February 01, 2007

Indigenous people and Ecuadorian govt. resist Columbia’s herbicide spraying; Genetic mutations in fish linked to chemicals; Pesticide use linked to adverse health effects in children; New video from the makers of “Meatrix” and “Store Wars” and more...
January 25, 2007

EPA rejects ACC; Public comment needed on chloropicrin; U.S. scientists blast White House risk assessment bulletin; Wisconsin wants to use dangerous Dual Magnum; Who owns organic; and more...
January 18, 2007

Syngenta loses GMO site in Brazil; Danish chemical corporation phases out WHO class I pesticides; Charges against Ag-mart dropped; Chlorpyrifos in Washington state and more
January 11, 2007

Mustard is safer, more economical than chemical fumigants; EPA raises threshold for TRI reporting; Pesticide industry sues to weaken Clean Water Act; New database on pesticide damage to amphibians
January 04, 2007

This week: Action you can take to start a safer, healthier New Year
December 28, 2006

European Union passes historic chemical policy, EPA sued for pesticides in water, India considers ban on pesticide-contaminated Coke & Pepsi, Organic jeans and more...
December 21, 2006

West Bengal women and children peasants beaten by police; U.S. Senators fight EPA library closures; Pesticide victims await justice; Another New York County enacts pesticide notification law, and more...
December 14, 2006

New reports on chlorpyrifos, Paraguayan child’s death brings jail sentences, Philippine children sickened by pesticides fumes, Activist named to Boxer’s staff, and more...
December 07, 2006

Dec. 3rd “Day of No Pesticides”; EPA allows pesticides in waterways; lindane moves toward global phaseout; methyl bromide commodity fumigation; and what makes wine organic?
November 30, 2006

UN FAO focuses on organic agriculture; California reports pesticide use up; Texas cotton farmer to head Organic Exchange, and more
November 23, 2006

Call for justice in child’s death from pesticides, WHO official calls for organophosphate ban, neighbor notification law, and more
November 16, 2006

Senator Jim Talent cuts fees for chemical corporations, North Carolina residents sickened, New report on pesticide residues on produce and more...
November 09, 2006

U.S. requests methyl bromide exemption again, Seattle protests new head of EPA Region 10; Indonesian farmers prosecuted for saving their seeds while Maine farmers celebrate community seed saving, and more...
November 02, 2006

Unsafe pesticide use in Tanzania; Dole fires flower workers; “No bad bug” at organic winery, and more
October 26, 2006

Members of Congress oppose human testing, Report exposes Syngentas false claims for paraquat, Zambia turns organic to fight poverty and more
October 20, 2006

Another fox in the EPA henhouse, Malaysia lifts paraquat ban, California enacts "healthy day care" bill, scientists and engineers join to defeat anti-science candidates, and more
October 12, 2006

DDT fight continues, Organophosphate comments closed, Environmental justice as an election issue, and more
October 5, 2006

DDT scandal at WHO; Toxic tours across U.S.; Physicians in Canada call for pesticide ban and more
September 28, 2006

WHO Promotes DDT, New evidence of DDT health damage; U.S. Hoards Methyl Bromide, Idaho County Goes Organic for West Nile, and more
September 21, 2006

Court orders EPA to investigate pesticide harm, Pesticides lead in suicides, US obstructs treaties on toxics, and more
September 14, 2006

New studies on pesticides in pregnant women and children; Rice contaminated with GE variety
September 7, 2006

Bush EPA loses in one court, wins in another; Pepsi & Coke sued; kids' organic clothing sales rising, and more
August 31, 2006

Children at risk, Big win against GMOs, How to get rid of bugs safely
August 24, 2006

Lindane activists sued, U.S. threatens India over Coke & Pepsi bans, Worm poop and more
August 17, 2006

EPA approves harmful organophosphates, Sodas in India contaminated, Tell FDA NO to lindane, PAN‘s new summer magazine, and more
August 10, 2006

Lindane withdrawn for agricultural use in U.S., Bt Cotton increases insecticide use, New risks of West Nile spraying, Campaign for Pesticide-Free parks, and more
August 02, 2006

FDA and EPA Scientists Rebel, Pesticides in Produce and more
July 27, 2006

OP’s in Children, Failed Court Order on Pesticides, Community Monitoring of Pesticides and more
July 20, 2006

Congress Considering Preemption of State Environmental Safeguards, Another Study Links Pesticides to Parkinson’s, Historic Ban in Canada, Farmworkers Fired and more
July 13, 2006

EPA Scientists Fight Library Closures, New Evidence of DDT health impacts, An Alternative to Methyl Bromide, and more…
July 6, 2006

BioPirates, Contaminated Iowa Homes, Healthy Gardens and more…
June 29, 2006

Environmental Illness, Pesticides & Parkinson’s, First Ever Organic Degree and more
June 22, 2006

Indonesia Earthquake, EPA phasing out AZM, Pesticide Industry Pressure and more
June 14, 2006

Human Testing, Fumigants in Florida, Sustainable Ag in Africa, and more
June 8, 2006

Scientists Fight Pesticide Industry Pressure, Florida Birth Defects, Get Rid of Pests Without Pesticides, and more
June 1, 2006

Birth Defects, Lawsuits, DDT and more...
May 25, 2006

World Activists Press for Action on Global Poisons
May 18, 2006

Pesticides in Tobacco Increase Health Risks
May 12, 2006

Farmworkers, Immigration, and Pesticides
May 04, 2006

Global Treaty Targets Dangerous Pollutants
April 27, 2006

Aerial Spray Threat of Dangerous Chemical Cocktail in Alaska
April 20, 2006

DDT Controversy & more
April 11, 2006

EPA Revises Views on Dangerous Pesticide Lindane
April 4, 2006

Monsanto Hurts Texas Farmers
March 27, 2006

New Quebec Pesticide Ban in Peril
March 15, 2006

Defend Sustainable Agriculture!
March 10, 2006

Pesticides – A Greater Threat to Children
March 7, 2006

Pesticides Linked to Frog Mutations
February 28, 2006

Diane Wilson Released from Jail
February 21, 2006

New Environmental Agreement Undermined by U.S.
February 14, 2006

Share the Love with Flower Workers
February 7, 2006

How Many Are Poisoned?
January 31, 2006

Replacing Poison with Poison: We Can Do Better
January 24, 2006

Activists Defend Quebec’s Ban on 2,4-D
January 17, 2006

Corporate Greed + Destructive Technology = Increased Risk of World Hunger
January 10, 2006

Public Right to Know About Toxics is Under Attack
January 3, 2006

Vote With Your Dollars
December 27, 2005

California Finds Lawn Chemical Dangerous to Health
December 21, 2005

Farmers Resist WTO in Hong Kong
December 20, 2005

Ozone Outlaw: U.S. Continues Major Methyl Bromide Use
December 14, 2005

Tribunal Investigates Children's Pesticide Poisoning
December 09, 2005

The 21st Anniversary of the Bhopal Pesticide Plant Explosion
December 02, 2005

Human Experimentation: EPA’s Flawed Proposal
November 29, 2005

Families of Consumers and Farmworkers Benefit from Organic
November 22, 2005

Scientists Identify Corporate Structure as Bad for Public Health
November 15, 2005

Resource Pointer #397 (Cultivating our Youth’s Environmental Awareness)
November 8, 2005

WaterPIC Debuts
November 1, 2005

Lindane Action Plan Must Include U.S. Ban
October 19, 2005

Resource Pointer #396 (Political Activism Guides)
September 30, 2005

PANUPS Alert: Tell Congress to reject industry amendments to U.S. organic standards!
September 23, 2005

PANUPS Alert: Prevent corporations from exploiting the Katrina disaster!
September 21, 2005

JAMA Study of Pesticide Risks in Schools
September 15, 2005

Resource Pointer #395 (Guides to Organics in the U.S.)
September 8, 2005

PANUPS Alert: Tell Home Depot You Want Pesticide-Free Lawn Products
September 02, 2005

Resource Pointer #394 (Chemicals and War)
August 24, 2005

Keeping Perspective on West Nile Virus
August 22, 2005

Watch Us on Public TV
August 17, 2005

Alert: Tell EPA That Toxic Fumigants Must Go
August 11, 2005

Resource Pointer #393 (Gender Issues and the Environment)
August 10, 2005

Rethinking Roundup
August 5, 2005

Resource Pointer #392 (Free Trade and the Environment)
August 3, 2005

Methyl Bromide Loophole for U.S. Prolongs Ozone Hole
August 1, 2005

Resource Pointer #391 (The Fate of Small Farms)
July 26, 2005

CDC Body Burden Study Finds Widespread Pesticide Exposure
July 22, 2005

Resource Pointer #390 (Media, Muckrakers and Big Business)
July 8, 2005

Carbaryl: One Poison for Another in Urban Creeks
July 6, 2005

Resource Pointer #389 (Emerging Environmental Risks)
June 29, 2005

US EPA Accepts Unethical Human Pesticide Tests
June 27, 2005

Resource Pointer #388 (Environmental Report Cards for the Bush Administration)
June 21, 2005

PANUPS: Check Out Our New Look
June 16, 2005

Resource Pointer #387: Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
June 15, 2005

EPA Sued for Farm Children’s Pesticide Risks
June 10, 2005

Resource Pointer #386: Integrated Pest Management
June 8,2005

Resource Pointer #385: Local Food Systems
May 31, 2005

PANUPS Alert: Clean Water for Bhopal
May 25, 2005

Four New Chemicals Targeted for Elimination at First Official Stockholm Convention Meeting
May 20, 2005

PANUPS Alert: Tell Malaysia to Keep the Ban on Paraquat
May 13, 2005

Top Court Saves Right to Sue
May 4, 2005

Resource Pointer #383: Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
May 3, 2005

Public In the Dark as Illegal GE Corn Enters Food Supply
April 29, 2005

Resource Pointer #382: Pesticide Use Information for Central and Eastern Europe
April 22, 2005

Tell Bayer Lindane Ban Is Overdue
April 21, 2005

Refuse to Use Lawn Chemicals
April 15, 2005

Resource Pointer #381: Organic Cotton
April 13, 2005

OMB Undermines Guidelines on Cancer Risk
April 8, 2005

Resource Pointer #380: California Agriculture, From Organics to Agri-business
April 5, 2005

EPA Sweet on Atrazine
March 31, 2005

Pesticides Among Chemicals Found in New Study on Household Dust
March 24, 2005

Action Alert: Civil Society Denounces US Nomination of World Bank President
March 22, 2005

Activists Urge Lindane Ban
March 17, 2005

Tell EPA to Put the Brakes on 2,4-D
March 10, 2005

Resource Pointer #379 How Safe is the Industrial Food Supply?
February 25, 2005

Farm Worker Tests Reveal Routine Pesticide Exposure
February 18, 2005

Resource Pointer #378 Children’s Environmental Health
February 16, 2005

A Valentine for Flower Workers
February 11, 2005

Resource Pointer #377 Politics in the U.S.
February 8, 2005

A New Secretary of Agriculture
February 4, 2005

Resource Pointer #376 (The Spread of GE Crops)
January 31, 2005

EPA Sued Over Rat Poison Risks
January 27, 2005

Lawsuit Targets Pesticide Air Pollution
January 19, 2005

Monsanto Fined Over Bribes in Indonesia
January 11, 2005

EPA Waffles on Dursban
December 23, 2004

Bayer Backs Out of GE in India
December 20, 2004

U.S. Muscles Montreal Protocol on MB Limits
December 10, 2004

Resource Pointer #375 (Justice for Bhopal)
December 08, 2004

Global Day of Action for Justice in Bhopal
December 3, 2004

Stop EPA From Testing Pesticides on Children
December 1, 2004

Resource Pointer #374 (Food Appreciation)
November 24, 2004

Plan Now for the Global Day of Action for Bhopal
November 19, 2004

Subsidies Increase for Industrial Agriculture
November 11, 2004

A Vote Against Pesticides
October 28, 2004

People’s Caravan 2004 for Food Sovereignty
October 25, 2004

U.S. Blocks Phaseout of Lindane in North America
October 4, 2004

PIC Lists 14 New Chemicals
September 27, 2004

Resource Pointer #373 (Corporate Accountability)
September 21, 2004

Report Highlights Corporate Control at USDA
September 16, 2004

Pesticide Drift Bill Should Become Law
September 7, 2004

Court Orders Biopharm Crops Disclosed
August 26, 2004

Action Alert: Ban Lindane Now!
August 19, 2004

Action Alert: Tell the Forest Service Not to Spray the Stanislaus
August 10, 2004

Resource Pointer #372 (Pesticide Alternatives & IPM)
July 28, 2004

Action Alert: WTO, Hands Off Our Food!
July 20, 2004

Resource Pointer #371 (Water)
July 13, 2004

Research Dispels Myth of U.S. Food as Safest and Cheapest
July 9, 2004

Resource Pointer #370 (American Political Culture)
July 6, 2004

Courts Take Aim at Dow for Bhopal
July 2, 2004

Resource Pointer #369 (Environmental Directories)
June 25, 2004

Pesticides Affect Child Development in India
June 22, 2004

Resource Pointer # 368 (China’s Economy and the Environment)
June 16, 2004

Two New Warnings on Pesticides & Chemicals
June 15, 2004

Resource Pointer #367 (Local Food Systems)
June 9, 2004

Shareholders and Public Interest Groups Knock Pesticide Companies
June 7, 2004

Resource Pointer #366 (Body Burden)
June 3, 2004

Action Alert: Protect Endangered Species From Pesticides
May 29, 2004

Resource Pointer #365 (Plants as Medicine)
May 26, 2004

Increasing Grassroots Opposition to Dow Chemical
May 21, 2004

POPs Treaty In Force Today
May 17, 2004

Pesticide Drift Poisons in Central Valley
May 14, 2004

Resource Pointer #364 (International Development)
May 12, 2004

Toxic Pesticides Above “Safe” Levels in Many U.S. Residents
May 11, 2004

World Fair Trade Day
May 7, 2004

Resource Pointer #363 (Soil Science)
May 6, 2004

Resource Pointer #362 (Alternative Agriculture)
April 29, 2004

A Call to Action on Malaria
April 27, 2004

50 Years Is Enough for the World Bank and IMF
April 23, 2004

Birth Weights Higher After Pesticide Ban
April 16, 2004

Resource Pointer #361 (Environmental Law)
April 14, 2004

Methyl Bromide in Montreal
April 5, 2004

Resource Pointer #360 (Pesticides and Health)
April 1, 2004

Action Alert: Tell the U.S. Congress to Block Bill Undermining POPs Treaty
March 24, 2004

Resource Pointer #359 (Industrial Pollution)
March 17, 2004

Resource Pointer #358 (Corporate Power)
March 10, 2004

Unite for Change
March 8, 2004

Resource Pointer #357 (Food & Environmental Health Conferences)
March 4, 2004

Mendocino Votes on GE Crop Ban
March 1, 2004

Resource Pointer #356 (Globalization Critiques)
February 26, 2004

POPs Treaty Achieves 50th Ratification
February 18, 2004

Send a Valentine for Colombia Flower Workers
February 12, 2004

Resource Pointer #355 (GM Crops)
February 11, 2004

Resource Pointer #354 (North American Trade and Globalization)
February 5, 2004

Sweeping Ruling Protects Salmon from Pesticides
February 02, 2004

Resource Pointer #353 (Resources for Non-profits)
January 28, 2004

Farmworkers Sue U.S. EPA for Allowing Dangerous Pesticides
January 26, 2004

Resource Pointer #352 (Public Health)
January 22, 2004

Pesticide Drift Sickens Residents
January 16,2004

Resource Pointer #351 (The Health of Mother's Milk)
January 14, 2004

GE Crops Use More Pesticides
January 9, 2004

Resource Pointer #350 (The Global Environment)
January 7, 2004

Hospitals Spray Dangerous Pesticides
December 22, 2003

Resource Pointer #349 (Pesticide Impacts)
December 18, 2003

Action Alert: Workers Poisoned in Colombia
December 11, 2003

Resource Pointer #348 (Going Organic)
December 10, 2003

STOP Paraquat!
December 3, 2003

Resource Pointer #347 (EU Chemicals Policy)
December 3, 2003

PIC Treaty Now Legally Binding
November 26, 2003

USDA Sued for Overlooking Risks of Biopharm
November 20, 2003

Resource Pointer #346 (Organic Farming: Trends and Data)
November 19, 2003

Resource Pointer #345 (Understanding Technology)
November 12, 2003

Action Alert: Stop Increased Use of Methyl Bromide
November 11, 2003

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