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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 | 39 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 | 144 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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Another Low-Water Mark for the Trump EPA

Posted on June 11, 2019 in Hygeia's Blog | 116 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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A Roundup of News About Yesterday’s Huge, $2 Billion Verdict in the Latest Glyphosate Cancer Trial

Posted on May 14, 2019 in In The News, Pesticides | 1,241 Views | Leave a response
The verdict in the latest Roundup cancer trial is in, and it is a really, really big deal. Two billion dollars big, in fact. This news is so huge, even People magazine is covering it. For the third time in a year, a jury has ruled that the glyphosate in Roundup herbicides contributed to plaintiffs’ […]

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Has Bayer’s Day of Roundup Reckoning Arrived?

Posted on May 13, 2019 in Hygeia's Blog, Pesticides | 374 Views | Leave a response
Within hours on this Monday, May 13, 2019, the jury in the Pilliod Roundup-non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) trial in Oakland, California is suspected to reach a verdict. It is highly likely the verdict will be the third in a row in favor of plaintiffs, following on the heels of one earlier this spring in the Hardeman […]

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Secretary Purdue Needs a Weed-Management 101 Briefing

Posted on April 11, 2019 in Hygeia's Blog | 118 Views | Leave a response
In a carefully orchestrated exchange during an April 9, 2019 House Appropriations Committee hearing, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Purdue asserted that Europe is an  “[ag] technology-free zone” and will pay a big price as agricultural productivity suffers. What prompted this striking assertion? Coverage of the Secretary’s comments in EURACTIV.com identifies what prompted the […]

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EPA Extends Dicamba Registration, With Modest Added Restrictions

Posted on November 1, 2018 in In The News, Pesticides | 55 Views | Leave a response
Over-the-top dicamba use on Roundup Ready Xtend soybeans and cotton will be allowed by EPA for up to two more years, with some additional use restrictions. This means farmers will be able to continue using the controversial new dicamba formulations XtendiMax, FeXapan, and Engenia that have damaged millions of acres of cropland, gardens, and other […]

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Drifting Dicamba is the “New Normal,” Says Veteran Weed Scientist

Posted on August 17, 2018 in GMOs, In The News, Pesticides | 96 Views | Leave a response
Dr. Larry Steckel, a weed scientist from Tennessee with 30+ years experience working with farmers on pesticide issues, has written a thoughtful piece in the Delta Farm Press about the ongoing dicamba-drift crisis. Steckel is quoted in our Dicamba Watch dynamic presentation and has been an important voice throughout this crisis, now in its third year.  […]

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Scientists Turn to Weed Seed Crushing Machine to Battle Herbicide Resistance

Posted on June 19, 2018 in In The News | 527 Views | Leave a response
“Weeds are winning the war against herbicide resistance.” This stark analysis is part of the title of a new Scientific American deep-dive into efforts to battle weed resistance.  The author, Brooke Borel, summarizes the latest science, including research done at North Carolina State University. Scientists at NC State reached the sobering conclusion that “[there is a] […]

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Huge Differences in Soybean Protein Content in Beans from Five Countries

Posted on February 1, 2018 in GMOs, Hot Science | 80 Views | Leave a response
A team of animal scientists from the University of Illinois and Ohio State University pushed an unusual paper in 2004 in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (Karr-Lilienthall et al., “Chemical Composition and Protein Quality of Soybeans and Soybean Meals from Five Leading Soybean-Producing Countries.” The beans were grown circa 2002. The soybeans and […]

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