Pesticide News

Safety Study Retracted Amid Bayer Lawsuits

Bayer’s legal exposure tied to its glyphosate based herbicide Roundup continues to mount. The company has paid more than 10 billion dollars to resolve a large share of lawsuits alleging links between Roundup exposure and cancers, like non Hodgkin lymphoma. Thousands of additional claims remain active in U.S. courts, signaling that litigation costs tied to […]

Newly Approved PFAS-Linked Pesticides

As PFAS headlines reshape public trust in the food system, the arrival of two new fluorinated pesticides has intensified concerns and escalated debates. In mid-2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized registrations for two new pesticide active ingredients, cyclobutrifluram and isocycloseram, approved for use on crops including soybeans, cotton, leafy greens, turfgrass, and ornamentals. EPA […]

Study finds 300% increase in weedkiller levels in pregnant women in the Midwest

A new study has found that the average level of the controversial herbicide dicamba in the urine of pregnant women has increased 300% since 2017, the year widespread planting of dicamba-tolerant GMO crops began. Chuck Benbrook, executive director of the Heartland Health Research Alliance, which conducted the research, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: “We knew […]

New report finds global pesticide use has increased by a “staggering” 80% since 1990

A new Pesticide Atlas report found global pesticide use up 80% since 1990 along with an estimated 11,000 human fatalities and poisoning of 385 million people each year. There has also been a 30% decline in field birds and grassland butterfly populations with one in ten of Europe’s bees threatened with extinction. “The evidence is […]

The next Farm Bill can only be “climate-smart” if it reduces agricultural reliance on pesticides, says diverse coalition

Fifty organizations recently sent a public letter to the House Agriculture Committee and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, calling for a transformative 2023 Farm Bill. They urged the legislators to incentivize reductions in pesticide use, include provisions to protect farmworker health, and increase funding and research for organic and regenerative farming, representing fenceline communities, […]