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‘Jarring Wake-Up Call’: Hunger Surges in US After Food Aid Cuts

‘Jarring Wake-Up Call’: Hunger Surges in US After Food Aid Cuts “Effective federal public policies over the previous few years were spectacularly successful in stemming U.S. hunger, but as many of those policies have been reversed, hunger has again soared,” said one expert. BRETT WILKINS Nov 22, 2023 Highlighting the end of a yearslong trend …

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New York OAG Forces Bayer and Monsanto to Pay $6.9 M over False Claims on Roundup Safety

New York OAG Forces Bayer and Monsanto to Pay $6.9 M over False Claims on Roundup Safety by Sustainable Pulse June 23, 2023 New York Attorney General Letitia James last week announced a settlement with Bayer CropScience LP (Bayer) and Monsanto Company (Monsanto) for allegedly making false and misleading claims regarding the safety of certain Roundup® consumer …

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Glyphosate Study Finds “strong evidence” of Five out of Ten Key Indicators for Cancer Hazard

Glyphosate Study Finds “strong evidence” of Five out of Ten Key Indicators for Cancer Hazard Editors Note: Pesticide Action Network: What’s On Your Food Database lists most foods and pesticide residuals, see article in News below.  A new systematic review of studies on glyphosate finds “strong evidence” that the weed-killing chemical has five out of ten key indicators for cancer hazard. …

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Sonoma Gets Its (Toxics) Closeup: What’s On Those Vines? by Pam Strayer

Wine industry can’t be embarrassed enough to change their practices, little changes. It is important to know what is in our wine. We are reposting in case you missed it the first time. Thanks to Pam and her hard work…and for sharing. Has anything changed since this was written?  Here is an eye opening assessment report on …

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Swiss voters to cast ballots on pesticide-free farming amid climate of fear

“….US litigation has recently resulted in the release of hundreds of secret Syngenta documents – the so-called Paraquat Papers (click link for study) – that show how the Swiss agrochemical giant used manipulated data, and “safety” measures it knew were ineffective, to keep its highly toxic weedkiller on the market – despite thousands of deaths.” …

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French court rules anti-glyphosate protest necessary and proportional to protect public health

As Bill Gates spends $100 million to lobby for GMO’s in Europe…. GMWATCH: French court rules anti-glyphosate protest necessary and proportional to protect public health FULL STORY HERE Published: 05 June 2021 Court says given the “particularly insidious” dangers of glyphosate-based herbicides, the activists’ actions were justified On 1 June, 21 anti-glyphosate activists were acquitted of criminal …

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