
Three reasons we should stop using bee-killing pesticides
This Earth Day, here’s what you can do to stop the overuse of pesticides.
The chemicals used to grow our food and maintain our parks and playgrounds are putting our health at risk.
The food we buy should be safe to eat, and our parks and playgrounds shouldn’t be filled with chemicals that put our health at risk, especially when those risks include cancer and developmental disorders. Choosing to buy organic, gardening without pesticides, and avoiding chemical fertilizers are all important, but only collective action will stop the use of these dangerous chemicals.
This Earth Day, here’s what you can do to stop the overuse of pesticides.
Paraquat, a pesticide linked to Parkinson’s, has killed thousands of people around the world. But American farmers are still exposed to it.
More than 40 states have taken measures to limit dangerous pesticides. The House Farm Bill could eliminate all those rules in one fell swoop.
New research show how dangerous pesticides could be to our health and why stronger precautions should be taken.
The EPA is poised to reduce restrictions on the toxic pesticide acephate, which could put your families health at risk.
Roundup's main ingredient is a probable human carcinogen, yet it continues to be the most widely used herbicide in the world. The EPA must ban it, unless and until independent research proves it safe.
Vice President and Senior Director of State Offices, The Public Interest Network