What do scientists and health care providers say about #glyphosate? Many scientists and pediatricians are raising health concerns about the most widely used herbicide. We're tracking the news and science here usrtk.org/pesticides/gly…

NEW post on the CHE blog! Science Communications Fellow Haleigh Cavalier summarizes our discussion with Dr. Tyrone Hayes, Dr. David Carpenter & Stacy Malkan on confronting corporate intimidation of environmental health scientists. #scientificintegrity healthandenvironment.org/join-us/blog/s…

"Mexico has dismantled U.S. claims ... its restrictions barely impact U.S. exports, and ...it has a mountain of scientific evidence of risk to justify its precautionary policies" for #GMO corn, via Timothy A. Wise Inter Press Service ipsnews.net/2024/08/us-fla…

#Agroecology and food sovereignty described in African Union talks as “controversial concepts that will face problems with governments” ... “several actors” resisted their inclusion. Who? Million Belay AFSA African Arguments africanarguments.org/2024/08/corpor…

Strong piece from Million Belay about the "disconnect" between policy-makers and local communities when it comes to setting direction for farm policy in Africa. The mark of the #GatesFoundation and #AGRA are not far from view. Tim Schwab Timothy A. Wise Stacy Malkan Safcei

Illegal child marriages, forced hysterectomies; is this what it takes to make sugary drinks? Does Big Sugar (Coca-Cola Pepsi) care? via Megha Rajagopalan The New York Times nytimes.com/2024/08/22/wor…

"Transparency summit" hosted by "Center for Food Integrity" headlined by Bayer and ultra processed food purveyors. Agenda for building "consumer trust": bit.ly/4fTOyRM Background on CFI usrtk.org/industry-pr/ce…

"87% of the $540 billion annually given to support agricultural producers is either harmful to nature or health or distorts prices" ... "incredible opportunity to shift what is currently incentivizing a system that pushes monotony" Good talk by Anna Lappé Global Alliance for the Future of Food

Faith leaders protest 'Green Revolution' ahead of African food systems summit devex.com/news/faith-lea… #Devex via @Devex AFSA Safcei Stacy Malkan GRAIN Oakland Institute Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) Dr. Vandana Shiva

The U.S. has the most permissive laws and largest number of #GMOs. Yet it has commercialised only 11 GM crops in 30 years - nearly all just 3 crops (corn, soy, cotton) and 2 traits (herbicide-tolerant and insecticide-producing) Jack Heinemann thespinoff.co.nz/science/29-08-…

Is it science, or crisis #PR? The strange case of the Bayer Bee Care Team. Via Rebecca Raney U.S. Right To Know usrtk.org/bees-neonics/b…

Bayer Bee Care: Is it science, or crisis PR? Rebecca Raney▶️ usrtk.org/bees-neonics/b…

"strong evidence that smoking, alcohol, and air pollution are associated with mental ill health" Evidence for #UPF, gambling, social media, climate change less developed but already include high-quality reviews demonstrating associations w/ negative mental health outcomes. #CDOH

Do pesticides harm #bees? New study NatureSustainability: "negative effects of pesticides are widespread; the increase in neonicotinoid and pyrethroid use is a major driver of changes in occupancy across hundreds of wild bee species." nature.com/articles/s4189…

Beth Roden, currently senior vice president and head of communications for Bayer U.S., touted the recognition of the Bayer Bee Care Team for crisis PR. Her email newsletter surfaced in documents acquired by U.S. Right To Know through the Florida Sunshine Act.

We're tracking the science on #PFAS here: Forever chemicals tied to cancer and birth defects. usrtk.org/chemicals/pfas…

New paper Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene by Maywa Montenegro Alastair Iles What is evidence? How is it used? By whom and for what audiences? ... "how elite actors mobilize resources to actualize futures for which empirical evidence today is thin" #geoengineering #GMOs online.ucpress.edu/elementa/artic…