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Bayer settles Missouri Roundup case mid-trial; looks to US Supreme Court

1 week ago | thenewlede.org | Carey Gillam

Bayer this week put a halt to its latest courtroom battle over allegations that its weed killing products cause cancer, settling a Missouri case after four weeks of testimony and just as the trial was coming to a close and just ahead of important US Supreme Court consideration.
The role of farming in the exodus of rural America

1 week ago | thenewlede.org | Carey Gillam

(This column first appeared in the Ecdysis Foundation newsletter.)By Dr. Ryan Schmid In our race to “feed the world”, farmers and ranchers have been pressed into a system that manufactures food for a growing global population. Farmers have met these challenges head-on, producing an abundance of crops and meat; however, our production of abundance has not come without costs.
Seeking answers to a cancer crisis in Iowa, researchers question if agriculture is to blame

1 week ago | thenewlede.org | Carey Gillam

INDIANOLA, Iowa – Six months ago, Alex Hammer was diagnosed with colon cancer at the age of 37. Dianne Chambers endured surgery, chemotherapy and dozens of rounds of radiation to fight aggressive breast cancer, and Janan Haugen spends most days helping care for her 17-year-old grandson, who is still being treated for brain cancer he developed at the age of 7.
Alarm sounded over effort to redefine PFAS chemicals

2 weeks ago | thenewlede.org | Shannon Kelleher

Efforts by an international chemistry industry group to create a new, narrower definition for PFAS chemicals appear to be politically motivated, and could lead to weaker regulations of hazardous compounds, according to a group of international scientists. The allegations, leveled by 20 scientists from nine countries, were published June 10 in the journal Environmental Science & Technology Letters.
New study adds to evidence that glyphosate weed killer can cause cancer

2 weeks ago | thenewlede.org | 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, and may do so at doses considered safe by regulators. The results of the two-year study, which were published June 10 in the journal Environmental Health, add to an ongoing global debate over the safety of the pesticide, which is commonly used by farmers to kill weeds in fields and pastures.
Air pollution messes up pregnant women's metabolism, spurs preterm births

3 weeks ago | thenewlede.org | Brian Bienkowski

Listen to the audio version of this article (generated by AI). Researchers have long warned that tiny air pollutants — 30 times smaller than the width of a human hair — are linked to preterm births. Now they’re one step closer to knowing why: Breathing in these tiny particles — largely caused by traffic, industry, burning fossil fuels and wildfire smoke — disrupts the molecules in pregnant women’s blood, raising the risk for preterm and early births, according to a new study from Emory University.
Dying before their day in court - Syngenta paraquat litigation drags on as Parkinson's victims suffer

3 weeks 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 weeks 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.
Swampbuster stands: Federal judge dismisses Iowa challenge to wetlands protections

3 weeks ago | thenewlede.org | Shannon Kelleher

Listen to the audio version of this article (generated by AI). A federal judge last week sided with environmental groups and US regulators in a dispute with an Iowa landowner over a Farm Bill provision that protects wetlands. The move to uphold the “Swampbuster” rule marks a victory for family farmers, wetlands and water quality across the country, said environmental and sustainable agriculture groups that intervened in the case.
"On the ropes," Bayer seeks escape from costly Roundup litigation

3 weeks 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.