pesticides

photo of several farmworkers all wearing raincoats, on their knees picking strawberries; a tractor sits idle in the background

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June 20, 2023

The United States Needs to Protect Its Farmworkers from “Danger Season”

Alice Reznickova
Former Contributor

photo of a vineyard worker wearing a cowboy hat drinking water from the tap of a large yellow water jug

AP Photo/Lianne Milton, Napa Valley Register

November 30, 2022

This Year’s Danger Season Is Over, but Risks to Farmworkers Remain

Omanjana Goswami
Interdisciplinary Scientist

Andrew Rosenberg

March 29, 2022

Violations of Scientific Integrity Are Killing Dogs (and Cats)!

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

December 9, 2019

Pesticides, Heat, and the People Who Feed Us: Climate Change Is Making Farmworkers’ Dangerous Job Even Worse

Rafter Ferguson
Former Contributor

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November 26, 2019

Reasons to Be Thankful—8 Food and Farm “Good News” Stories

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

August 3, 2018

At the Trump USDA, the “D” Stands for “Dow”

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Richard Leeming/Flickr

March 30, 2017

Disregarding Science, Trump Administration Trades Kids’ Brains for Dow Profit

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Photo: Wikimedia

March 30, 2017

EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Ignores the Science on Pesticides, Puts Children at Risk

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

May 6, 2014

Blind Faith vs. Insight: Employing Media Literacy to Reject Policies that Harm Human Health

UCS Science Network

May 1, 2014

More Herbicide, or More Innovative, Sustainable Farming?

Doug Gurian-Sherman
Former contributor

October 24, 2013

A Food Day Wish List: More Veggies, Less Corn

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

September 16, 2013

Important Reports on GE Crops Missed by the Boston Review Magazine Forum

Margaret Mellon
Former contributor

June 18, 2013

Interference in the Science of Atrazine (Again): Syngenta Tears a Page from the Tobacco Industry Playbook

Gretchen Goldman
Former Contributor

June 7, 2013

Risk Assessments Are Missing Harmful Effects of Neonics on Honey Bees

Margaret Mellon
Former contributor

May 24, 2013

Pesticide Use is Actually Much Greater Than Reported

Doug Gurian-Sherman
Former contributor

March 21, 2013

The Birds and the Bees…and the Neonicotinoids

Doug Gurian-Sherman
Former contributor

December 14, 2012

The Misguided Attack on Organically-Grown Foods – Beyond Oz and EPA

Doug Gurian-Sherman
Former contributor

October 26, 2012

This Happy Hour, How About Pesticide Cocktails?

Doug Gurian-Sherman
Former contributor

October 12, 2012

Rachel Carson's Nightmare: Herbicide-Tolerant Weeds

Margaret Mellon
Former contributor

September 12, 2012

Reasons to Buy Organic: Let Us Count the Ways

Margaret Mellon
Former contributor

May 22, 2012

Midwest Farms: Too Big to Be Sustainable?

Doug Gurian-Sherman
Former contributor

May 10, 2012

The Trojan Horse of Biotechnology

Margaret Mellon
Former contributor

January 26, 2012

On Toxic Dioxin, Will the EPA Fold or Stand Tall?

Francesca Grifo
Former contributor

January 10, 2012

Genetically Engineered Crops in the Real World – Bt Corn, Insecticide Use, and Honey Bees

Doug Gurian-Sherman
Former contributor