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Part I: A Tipping Point for Organic Apples in the Pacific Northwest? The remarkable growth since 2016 in organic apple production in Washington State has received almost no attention in the media, food industry, and public health communities. I paste in below a recent update from two Washington State University faculty members who follow closely […]
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The headline to a July 25, 2017 story in the New York Times announces “Traces of Controversial Herbicide Are Found in Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream.” Glyphosate herbicide in ice cream? How could this be? In her story, Stephanie Strom explains the “who, how, and why” of the testing of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream […]
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The U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance is one of the well-funded, influential organizations seeking to educate the public about all-things-agricultural (albeit, mostly conventional ag). They address food and farming-related economic, trade, federal policy, conservation, food safety, biotech, and research issues. Their CEO, Randy Krotz published an opinion piece July 6, 2017 in AgriPulse, a widely […]
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Our paper entitled “Concerns over use of glyphosate-based herbicides and risks associated with exposures: a consensus statement” came out February 17, 2016 in the journal Environmental Health. It was written by John Peterson Myers, Michael N. Antoniou, Bruce Blumberg, Lynn Carroll, Theo Colborn, Lorne G. Everett, Michael Hansen, Philip J. Landrigan, Bruce P. Lanphear, Robin Mesnage, Laura N. Vandenberg, Frederick S. vom Saal, Wade V. Welshons and Charles M. Benbrook. According to BioMed Central, publisher of Environmental Health, our glyphosate […]
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Andrew Kniss is a professor at the University Wyoming whose research is partially funded by the pesticide and biotech industry. My research over the last ~15 years has been substantially funded by organic food companies, and foundations that hope to support bio-based innovation in agriculture that leads to healthier food and a lighter environmental footprint. (For […]
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The new EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt, announced March 29, 2017 that the agency will retain the existing registrations of the high-risk insecticide chlorpyrifos (aka Lorsban). Eric Lipton of the New York Times covered the announcement, and the EPA press release and the full text of the decision is posted on the EPA website. As the New York […]
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Among the fake news making the rounds is that organic food is no safer than conventional food because organic farmers use pesticides too. Ken Roseboro debunks many of the “alternate” facts circulating about pesticide use on organic farms in a well-researched story in The Organic and Non-GMO Report. Of course organic farmers have to manage […]
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DDT is the chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide that was developed during World War II and dominated post-war insect pest management for 20+ years. It was the most widely used insecticide in a family of chemistry that included aldrin, dieldrin, toxaphene, chlordane, hepatchor, and a handful of other active ingredients. It was widely regarded as a miracle […]
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Virtually all Americans who enjoy at least a few servings of fresh fruits and vegetables are exposed on a daily basis to one to four residues of neonicotinoid (nicotinyl for short) insecticides. That’s why they are in me and you most every day, except of course for the days we purchase and consume organic produce. […]
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The February 2017 issue of Environmental Health Perspectives contains an important open access research paper on the human health effects of neonicotinoid insecticides (nicotinyls for short). The work was carried out by a team led by Dr. Melissa Perry of George Washington University. The issue also includes an accompanying news report by Nate Seltenrich. Dr. […]
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