Posts Tagged ‘United States Environmental Protection Agency’

Bee Colony Health: EPA Report Reveals Serious Flaws in Review of Pesticides

U.S. bee­keep­ers, sci­en­tists, and pub­lic advo­cacy groups have been sound­ing the alarm over the harm­ful impacts of these chem­i­cals for years, but their calls have largely been ignored.

17 May 6:59 AM 0 Read More...

MIT Study Raises Concerns for Parents about Herbicides and GMOs

A report from MIT sug­gests that heavy use of the world’s most pop­u­lar her­bi­cide, Roundup, could be linked to a range of health prob­lems and dis­eases, includ­ing Parkinson’s, infer­til­ity and cancers.

07 May 8:57 AM 1 Read More...

Good Bugs Don’t Have to Be Dead Bugs

There are “good bugs” that can be used instead of toxic and poi­so­nous pes­ti­cides to do suc­cess­ful organic farming.

27 Apr 6:07 AM 0 Read More...

New California Flammability Standards Reduce Chemicals in Low Income Homes

California’s plan to update its fur­ni­ture flam­ma­bil­ity stan­dards is good news for low-income com­mu­ni­ties of color, which bear a dis­pro­por­tion­ate bur­den of the health risks from flame retardants.

16 Apr 7:58 AM 0 Read More...

How Biotech Is Gagging Research into GMO Crops

Researchers who have exposed envi­ron­men­tal or health-related risks from GMO crops have faced harass­ment, threats and worse.

11 Apr 7:08 AM 0 Read More...
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