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Dying before their day in court - Syngenta paraquat litigation drags on as Parkinson's victims suffer

2 days ago | thenewlede.org | Carey Gillam

Listen to the audio version of this article (generated by AI). In the nationwide legal battle between pesticide maker Syngenta and thousands of people suffering from Parkinson’s disease that they blame on exposure to paraquat weed killer, plaintiffs are dying faster than they can get to trial, according to a court filing made this week by lawyers frustrated by repeated delays in the cases.
Postcard from California: After the fires, is LA safe from buried toxic hazards? Don’t ask FEMA

3 days ago | thenewlede.org | Carey Gillam

After a wildfire wiped out the northern California town of Paradise in 2018, federal and state disaster recovery crews took exhaustive efforts to determine if it was safe for residents to move back. First, the US Army Corps of Engineers scraped six inches of topsoil from burned lots to remove lead, arsenic and other hazardous chemicals. Then, contractors dug even deeper to collect soil samples to test for remaining toxic hazards.
"On the ropes," Bayer seeks escape from costly Roundup litigation

4 days ago | thenewlede.org | Carey Gillam

By Carey GillamThe scene now playing out in an obscure Missouri courtroom is one observed many times before: A veteran Monsanto scientist is spending long days on a witness stand, defending the company and its Germany-based owner Bayer against allegations that the agrochemical company’s popular Roundup weed killer causes cancer.
Congress urged to address PFAS crisis threatening Great Lakes, public health

1 week ago | thenewlede.org | Brian Bienkowski

Listen to the audio version of this article (generated by AI). Tony Spaniola’s “up north” home in Michigan is in a once pristine northeast part of the state on the shores of Lake Huron. But the community of Oscoda has been told by health officials to not eat local fish or deer, drink the water from certain community wells or touch any foam along the Lake Huron shoreline.
Can Environmentalism Make Sense Again?

2 weeks ago | thenewlede.org | Carey Gillam

By Sarah T Davies, director of communications & media, EARTHDAY.ORGAt a time when climate-related headlines often read like obituaries for our planet, Earth Day 2025 offered something rare – a reason for hope. Not the naïve optimism that suggests salvation is assured, but rather compelling evidence that we can make people act for good when we get the messaging right. This lesson isn’t new – it’s been Earth Day’s secret weapon from the beginning.
Louisiana law leaves vulnerable communities without warnings of poor air quality, lawsuit alleges

2 weeks ago | thenewlede.org | Shannon Kelleher

Listen to the audio version of this article (generated by AI). A new Louisiana law violates federal air quality protections by preventing community groups from using data collected with certain types of monitoring equipment to call out air quality violations in polluted industrial areas, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday by environmental and health organizations.
Health advocates applaud MAHA report for calling out chemical harms, but say it falls short

2 weeks ago | thenewlede.org | Carey Gillam

Exposures to pesticides and other chemicals, ultra-processed foods and over-prescription of medications are among the factors contributing to an epidemic of chronic disease in America’s children, according to a government report issued Thursday by the Trump administration’s controversial “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) Commission.
Pesticide makers continue quest for immunity from lawsuits by sick farmers

2 weeks ago | thenewlede.org | Carey Gillam

By Estefanía Pinto Ruiz, KWQC TV6 NewsLA MOTTE, Iowa — Ray Bickel spent over a decade driving a truck through giant corn and soybean fields in Clinton County, Iowa, applying pesticides. He says it was good work, while it lasted. In 2017, he had a heart attack. The doctors ran tests to find out what caused it and found something else. “He was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, which is blood and bone marrow cancer.
The FDA needs to go beyond synthetic dyes to make food safer

2 weeks ago | thenewlede.org | Brian Bienkowski

Listen to the audio version of this article (generated by AI). By R. Thomas ZoellerThe US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently targeted synthetic dyes in food, calling on food companies to eliminate their use. But dyes are not the only harmful petroleum-based chemicals in our food.
Q&A - A look at the "turf war" over regenerative agriculture

2 weeks ago | thenewlede.org | Carey Gillam

Consumers looking for healthy foods grown without the use of chemicals have long been able to shop grocery aisle for products carrying an “organic” label, a designation associated with natural processes that focus on soil health, animal well-being, and protections of delicate ecosystems.