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EU Pesticide Action Network: Alternatives to Glyphosate that are Economically Feasible

Big Wine, Community Rights/Rights of Nature, ICYMI / April 15, 2023

Weed management: Alternatives to the use of glyphosate Weed management: Alternatives to the use of glyphosate | PAN Europe (pan-europe.info) While the use of synthetic pesticides in agriculture has helped to increase food production, this has occurred at great cost to the environment, natural resources, and human health. The 2017 United Nations (UN) report of …

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Big Ag, big pesticides: PAN update

Health, News / January 9, 2023

Aldicarb, a pesticide classified as “extremely hazardous” by the World Health Organization into use, raising the risks of groundwater contamination, accidental ingestion with food products, and direct exposure to orchard workers and wildlife. State updates Hello from PAN’s California team! Things have been moving quickly this legislative session, and we have a couple of key updates …

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Breaking! Pesticide data for all! Tuesday, March 23rd at 11AM PT

Health / March 9, 2021

Breaking! Pesticide data for all! (Sonoma County uses over 2 million pounds of chemicals in the vineyards yearly, CDPR.) Launching Pesticide Info I’m so excited to share that a newly updated, more intuitive, and easier to use pesticide information database is now available to the public, accessible at pesticideinfo.org. As Senior Scientist here at PAN, I …

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Pesticide Action Network (PAN): Whats on those conventionally farmed peaches?

Food, Health, News / November 1, 2020

Peaches 62 Pesticide Residues Found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program1,2,3 Human Health Effects: 8 — Known or Probable Carcinogens4 24 — Suspected Hormone Disruptors 12 — Neurotoxins 9 — Developmental or Reproductive Toxins Environmental Effects: 20 — Honeybee Toxins5 Pesticide Residues Found in Peaches: What Pesticide? How Often is it Found?6 Conventional vs. Organic …

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