Pesticide Action & Agroecology Network

Tell EPA to be quicker with pesticide suspensions! | Pesticide Action & Agroecology Network (PAN) Join us in telling EPA that the emergency suspension of DCPA should not be an exceptional act. Instead, pesticide registration procedures should seek to protect the public first rather than cater to Big Ag’s bottom line.

Tell EPA to be quicker with pesticide suspensions!

www.panna.org/action/tell-e...

🚨 A new report warns that HB4 genetically engineered (GMO) wheat—recently approved by the U.S. government—poses serious risks to public health, the environment, and farmers’ livelihoods. 🧑‍🌾🌱

It might sound radical in the context of our current state of affairs, but if we want public health and safety to be prioritized over profit, we must demand scientific integrity and independence.

First step: Commit 1% of the land to agroecology | Pesticide Action & Agroecology Network (PAN) In the past, I have talked and written about what a world that based its food and farming systems on the concepts of agroecology would look like. What if we committed one percent of our land in the United States to food production based on the princi

What if we committed one percent of our land in the United States to food production based on the principles of agroecology?

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The EPA must re-assess glyphosate risks | Pesticide Action & Agroecology Network (PAN) An important research paper that has been used to support the claim that glyphosate products, including RoundUp, are safe, has been retracted. Tell the EPA that they need to get to work and conduct an assessment that is based on unbiased and reliable

EPA must re-assess glyphosate risks.

www.panna.org/action/the-ep...

Promoting the National Defense by Ensuring an Adequate Supply of Elemental Phosphorus and Glyphosate-Based Herbicides By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Defense Production Act of 1950, Every child deserves a safe and nurturing hom...

The #DefenseProductionAct was last invoked for COVID ventilators & PPE. Now #herbicide glyphosate has uniquely been declared "crucial to #NationalSecurity & defense".

Instead of protecting public health, the U.S. Government is moving to pesticide protection.
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Certified Organic is Not the Only Path to Toxic-Free Food | Pesticide Action & Agroecology Network (PAN) One of the hardest parts about championing a future that doesn’t rely on pesticides is the seemingly sluggish rate of progress. Only 9% of California cropland is USDA Certified Organic, and the top prohibitive factors for producers seeking organic ce

What if the future we want to see is accelerating at a much faster rate; it’s just not adequately recognized by our markets and power structures?

www.panna.org/news/certifie...

One way to shepherd agroecology forward would be for more nations to adopt The Precautionary Principle into legislation or policymaking. The Precautionary Principle encourages more research prior to chemicals being approved for sale and use, and would result in removal if risk of harm is shown.

It's only Roundup: Glyphosate's safety myth | Pesticide Action & Agroecology Network (PAN) EPA’s assessment of glyphosate is based on faulty information that was fed to them by Monsanto. This should be enough for the EPA to reopen to the process to evaluate the potential carcinogenicity of the active ingredient, glyphosate. It is time to d

Many people wanted to believe the story that glyphosate products were completely safe and that they would not drift away from the application area. I sometimes wonder, did we collectively close our eyes?

www.panna.org/news/glyphosa...

Tell your governor to halt lawsuit immunity for pesticides companies | Pesticide Action & Agroecology Network (PAN) Urgent! Tell your governor to halt lawsuit immunity for pesticides companies. Led by Bayer/Monsanto, the companies are pushing bills in many states that would grant them immunity from lawsuits brought against them.

Urge your governor to halt lawsuit immunity for pesticides companies.

www.panna.org/action/tell-y...

“New science” isn’t needed to ban paraquat in the U.S. | Pesticide Action & Agroecology Network (PAN) EPA doesn’t need to wait for new science to ban paraquat in the United States. Credible research meeting EPA’s “gold standard” tenets has already been submitted to EPA’s public docket demonstrating that exposure to paraquat causes harm to farmworkers

EPA doesn’t need to wait for new science to ban paraquat in the United States.

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It is becoming accepted that agroecology is a path forward that could help us mitigate climate change, but agroecology must include a #JustTransition for farmers and farmworkers! Farmers and farmworkers must be engaged in the co-creation of a more just and sustainable future for agriculture.

First step: Commit 1% of the land to agroecology | Pesticide Action & Agroecology Network (PAN) In the past, I have talked and written about what a world that based its food and farming systems on the concepts of agroecology would look like. What if we committed one percent of our land in the United States to food production based on the princi

What if we committed one percent of our land in the United States to food production based on the principles of agroecology?

www.panna.org/news/commit-t...

Tell EPA to be quicker with pesticide suspensions! | Pesticide Action & Agroecology Network (PAN) Join us in telling EPA that the emergency suspension of DCPA should not be an exceptional act. Instead, pesticide registration procedures should seek to protect the public first rather than cater to Big Ag’s bottom line.

Tell EPA to be quicker with pesticide suspensions!

www.panna.org/action/tell-e...

France enacts ban on ‘forever chemicals’ - with one big exception Cosmetics and clothes made with PFAS, also known as forever chemicals, have officially been banned in France.

France’s ban on ‘forever chemicals’ comes into force today. Here’s what will change.

www.euronews.com/green/2026...

A Study Is Retracted, Renewing Concerns About the Weedkiller Roundup Problems with a 25-year-old landmark paper on the safety of Roundup’s active ingredient, glyphosate, have led to calls for the E.P.A. to reassess the widely used chemical.

Problems with a 25-year-old landmark paper on the safety of Roundup’s active ingredient, glyphosate, have led to calls for the E.P.A. to reassess the widely used chemical.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/...

California Policy: Recap & Updates | Pesticide Action & Agroecology Network (PAN) Our latest review of California policy with January 2026 marking the latter half of the 2025-2026 legislative session. Some exciting new bills are already coming down the line! First, let's recap what happened last year with an update on the bills we

This blog is a roundup of policy updates specific to our state-based work in California.

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The principles of agroecology help cultivate rich biodiverse soil while conventional, high-input monoculture forms of agriculture are notorious for stripping the soil of life and nutrients. And biodiverse soil is better at capturing carbon, meaning it can help us stop climate chaos. #climatechange

While the amount of acres of soybeans and corn has remained stable for the past 25 years, the use of pesticides in Illinois has doubled. The state’s oldest trees are getting sick from the drift.  

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How Urban Gardens Can Bolster American Democracy MIT professor Kate Brown discusses her new book, ‘Tiny Gardens Everywhere,’ and the power of urban gardens to transform people and societies.

Unused urban spaces disparaged by the powerful as “wastelands” were, in reality, areas where working-class and poor communities used gardening to build self-sustaining livelihoods.

civileats.com/2026/01/07/ho...

Synergistic threat: Climate stressors and pesticides multiply ecological harm Environmental stressors (food scarcity, heat) combined with pesticide exposure create effects 70x more destructive than pesticides alone, yet regulators ignore this lethal synergy. Agencies like the EPA refuse to test chemical mixtures, relying on ou

Environmental stressors (food scarcity, heat) combined with pesticide exposure create effects 70x more destructive than pesticides alone, yet regulators ignore this lethal synergy.

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Some of Trump’s assaults on air and water are reversible. Not these two.

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Certified Organic is Not the Only Path to Toxic-Free Food | Pesticide Action & Agroecology Network (PAN) One of the hardest parts about championing a future that doesn’t rely on pesticides is the seemingly sluggish rate of progress. Only 9% of California cropland is USDA Certified Organic, and the top prohibitive factors for producers seeking organic ce

What if the future we want to see is accelerating at a much faster rate; it’s just not adequately recognized by our markets and power structures?

www.panna.org/news/certifie...

The EPA must re-assess glyphosate risks | Pesticide Action & Agroecology Network (PAN) An important research paper that has been used to support the claim that glyphosate products, including RoundUp, are safe, has been retracted. Tell the EPA that they need to get to work and conduct an assessment that is based on unbiased and reliable

EPA must re-assess glyphosate risks.

www.panna.org/action/the-ep...

Agroecological farming reduces pesticide poisoning among Ethiopian farmers by 73% - Pesticide Action Network UK A new study published in Frontiers in Agronomy, has found that training farmers in agroecological practices helps to protect them from the harmful impacts of Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs). It also increases their income. Over 700 vegetable farme

A new study published in Frontiers in Agronomy, has found that training farmers in agroecological practices helps to protect them from the harmful impacts of Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs). It also increases their income.

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University of California researchers find that pesticide recommended for phase out in 2005 is still in widespread use across state – UC Irvine Wen Public Health

Methyl bromide remains in use in 36 of 58 California counties, and in both urban and rural areas.

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It's only Roundup: Glyphosate's safety myth | Pesticide Action & Agroecology Network (PAN) EPA’s assessment of glyphosate is based on faulty information that was fed to them by Monsanto. This should be enough for the EPA to reopen to the process to evaluate the potential carcinogenicity of the active ingredient, glyphosate. It is time to d

Many people wanted to believe the story that glyphosate products were completely safe and that they would not drift away from the application area. I sometimes wonder, did we collectively close our eyes?

www.panna.org/news/glyphosa...

#FoodSovereignty is the right of people to define their own food systems, returning and redistributing control of food production to local communities. People should have the power to grow, share, and eat food on their own terms. Food sovereignty shouldn't feel radical. It should be the default.

Long-term exposure to a common pesticide speeds up aging in fish, study finds Chronic exposure to small amounts of a pesticide greenlighted for almost a dozen US crops speeds up aging in fish and cuts their lives short, adding to concerns about the chemical’s human health risks, according to a new study.

“Chronic low-dose exposure to these chemicals may pose similar aging-related risks in humans, potentially contributing to age-associated diseases,” the authors write.

www.thenewlede.org/2026/01/...

The EPA Is Not Starting a New Review of Paraquat Despite claims the EPA is ‘reassessing’ a controversial weedkiller, the Trump administration is not reevaluating its link to Parkinson’s.

In fact, the EPA did not start a new review of paraquat.

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