herbicide, Tag

The toxic chemical glyphosate, a common herbicide, has been found to be a threat to public health and a recognized carcinogenic. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is caught between a weed and a hard place as...

Agrochemical company Monsanto has been ordered to pay $289 million to school groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson, who said the Bayer subsidiary's chemical products gave him cancer...

Beekeepers in France aren't happy with Bayer. Agence France Presse reported (AFP) a beekeeping cooperative in the northern part of the country filed a legal complaint against the chemical giant after the controversial herbicide...

Researchers are quickly learning that plants are far more complex than once thought. Not only has it been determined that plants are capable of sensing and preparing for drought conditions, a team from the University of...

New data has emerged on how widespread the use of herbicides, including glyphosate, has become in North American federal and tribal land. In 2010 alone, 200 tons of the stuff was sprayed on natural wild lands to help curb...

As evidence mounts regarding the environmental and health problems associated with widespread use of the pesticide glyphosate—aka Monsanto’s Roundup—consumer advocacy groups are mobilizing to work for government action...

San Francisco residents can now see where glysophate lurks in their city. After creating a map of areas contaminated with glysophate, sold as Roundup by Monsanto, for New York City, Reverend Billy & The Stop Shopping...

Bad news, New Yorkers -- if you like to take long walks or pay visits to your local park, you've probably been exposed to glyphosate, the cancer-linked main ingredient of Monsanto's Roundup herbicide...

FDA finds majority of herbal supplements at GNC, Walmart, Walgreens, and Target don’t contain what they claim – instead cheap fillers like wheat and soy powder

FDA finds majority of herbal supplements at GNC, Walmart, Walgreens, and Target don’t contain what they claim – instead cheap fillers like wheat and soy powder

A recent Argentinean study found that 85 percent of tampons, gauze, and other cotton personal care products contain glyphosate, a key ingredient found in Monsanto's Roundup...

A recent Argentinean study found that 85 percent of tampons, gauze, and other cotton personal care products contain glyphosate, a key ingredient found in Monsanto's Roundup...

Great Barrier Reef Comprised of nearly 3,000 reefs and islands and stretching over 1,400 miles, The Great Barrier Reef provides a home to thousands of different species...

Atrazine (the most common herbicide on Earth) has been clogging the news waves lately with a recent study that showed it caused male frogs to become female...

Atrazine is one of the most commonly used herbicides in the world. It is also the most commonly found water pollutant in North America. Outlawed in Europe in 2003 for after some disturbing links to prostate and breast cancer,...