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Sonoma County has over 20 tons of concentrated glyphosate sprayed every year in the vineyards. Source: CDPR.ca.gov Moms Across America (MAA), a U.S. non-profit, has published an extensive testing program on fast food brands and found out all 20 had pesticide residues. 42 samples of 21 brands were tested for glyphosate, 236 agrochemicals, 4 heavy …
New Report on Pesticides and Climate Change Reveals Threat of Vicious Cycle | Pesticide Action Network (panna.org) For immediate release: January 17, 2023 (January 17, 2023) — Today, a new report analyzes how pesticide use fuels climate change and vice versa, raising risks to the environment, public health and food security. Developed by Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA), …
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“….the Farm Bureau has been on the wrong side of most issues — the open space initiative, protection of greenbelts, community separators, streamside protection, saving coastal forests from vineyard expansion, and so on.” Farm Bureau politics EDITOR: It’s time to take a hard look at the Farm Bureau. Yes, we love Sonoma County agriculture and …
Environmental Working Group publishes voting scorecard on toxics ahead of November elections. How do your representatives rank? “While the administration is not on the ballot this November, members of Congress who stood by or actively aided and abetted Trump’s corrupt chemical agenda will be.” Americans Must Hold President Trump’s Toxic Comrades in Congress Accountable While …
Does this administration do anything right for the environment or people? It’s all about corporate profits at our expense. Thank you Center for Biological Diversity. Please consider a donation to help their great work. “It’s shameful that the Trump administration is promoting greater use of highly toxic agricultural pesticides on America’s wildlife refuges,” said Hannah …
“….Bhutan said that as one of the only places in the world that can claim it is phasing out synthetic pesticides en masse, it would be ideally placed to recoup any losses once other nations wake up and realize that you can’t put profits ahead of health. For Switzerland, a not insignificant one out of every …