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The DDT Story Pesticide Action Network (PAN)

WebCarson used DDT to tell the broader story of the disastrous consequences of the overuse of insecticides, and raised enough concern from her testimony before Congress to trigger …

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New Report on Pesticides and Climate Change Reveals Threat of

WebFor immediate release: January 17, 2023 (January 17, 2023) — Today, a new report analyzes how pesticide use fuels climate change and vice versa, raising risks …

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Phasing out the most dangerous pesticides becomes a global …

WebHighly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) are a subset of toxic pesticides that cause significant harm to people, biodiversity, and the environment. This fall, an …

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The dangers of treated seeds, realized

WebPesticide-treated seeds account for the most common application of neonicotinoid (neonic) pesticides, the fastest-growing class of insecticides worldwide. …

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Pesticides 101 Pesticide Action Network (PAN)

WebPesticides are used all around us, in homes and gardens, schools, parks and agricultural fields. All too often, these chemicals are allowed onto the market before their impacts are …

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Rural Families Pesticide Action Network (PAN)

WebPAN is committed to working alongside rural people across the country — from farm families in Iowa to Indigenous peoples in rural Minnesota and Hawai’i — to document pesticide …

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Pesticides and Cancer Pesticide Action Network (PAN)

WebPesticides & cancer. Chemicals can trigger cancer in a variety of ways, including disrupting hormones, damaging DNA, inflaming tissues and turning genes on or off. Many …

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Healthy Kids Pesticide Action Network (PAN)

WebFrom local to state to national elections, hold politicians accountable for supporting safe and healthy food and farming, and putting kids’ health before pesticide industry profits. …

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Pesticides and Soil Health: State of the Science and Viable

WebPesticides pose a grave threat to organisms critical to healthy food and farm systems, including those that are important to soil health, carbon sequestration, and biodiversity.

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Chlorpyrifos Pesticide Action Network (PAN)

WebChlorpyrifos is an organophosphate pesticide known for its damaging effects on the human nervous system. Like all OPs, chlorpyrifos blocks an enzyme ( acetylcholinesterase) that …

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UN Environment Assembly Calls for Action to End the Use of the …

WebNew report shows that more than two hundred highly hazardous pesticides prohibited in the EU are still widely used in the developing world. Nairobi – In a historic …

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Pesticides and Children Pesticide Action Network (PAN)

WebChildren. The science leaves little room for doubt: children exposed to pesticides either in utero or during other critical periods may have lower IQs, birth defects and …

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Reproductive Health Pesticide Action Network (PAN)

WebScientists report disturbing reproductive health trends around the world, and research shows that pesticides are at least partly to blame. The American Congress of …

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New California law gives farmworkers a voice on pesticide policy

WebFarmworkers and other underrepresented groups impacted by hazardous pesticide exposure will now have a seat at the table where pesticide policy in California is …

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PACTPA: Putting people before pesticides

WebParaquat is one of the most acutely toxic herbicides in the world. Science has shown that chronic exposure to paraquat increases the risk of developing Parkinson’s …

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Into the Weeds: the Dewayne “Lee” Johnson story

WebIn a historic ruling in the San Francisco Superior Court in 2018, a jury found the Monsanto corporation (now part of Bayer) fully liable for health damages caused by …

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Farmworkers Pesticide Action Network (PAN)

WebFarmworkers are regularly exposed to pesticides in many ways. They can breathe in or absorb harmful chemicals through their skin while they mix or apply pesticides, or during …

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