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News & Articles By Vicki Batts
03/24/2017
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By Vicki Batts
56 percent of Maryland’s bees disappeared in 2016 as pollinator collapse accelerates
The decimation of bee populations is a national concern, but beekeepers in the state of Maryland have been hit especially hard by the wave of bee deaths. In 2016 alone, beekeepers in the mid-Atlantic state faced a devastating loss equating to more than 56 percent of their bee colonies, according to the Bee Informed Partnership […]
03/23/2017
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By Vicki Batts
Thousands of people now have non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma due to glyphosate (Roundup) exposure, warns legal firm that’s suing Monsanto
Will Monsanto finally get what they deserve for their crimes against humanity? The Miller Firm hopes to bring the corporate giant to their knees by pursuing a lawsuit that shows Roundup can cause non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and multiple myeloma. And perhaps, in their pursuance of this litigation, the EPA will be taken down, too. Email evidence […]
03/22/2017
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By Vicki Batts
Coincidence? Monsanto patented glyphosate as an “antibiotic” drug, claiming weed killer is medicine
While you’d be hard pressed to find anyone willing to use a known herbicide for medicinal purposes, that hasn’t stopped Monsanto from patenting the star ingredient of their flagship herbicide, Roundup, as a type of antibiotic. In 2003, the corporate giant first submitted a patent for glyphosate as a parasitic control-type antimicrobial agent — or, […]
03/20/2017
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By Vicki Batts
Whole Foods’ promise to label everything with GMOs by 2018 is quickly approaching
As 2017 trudges on and 2018 grows ever-closer, inquiring minds want to know: will Whole Foods meet their promise of total and complete GMO labeling by next year? With tumbling sales and the closing of multiple stores, going back on their word is not something the food retailer can afford to do right now. Four […]
03/20/2017
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By Vicki Batts
Judge tosses out Monsanto’s attempt at getting glyphosate off California’s “cancer list”
If there’s one thing to like about California, it’s the fact that Proposition 65 is ruffling Monsanto’s feathers quite a bit. Prop 65 first came into existence in 1986 — just over 30 years ago. Over 800 chemicals have been added to the list since its induction 1987. The primary intentions of the bill are […]
03/14/2017
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By Vicki Batts
New U.N. report reveals pesticides NOT needed to feed the world
Pesticides and herbicides have infiltrated the world’s food supply at an alarming rate. Each year, over one billion tons of pesticides are used in the United States alone. Worldwide, that number reaches over 5 billion tons annually. And in many ways, pesticides are more harmful to the food supply and the environment than the pests […]
02/19/2017
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By Vicki Batts
Are you smoking pesticides? Canada decides against chemical testing of medical marijuana
If there’s one thing you want to be sure of when you’re smoking cannabis for medicinal uses, its that the plant you’re using hasn’t been treated with chemicals that can make you even sicker. While this concept may seem like an obvious statement, Health Canada has recently admitted that they do not know how widespread […]
02/06/2017
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By Vicki Batts
Entire global food supply to be contaminated by genetically modified organisms used for pest control, warn scientists
The next generation of genetically modified organisms may not involve produce at all. It appears that the next phase of GMOs will involve living things: insects. Genetically altered bugs could indeed be coming to an environment near you. Experimental releases of GM insects were already approved in 2014, but now there are growing concerns over […]
02/01/2017
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By Vicki Batts
Exposing the toxicity of the common weedkiller, Atrazine
Atrazine is a weedkiller that is quickly becoming one of the most widely used pesticides in the United States. Predominantly sprayed on Midwestern cornfields, the toxin’s presence is consistently detected in public water supplies. Much research has indicated that the pesticide is in fact capable of significant endocrine disruption, among other ill effects. Atrazine was […]
01/30/2017
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By Vicki Batts
Costco calls on its suppliers to avoid using bee-killing pesticides
Could a retail giant help give more traction to the movement against pesticides that harm bees? The popular big-box retailer, Costco, has called for their suppliers to limit their use of non-essential pesticides in their products that will be sold in Costco stores. Specifically, the retailer is discouraging the use of neonicotinoids, a controversial class […]
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