Carey Gillam

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An angry judge and a combative court hearing – questions raised about Syngenta’s paraquat settlement effort Syngenta’s effort to settle thousands of lawsuits alleging its paraquat weed killer causes Parkinson’s disease may be running into a potential roadblock

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Farmers push back: Feds try to block humane animal-welfare laws YouTube video by Environmental Working Group (EWG)

A "civil war" over how your bacon is raised. youtube.com/shorts/5bgPm...
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How Big Ag is trying to strip your right to sue YouTube video by Environmental Working Group (EWG)

This issue isn't going away... www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIJc... @thenewlede.bsky.social

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It. Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

Thanks @fastlerner.bsky.social for exposing this continued fraud upon public health. www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

After contentious US committee vote, Bayer and allies a step closer to federal protections for pesticides By Carey Gillam A group of US lawmakers failed on Tuesday to beat back a provision in a congressional appropriations bill that would help protect pesticide makers from being sued and could hinder sta...

With a wagging finger, Republicans advance appropriations language favoring pesticide makers.. @thenewlede.bsky.social @foodandwater.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/07/vote...

Q&A: A feared return to the "dark ages of science" seen in EPA's dismantling of research unit By Meg Wilcox The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) confirmed on Friday a plan to eliminate its science research arm in a move critics say will

It's as if EPA's new OASES office, the replacement for its science research arm, is named for the oasis it will create for industry. Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta and Dan Costa, former high level ORD officials, discuss what's likely to come next. @thenewlede.bsky.social
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Seeking answers to a cancer crisis in Iowa, researchers question if agriculture is to blame url:https://www.thenewlede.org/2025/06/seeking-answers-to-a-cancer-crisis-in-iowa-researchers-question-if-agriculture-is-to-blame/

How Monsanto Poisoned America YouTube video by More Perfect Union

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New study adds to evidence that glyphosate weed killer can cause cancer By Carey Gillam A new long-term animal study of the widely used weed killer glyphosate find fresh evidence that the herbicide, introduced by Monsanto in the 1970s, causes multiple types of cancer, an...

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Several trials have been set to start in the last two years, but in each case, @syngenta.bsky.social has successfully obtained delays. thenewlede.org/2025/06/syng...

"On the ropes," Bayer seeks escape from costly Roundup litigation Bayer executives have been warning in recent weeks that after losing billions of dollars to Roundup case settlements and jury awards, they may be ready to give up the fight.

Bayer flails as Roundup losses mount @biologicaldiversity.org @cfstruefood.bsky.social @thenewlede.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/06/on-t...

EPA applauded for easing regulatory "burdens" on farmers using insecticides By Carey Gillam Farm groups were cheering moves announced this week by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that will alter protections for endangered species to allow for easier use of certa...

USDA Secretary thanked the EPA for “unleashing regulatory burdens” on farmers and ranchers through its new strategy for insecticide use, including reducing buffer zones designed to protect threatened species from the toxic chemicals. www.thenewlede.org/2025/04/epa-... @thenewlede.bsky.social

Why is Bayer seeking legal impunity in US over glyphosate? With Bayer’s CEO Bill Anderson personally attending Donald Trump's inauguration, the German agri-giant Bayer seems to be cosying up to the new administration. Now a draft of the new US Farm Bill contains a section, reportedly “drafted with the aid of Bayer”, that would prevent state and local authorities from setting their own standards on pesticide safety warnings.

Why is Bayer seeking legal impunity in US over glyphosate?