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Tell Your Senators: Protect Our Nation's Waters! ACTION US
Health & Wellness  (tags: farm bill, pesticides, environment, protection, bees, ecosystems, water, destruction, habitatdestruction )

Nancy
- 7 days ago - action.beyondpesticides.org
Commonsense protections from pesticide applications into our nation's waterways are at risk when the Senate takes their version of the farm bill to the floor as early as Monday this week (May 20th). These highly controversial amendments would undermine..
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Stand With Moms Against Monsanto ACTION
Health & Wellness  (tags: family, children, babies, farms, toxins, Monsanto, Dow, Bayer, pesticides, environment, ecosystems, destruction, habitatdestruction, wildlife, food )

Nancy
- 336 days ago - action.panna.org
Since the death of her newborn from exposure to pesticides 13 years ago, Sofía Gatica has been working tirelessly to hold Monsanto and Co. accountable for the harms they impose. Last year, a Permanent People's Tribunal found Monsanto, Bayer, Syngenta, Do
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Rge the White House to Hold "the Big Six" Accountable ACTION
Health & Wellness  (tags: Monsanto, Bayer, Syngenta, Dow, Dupont, BASF, Toxins, pesticides, death, health, environment, food, children, babies, humans, disease )

Nancy
- 342 days ago - hq-salsa3.salsalabs.com
Since the death of her newborn from exposure to pesticides 13 years ago, Sofía Gatica has been working tirelessly with other moms to hold Monsanto and Co. accountable for the harms they impose.
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Monsanto Guilty: Paul Francois, French Farmer, Poisoned By Biotech Giant's Chemicals
Health & Wellness  (tags: disease, environment, farming, health, pesticides, poison )

Julie
- 463 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
A French court on Monday declared U.S. biotech giant Monsanto guilty of chemical poisoning of a French farmer, a judgment that could lend weight to other health claims against pesticides.
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Urge Gov. Brown & Director Leahy to Take Action on Methyl Iodide ACTION
Health & Wellness  (tags: methyl iodide, pesticides, cancer, corporate greed, California, environment )

Nancy
- 476 days ago - action.panna.org
Great news! A successful organic farmer has just been appointed to head California's Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) by Gov. Brown. This is happy news on a number of fronts, but first and foremost, it means that CA is now poised to reverse the...
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Dow and Monsanto Team Up on the Mother of All Herbicide Marketing Plans | Mother Jones
Health & Wellness  (tags: food, Pesticides, Dow and Monsanto )

Suzy
- 480 days ago - motherjones.com
Click on the comment link to send your thoughts after reading this disturbing piece of news.
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Tell CA Gov. Brown: We're Serious About Banning Methyl Iodide. ACTION
Health & Wellness  (tags: methyl iodide, pesticides, cancer, corporate greed, California, environment )

Nancy
- 519 days ago - action.ufw.org
Help us keep up the pressure. Last March, Brown said he'd "take a fresh look" at the methyl iodide decision. Since this time, memos have gone public showing that the decision to allow the use of this toxin was based on political calculations, not science.
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ACTION ALERT: Put An End To the Use Of Neurotoxic Pesticides! PLEASE SIGN !
Health & Wellness  (tags: pesticides, environment, health, healthcare, children, illness, warning, study, prevention )

Simone
- 563 days ago - forcechange.com
As of 2007, over 33 million pounds of organophosphate pesticides were used in the United States, with 3.5 million pounds alone used annually in California. Organophosphates are not only the most commonly used pesticides and replacements for DDT,
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Message From the Food Industry: Pesticides Are Good for You . . .
Health & Wellness  (tags: pesticides, diet, safety, nutrition, protection, medicine, healthcare )

Marty
- 579 days ago - organicconnectmag.com
An industry front group, the International Food and Information Council (IFIC), funded and manned by PepsiCo, General Mills, Kraft, Monsanto, Coca Cola and others, is hiring experts to downplay the risks of chemicals, dyes and pesticides in our foods.
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How Organic Foods Can Help You Lose Weight
Health & Wellness  (tags: diet, disease, food, health, organic, pesticides, weight )

Julie
- 607 days ago - kerryg.hubpages.com
Many people are aware that chemical pesticides and herbicides used on crops are bad for human health and the environment, but relatively few people are aware that they can also make you gain weight.
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"Mix & Match" -- The Mysterious Math Behind CA's Methyl Iodide Decision Comes to Light
Health & Wellness  (tags: methyl iodide, pesticides, cancer, corporate greed, California, environment )

Nancy
- 637 days ago - panna.org
"Puzzled by some of the numbers...not scientifically credible...apparent 'mix and match' approach." These are some of the phrases found in a pair of memos authored by California officials looking into the state's controversial decision to approve methyl
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Scientists Find a Mass of Synthetic Chemicals in Every Glass of Milk
Health & Wellness  (tags: cancer, chemicals, dairy, food, health, hormones, milk, pesticides, pharmaceuticals )

Julie
- 662 days ago - naturalnews.com
According to a recent study, scientists have found through analysis that one single glass of milk can contain up to 20 different kinds of painkillers, antibiotics and growth hormones.
54 comments
What's On My Food?
Health & Wellness  (tags: pesticides, food, health, prevention, protection, Body-Mind-Spirit )

Nancy
- 720 days ago - whatsonmyfood.org
Pesticides :: A Public Problem. What's On My Food? is a searchable database designed to make the public problem of pesticide exposure visible and more understandable.
10 comments
POPs Put Babies & Polar Bears at Risk
Health & Wellness  (tags: polar bears, humans, POPS, pesticides, protection )

Nancy
- 721 days ago - panna.org
A collection of recent studies shows that exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) -- including many longlasting pesticides -- can slow growth rates of human embryos and shrink the genitals and weaken bones of polar bears.
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8 Possible Side Effects of Pesticides
Health & Wellness  (tags: Pesticides, Side Effects, Health, farming, disease )

Anna
- 730 days ago - nursingdegree.net
Pesticides provide many substantial benefits for farmers and consumers by controlling pests and preventing disease, as well as increasing crop yield and keeping costs down; however, these potent chemicals have also put our health in great danger. And you
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