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Group Seeks Elimination of Pesticides in Parks in the New Year with Request to Local Leadership Nationwide

For Beyond Pesticides, the start of the new year is an opportunity to take steps that prioritize health and the health of the ...
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Bat Conservation Is Good for the Environment and Agricultural Productivity, A Natural Alternative to Pesticides

Pecan orchard Swift River Pecans collaborates with nonprofit Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation, emphasizing the symbiotic ...
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Review Links Exposure to Pesticides During Military Service to Negative Mental Health Outcomes

Military personnel exposed to pesticides and other environmental contaminants are at risk of mental health effects.
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Holiday Wishes and Looking Toward Our Organic Future for the Common Good in the New Year

Technical support for transitioning communities to organic land management to protect ecosystems and the organisms that ...
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Elevated Levels of Pesticides, Known Nervous System Poisons, During Pregnancy Tied Directly to Diet

(Beyond Pesticides, December 18, 2025) A study in the International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health finds peak concentrations of organophosphate pesticide (OP) metabolites in the urine of ...
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Trump Administration to U.S. Supreme Court: Pesticide Companies Cannot Be Sued for Failing to Disclose Hazards

(Beyond Pesticides, December 11, 2025) In an amicus brief published on December 1, 2025, the Office of the Solicitor General (SG) and the White House are calling on the Supreme Court of the United ...
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Scientific Deception by Monsanto/Bayer on Display with Retraction of Landmark Glyphosate Safety Study

As noted in the U.S. Right to Know article by Stacy Malkan on December 3, 2025, “A scientific study that regulators around the world relied on for decades to justify continued approval of glyphosate ...
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Atrazine Designated Probable Carcinogen by International Agency for Research on Cancer; EPA Defends It

(Beyond Pesticides, December 10, 2025) On November 21, 2025, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a branch of the World Health Organization (WHO), designated the ...
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Tis the Season for Family and Friends To Think About Going Organic for Safety Reasons—Christmas Trees in Focus

(Beyond Pesticides, December 19, 2025) While still the exception rather than the norm, a growing movement of Christmas tree farmers across the United States is demonstrating that organically managed ...
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Court Nixes Scanning for Mandated Food Label Info, Allows GE Ingredients To Be Called “Bioengineered”

(Beyond Pesticides, December 17, 2025) In a 50-plus page opinion, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in October for the plaintiffs on providing general public access to ...
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USDA’s “Bioengineered” Food Label Language, Called Misleading, Upheld in Court Decision

(Beyond Pesticides, December 22, 2025) After a U.S. Court of Appeals Court decision in October that upheld the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) “bioengineered” food label language, Beyond ...
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Group Calls for Opposition to Administration’s Narrowing of Critical Habitats for Endangered Species Protection

(Beyond Pesticides, December 8, 2025) In response to the Trump administration’s proposed new rules to limit protections for critical habitats under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), Beyond Pesticides ...