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Review Links Exposure to Pesticides During Military Service to Negative Mental Health Outcomes

Military personnel exposed to pesticides and other environmental contaminants are at risk of mental health effects.
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USDA’s “Bioengineered” Food Label Language, Called Misleading, Upheld in Court Decision

After a U.S. Court of Appeals Court decision in October that upheld the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) ...
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Tis the Season for Family and Friends To Think About Going Organic for Environmental and Health Reasons, Putting Christmas Trees in Focus

While still the exception rather than the norm, Christmas tree farmers across the U.S. are transitioning toward that ...
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Elevated Levels of Pesticides, Known Nervous System Poisons, During Pregnancy Tied Directly to Diet

Maternal exposure through diet to organophosphate pesticides (OP) increases health risks, as shown in a study of OP ...
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Court Nixes Scanning for Mandated Food Label Info, Allows GE Ingredients To Be Called “Bioengineered”

(Beyond Pesticides, December 17, 2025) In a 50-plus page opinion, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in October for the plaintiffs on providing general public access to ...
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Adding to Wide Body of Science, Study Finds Pesticides Impact Bacteria and Overall Soil Microbiome Health

(Beyond Pesticides, December 16, 2025) Through a literature review and data analysis of almost 2,000 soil samples, the authors of a recent study find negative effects on the presence of ...
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Atrazine Designated Probable Carcinogen by International Agency for Research on Cancer; EPA Defends It

(Beyond Pesticides, December 10, 2025) On November 21, 2025, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a branch of the World Health Organization (WHO), designated the ...
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Group Calls for Opposition to Administration’s Narrowing of Critical Habitats for Endangered Species Protection

(Beyond Pesticides, December 8, 2025) In response to the Trump administration’s proposed new rules to limit protections for critical habitats under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), Beyond Pesticides ...
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At Odds with Intl Regulatory Bodies, EPA Defines Away PFAS Problem, Allows Widespread Contamination

(Beyond Pesticides, December 4, 2025) In a news release last week on November 26, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) “issued a comprehensive fact-check addressing dangerous ...
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Research Finds Maternal Pesticide Exposure Impacts Reproductive Hormones in Infant Girls

(Beyond Pesticides, December 2, 2025) Recently published in Reproductive Toxicology, researchers in Denmark and Iceland investigate the impacts of pesticides on sex hormones, finding that “prenatal ...
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The Endangered Species Act and Mother Earth In Jeopardy

(Beyond Pesticides, December 1, 2025) A week before Thanksgiving, and the honoring of critical habitats that support life, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries ...
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Report Links Prostate Cancer, Crashing Sperm Count to Pesticides; Medical Author To Speak at Dec. 4 Webinar

(Beyond Pesticides, November 25, 2025) Chemical pollution is having a profound impact on men’s overall health and reproductive function. Endocrine-disrupting chemicals—which prominently include ...