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04/27/2018 / By David Williams

Pesticides threaten extinction of monarch butterflies

It is well-known that the use of pesticides can have deleterious effects on nature. Now, the latest casualty could soon be the majestic monarch butterfly as its very existence is thought to be threatened by the overuse of pesticides targeted towards milkweed. This is based on information from an announcement made by Mexican officials last […]

03/22/2018 / By Vicki Batts

If the EPA allows continued use of dicamba pesticide, it could push monarch butterflies to extinction

Over the course of the next year, more than 60 million acres of the monarch butterfly’s natural habitat are expected to be sprayed with dicamba herbicide. The shocking report from the Center for Biological Diversity, a U.S. environmental group, explains that the widespread use of this toxin spells big trouble for the butterflies. The report […]

02/28/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

EPA, Monsanto face lawsuit over pesticide drift that damaged millions of acres and threatened endangered species

If a farmer wants to grow organic crops, he or she can simply elect not to use pesticides and everything should be fine, right? Unfortunately, the situation is not as straightforward as it seems as pesticide drift is thwarting well-meaning farmers’ efforts and rendering their crops entirely unusable. It’s also destroying traditional crops that were […]

02/20/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Organic family farm ruined by herbicide drift: A case study (and warning for humanity)

Herbicide drift continues to plague millions of acres of American crops, and the experience of one Missouri organic family-run farm shows just how devastating this problem can be. Vesterbrook Farm has been in Carol Brabo’s family for almost a century. Fed up with the prices of organic foods at stores like Whole Foods, she and […]

02/20/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

GMO corn driving up use of dangerous pesticides

A very dramatic rise in the use of pesticides on Vermont dairy farms was uncovered following a recent public records request. According to the pesticide use data from the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets, the use of glyphosate more than doubled in the years from 2014 to 2016, while corn-related pesticide use climbed […]

12/12/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Monsanto now offering CASH to farmers if they will use its toxic “dicamba” agricultural chemical

The agri giant Monsanto, commonly known as the world’s most evil corporation, is now offering farmers cash in a desperate bid to distribute its XtendiMax with VaporGrip dicamba-based weed killer product. Reuters is reporting that Monsanto will be offering farmers refunds of over half the cost of the product in 2018, if they can prove […]

12/02/2017 / By Earl Garcia

Dicamba — toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts

A Pesticide Properties DataBase entry classifies dicamba as a selective and systemic herbicide. It is used to control and eliminate various species of annual and perennial broad-leaved weeds including bedstraw, buttercup and thistle as well as lambsquarters, mallow and goosefoot. Likewise, the herbicide is applied to staple crops such as: Corn Cotton Sugarcane Soybeans Sorghum Asparagus Grass seed crops List of known […]

11/03/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Monsanto postpones “NemaStrike” launch after new pesticide causes skin rashes among farmers

The launch of a Monsanto product that the company touted as boasting “blockbuster technology” has been postponed indefinitely after farmers report developing skin rashes after using it. The chemical in question, NemaStrike, was developed to put on crop seeds to protect soybeans, cotton and corn from yield-reducing worms. Monsanto says it underwent three years of […]

10/27/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Tennessee becomes the fourth state to restrict the use of Monsanto herbicide

Tennessee has become the fourth state to impose restrictions on Monsanto’s flagship herbicide, dicamba. Farmers in the state have stated that the herbicide has drifted to neighboring farms, damaging crops that have not been genetically-modified to withstand it. Tennessee follows Arkansas, Missouri, and Kansas in holding global giant, Monsanto, responsible for environmental damage. Dicamba is the […]

09/21/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Researchers share how to conquer herbicide-resistant superweeds that threaten the food supply in the Midwest

In the latest edition of Weed Science, researchers shared new knowledge about how to manage the growth of herbicide-resistant kochia, a weed that takes nutrients from both dryland and irrigated crops across the Great Plains. Kochia usually starts to sprout in late February or early March before the emergence of other summer annual weed species. It […]

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