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Glyphosate

Dr. Benbrook Testifies Before the Philadelphia City Council as they Consider Glyphosate Ban

Posted on October 13, 2020 in In The News, Pesticides | 757 Views | Leave a response
On October 30, 2020 Dr. Benbrook testified via video to the Philadelphia City Council in support of a proposed municipal ban on herbicide application in city parks and other public lands. His written statement accompanying this testimony is shared in its entirety below.  It reviews the key public health implications of rising herbicide use for […]

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Roundup is Safe Enough to Drink, Right?

Posted on August 18, 2020 in Hygeia's Blog, Pesticides | 1,511 Views | Leave a response
By: Dr. Chuck Benbrook Many people ask me  — Why the big punitive damage awards in the Roundup-Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma (NHL) litigation? Easy answer — Monsanto’s (now Bayer’s) lousy product “stewardship” behavior. Company representatives and others up and down the herbicide supply chain have been reassuring Roundup users for almost a half-century that Roundup is as […]

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Saving Roundup — Another Shoe Falls

Posted on July 9, 2020 in Hygeia's Blog, Pesticides | 969 Views | Leave a response
The unfolding litigation over the contribution of Roundup use and exposure to over 100,000  cases of  non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) in the U.S. has been one of the biggest food and ag stories worldwide for a couple of years now. Just a few weeks ago, Bayer/Monsanto announced a $10 billion-plus settlement of a majority of the […]

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Statement by Chuck Benbrook on the EPA Interim Decision of Glyphosate

Posted on January 31, 2020 in Hygeia's Blog, Pesticides | 180 Views | Leave a response
I am flabbergasted at this decision. There is NOTHING — ZERO — in the EPA decision to reduce worker exposures and risks. How can EPA ignore the thousands of comments, including my own, highlighting the need for EPA to recover its spine and require Bayer/Monsanto and other registrants to take out the high-risk surfactants in […]

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“Impacts of Roundup-NHL Litigation Down on the Farm”

Posted on November 13, 2019 in In The News, Pesticides | 115 Views | Leave a response
Chuck Benbrook was invited to the Sustainable Ag Expo and International Winegrape Summit in San Luis Obispo November 11-13, 2019. He was asked to bring grape growers in California up-to-date on the Roundup-non-Hodgkins lymphoma (NHL) litigation, possible impacts on the availability of Roundup and other glyphosate-based herbicides, and critical challenges ahead for Bayer in addressing […]

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Nebraska May Soon Take Center Stage in the Ongoing Roundup-NHL Drama

Posted on September 4, 2019 in In The News, Pesticides | 155 Views | Leave a response
The next chapter in the ongoing legal battle over Roundup and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) may unfold in a courtroom in Nebraska, according to a September 3, 2019 piece in the Omaha World-Herald. The Honorable Vince Chhabria is overseeing the Multi-District Litigation (MDL) in a Federal court in San Francisco. This MDL encompasses several hundred plaintiffs […]

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A Comment or Two to the EPA on the Proposed Re-Registration of Glyphosate-Based Herbicides

Posted on September 4, 2019 in Hygeia's Blog, Pesticides | 623 Views | Leave a response
The public comment period on EPA’s proposed re-registration of glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) closed on September 3, 2019. The Agency has received well over 300,000 comments, including 31-pages worth from Hygeia’s Dr. Charles Benbrook. Benbrook’s submitted comments  draw on his work over many years on the impact of GBH use on weed management systems and herbicide […]

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Weed Scientists Experience ‘Deja Vu’ as Signs of Dicamba Resistance

Posted on August 31, 2019 in Environmental Impacts, In The News, Pesticides | 212 Views | Leave a response
DTN Progressive Farmer reports that dicamba-resistant weeds appear to have started to crop up in the Midwest and Midsouth regions. These soy and cotton growing regions have seen a huge increase in dicamba use over the last couple of years since dicamba-resistant varieties of these crops were introduced.  An estimated 60 million acres of dicamba […]

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International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics Recommends “Full Global Phase Out” of Glyphosate

Posted on August 6, 2019 in In The News, Pesticides | 835 Views | Leave a response
In a statement released July 31, 2019, the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) has recommended that all glyphosate use be phased out due to “the recognised impact on the health and well-being of women and newborn children worldwide.” FIGO is a professional group that advocates for OB/GYN groups around the world.   They work with […]

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Another Low-Water Mark for the Trump EPA

Posted on June 11, 2019 in Hygeia's Blog | 257 Views | 1 Response
Page A20 of the June 11, 2019 Wall Street Journal is a full page “Roundup is safe” advertisement by Bayer. It begins — “Tested for 40 years. Approved for 40 years. Used safely for 40 years.”  We’ve posted an image snapped with an iPhone from our copy of the WSJ  at the bottom of the post […]

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