John Durnell just wanted to make things around his St. Louis neighborhood look a little nicer. So, on occasion, he’d spray a bit of Roundup in the obvious places — along weedy sidewalks and in public spaces he thought needed a little extra attention. Decades later, after multiple rounds of chemotherapy, Durnell is recovering from blood cancer that a Missouri jury found in 2023 was caused by…
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is failing to put warnings on pesticides linked to cancer — even when the agency itself determined a product’s ingredients are carcinogenic, according to two new analyses of federal data. The EPA has put cancer warnings on 1.4% — 69 of 4,919 — of pesticide labels for products that contain an active ingredient that the agency itself has designated…
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The “Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026” that is coming up for a House vote this spring is yet another GOP-led assault on the country’s food safety, warn public health organizations, environmental groups, and animal rights advocates, who are sounding the alarm over the five-year bill. The House Committee on Agriculture passed the “Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026” on…
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Top U.S. regulators met with Bayer’s CEO last year to discuss “litigation” issues — including “Supreme Court Action” over its glyphosate weed killer — just months before the Trump administration took a series of steps to boost Bayer’s case at the high court, internal government records show. The June 17 meeting, between officials at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Bayer CEO Bill…
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