The European Food Safety Authority said that chlorpyrifos, a pesticide widely used on fruits and vegetables in the U.S. and worldwide, “does not meet the criteria” for approval of its use in the 28-nation European Union, citing concerns over the pesticide’s risks to children. The announcement indicates that the EU is likely to ban chlorpyrifos, mainly manufactured by Dow Chemical Company when its license expires in January. A techie-turned farmer in Maharashtra, India helped villagers embrace organic farming. Beekeepers are taking up urban areas because they can often be better habitat for bees than the countryside because of the parks and residents’ gardens that tend to grow flowers during a wider season than happens in nature. But they have one big thing looming against them: the chemicals used in those parks and gardens put urban bees at more risk. Lawsuits against Bayer are sprouting like weeds. Already on the hook for $2.4 billion, the company still has months of Roundup-related legal wrangling ahead.
Back to the roots: how this techie-turned farmer helped villagers embrace organic farming in Maharashtra
Fifty-three-year-old Venkat Iyer quit his lucrative job as a Project Manager at IBM, went on to convince 70 Adivasi farmers to take up organic farming, and even helped them market their produce.
Terry Oxford: Sustainable Urban Beekeeping
Terry Oxford is a beekeeper…on the rooftops of downtown San Francisco. It’s true! Urban areas can often be better habitat for bees than the countryside because of the parks and residents’ gardens that tend to grow flowers during a wider season than happens in nature. But they have one big thing looming against them: the chemicals used in those parks and gardens put urban bees at more risk.
Lawsuits Against Bayer Are Sprouting Like Weeds
Already on the hook for $2.4 billion, the company still has months of Roundup-related legal wrangling ahead.
European Regulators Praised for Declaring There Is ‘No Safe Exposure Level’ for Pesticide Tied to Brain Damage in Children
The European Food Safety Authority said that chlorpyrifos, widely used on fruits and vegetables in the U.S. and worldwide, “does not meet the criteria” for approval of its use in the 28-nation European Union, citing concerns over the pesticide’s risks to children. The announcement indicates that the EU is likely to ban chlorpyrifos, whose main manufacturer is Dow Chemical Company, when its license expires in January.
https://www.ewg.org/release/europe-says-no-safe-level-brain-damaging-pesticide-trump-epa-refused-ban
New Study: United States Uses 85 Pesticides Outlawed in Other Countries
The United States allows the use of 85 pesticides that have been banned or are being phased out in the European Union, China or Brazil, according to a peer-reviewed study published today by the academic journal Environmental Health.
