Paraquat is a deadly #herbicide that has been linked to #Parkinsons disease. It’s been BANNED in more than 50 countries. But the US🇺🇸 allows paraquat to be widely used on farms despite staggering evidence that it harms people’s neurological functioning🛟
"The Federal Court has heard closing submissions in a landmark lawsuit involving more than 800 people, who claim the herbicide Roundup and its key ingredient, glyphosate, is carcinogenic for humans and can cause non-Hodgkin lymphoma."
Les produits à base de S-métolachlore ne pourront plus être vendus dans l'Union européenne après le 23 avril. La date butoir a été avancée de 7 mois, incluant un délai de grâce jusqu'en juillet. 💧
En Bretagne, les métabolites de ce pesticide contaminent la quasi-totalité des cours d'eau testés. 1/
Glyphosate, the active ingredient in the weedkiller Roundup, is showing up in pregnant women living near farm fields – that raises health concerns
Living near farmland can significantly increase people’s exposure to #glyphosate, the active ingredient in the widely used #herbicide#Roundup, new research shows. This #chemical has been connected to health concerns, including #nonHodgkinLymphoma and a higher risk of #pretermBirth.
Glyphosate, known by its famous brand name, #Roundup, is a widely used herbicide (a pesticide designed to #kill plants).
A unit of the Centers for #Disease Control and Prevention did the largest and most comprehensive study to determine glyphosate exposure using urine collected from a sample of Americans selected between 2013 and 2014 to accurately represent the entire population.
After months of wrangling, the #European Commission says it has decided to renew the license for the #weedkiller compound #glyphosate, approving its use in #EuropeanUnion countries for ten more years
“More than 800 Australians diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma have alleged their cancer is linked to their exposure to Roundup, and are taking part in a class action against manufacturer Monsanto.”
The European Commission faces criticism for its glyphosate reauthorisation.
The lack of agreement among the EU's 27 member states led to the European Commission's decision in favour of the contentious herbicide, leaving individual member states responsible for regulating its usage.
Hsiao CC, Yang AM, Wang C, Lin CY. Association between glyphosate exposure and cognitive function, depression, and neurological diseases in a representative sample of US adults: NHANES 2013-2014 analysis. Environ Res. 2023
[Le Monde] - #Glyphosate : Théo Grataloup, porteur de graves malformations après une exposition prénatale, sera indemnisé.
Les experts du Fonds d’indemnisation des victimes de #pesticides ont reconnu un lien entre l’utilisation de l’#herbicide controversé pendant la grossesse de la mère et la maladie de l’enfant, aujourd’hui âgé de 16 ans. Une première en France.
Germany wants glyphosate to be abandoned in the EU amid warnings of the risk of heterogeneous regulations.
The move comes after the European Commission's proposal this week to renew the authorisation of the powerful herbicide for ten years.
The outcome came after a meeting between representatives of the 27 member states which examined the Commission proposal based on a report estimating that the level of risk did not justify a ban.
Un #pesticide peu connu contamine les cultures de sarrasin bio : le #prosulfocarbe. Dévastateur et « s’incrustant partout », il est pourtant autorisé jusqu’en 2027. Les paysans bio s’en indignent.
The European Commission is recommending that the controversial herbicide glyphosate be renewed when its current licence expires.
An EU official said the recommendation followed a three-year scientific assessment by member states, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).
Critics and environmental organisations have claimed that glyphosate is carcinogenic and destructive of biodiversity.
This is sad - this creek is beautiful, has colder water compared to the neighboring creeks, and used to have wild trout. But this is now basically a put and take fishery. Stocked trout may also been exposed to a lot of herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers 😞
But I still like fishing and walking along this creek 😊
The European Food Safety Authority says it hasn't found "any critical areas of concern" preventing the controversial and widely used herbicide glyphosate from being reauthorised for use in the EU.
The long-awaited assessment report noted that it had "identified a high long-term risk to mammals in 12 out of 23 proposed uses".
But the EFSA said it only considered a concern "critical" when it affected all proposed uses of the substance.
Delighted to see our new paper out in Journal of Applied Ecology. We examine how #wildfire and #restoration interact with community composition to determine long-term #ecosystem dynamics. This work utilizes a unique 30+ year dataset from #sagebrush steppe in the Columbia Basin WA.