Truth MattersDoes spraying pesticides to control mosquitoes near Great Salt Lake do more harm than good?deseret.com - By Hannah PetersenSome physicians want all mosquito spraying stopped in Utah, claiming alleged harm to residents, but state officials reaffirm their methods of …
Truth MattersRates of Parkinson’s disease are exploding. A common chemical may be to blameverified_publisherThe Guardian - Adrienne MateiResearchers believe a factor is a chemical used in drycleaning and household products such as shoe polishes and carpet cleaners in the US Asked about the future of Parkinson’s disease in the US, Dr Ray Dorsey says, “We’re on the tip of a very, very large iceberg.” Dorsey, a neurologist at the …
Truth MattersE.P.A. Rejects Its Own Findings That a Pesticide Harms Childrens’ Brainsverified_publisherThe New York Times - Lisa FriedmanWASHINGTON — The Trump administration has rejected scientific evidence linking the pesticide chlorpyrifos to serious health problems, directly contradicting federal scientists’ conclusions five years ago that it can stunt brain development in children. The Environmental Protection Agency’s …
Truth MattersSweeping U.S. pesticide reform bill introduced, banning some chemical agentsagriculture.com - Liza GrossThe Protect America’s Children From Toxic Pesticides Act of 2020, introduced on Tuesday by Sen. Tom Udall, a New Mexico Democrat, and Rep. Joe …
Truth MattersThe secretive government agency planting 'cyanide bombs' across the USverified_publisherThe Guardian - Jimmy Tobias in Pocatello, IdahoWildlife Services kills thousands of animals at ranchers and farmers’ behest. But it operates with little oversight – and critics describe it as out of control The call came over Tony Manu’s police radio one March day in 2017: some sort of pipe had exploded in the hills outside Pocatello, Idaho and …
Truth MattersBayer To Pay More Than $10 Billion In Roundup SettlementForbes - Jordan StricklerThere is a major drama playing out in farm country involving glyphosate, the broad-spectrum systemic herbicide and crop desiccant. For the past several years, opinions on both sides have flared as conflicting studies on the effect of the chemical’s to the human body have pitched back and forth. Now …
