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  1. Three of de la Espriella’s proposals, backed by Donald Trump’s administration, threaten disaster for Colombia’s Amazon.

    "Espriella wants to bring back aerial spraying of coca, a fast-growing bush mainly grown by small farmers, who minimally process the leaves and sell the product to drug traffickers who refine it into cocaine. The president-elect calls for attacking this poorest link in the cocaine supply chain by applying herbicides from aircraft over the Amazon basin countryside, as well as other parts of the country."

    amazonunderworld.org/colombias
    #Colombia #farright #Amazon #herbicide #pesticides

  2. The End of Trial and Error: How Understanding a Protein's Handshake Led Scientists to a New Herbicide Resistance Gene

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    1ban.news/p450-herbicide-resis

    #1ban #p450 #herbicide #resistance #rational #science

  3. The decision turned on a technical legal question, but one with enormous stakes. On the line are billions of dollars, the fate of tens of thousands of lawsuits filed by #cancer victims & the future of an #herbicide farmers say is crucial to the nation’s food supply but #health groups warn is a danger.
    
In an 8-1 decision, the justices ruled that federal #law preempts cancer victims from bringing lawsuits against Monsanto in state courts, where most such claims are filed.

    #chemical #PublicHealth

  4. With links to Parkinson’s & recognised as one of the most acutely toxic herbicides still in use, paraquat has been banned in over 70 countries. Sainsbury’s continues to import food that has been grown using this highly hazardous pesticide.

    Sainsbury’s must take a stand to better protect farmers.

    pan-uk.org/calling-on-sainsbur

    #sainsburys #environment #UK #UnitedKingdom #Britain #England #pesticide #pesticides #herbicide #herbicides

  5. 🛑 Les effets dramatiques du glyphosate sur la santé et la biodiversité ne sont plus à démontrer.

    Avec d’autres associations, nous avons saisi le Tribunal de l’Union européenne pour faire annuler la décision de la Commission européenne de réautoriser le glyphosate pour dix ans. La décision est attendue d’ici la fin du mois de juin.

    Plus d’informations ➡️ lc.ape-asso.fr/rs-glyphosate

    #glyphosate #pesticides #herbicide #santé #environnement #écologie #unioneuropéenne #agirpourlenvironnement

  6. Le #Liban accuse #Israël d’avoir pulvérisé d’énormes quantités de #glyphosate à des niveaux de concentration élevés sur son sol et saisit l’ #ONU

    Le Liban a annoncé dimanche avoir saisi l’ONU, accusant Israël d’avoir pulvérisé du glyphosate, un puissant #herbicide, à des niveaux élevés à sa frontière en février mastodon.social/@la_voix/11604 selon un communiqué du ministère des Affaires étrangères. humanite.fr/monde/glyphosate/l

    #guerre #pollution #actu #actualite #info #information

  7. "We Are Bombarding America's Forests with Roundup": Trump Admin Pushes Herbicide Despite Risks

    youtube.com/watch?v=nhaVPNb-cDA #USpol #Law #Herbicide

  8. #theBeeAt3
    Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

    # 311

    A recent Finnish study which exposed #bumblebees to field realistic doses of the #glyphosate based #herbicide Roundup found that the bumblebees' fine-color discrimination and long-term memory were significantly impaired.
    #bees #nature
    #environment #biodiversity
    #worldbeesanctuary
    #science #education

  9. Glyphosate : un procès pour l’histoire🧑‍⚖️

    Ce mercredi 18 mars 2026, Agir pour l'environnement plaidera devant la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne contre la décision prise par la Commission européenne de renouveler l’autorisation du glyphosate, substance néfaste pour la santé humaine.

    La suite de notre article ➡️ lc.ape-asso.fr/LFDED0

    #glyphosate #commissioneuropéenne #herbicide #pesticide #santé #environnement #danger #agirpourlenvironnement

  10. EPA Chief Met With Bayer CEO Before Trump Moved to Push Company’s Case to SCOTUS

    Tens of thousands of people allege they developed cancer from their use of the company’s glyphosate-based herbicides.

    murica.website/2026/03/epa-chi

  11. Pesticide Company To Stop Producing Weed Killer Linked to Parkinson’s Disease

    Syngenta is facing several thousand lawsuits from people who say they developed Parkinson’s after exposure to paraquat.

    murica.website/2026/03/pestici

  12. Santé
    🔴 Roundup : Bayer accepte un accord à l’amiable de 9,9 milliards $ CA
    🔸 "Le glyphosate est le pesticide le plus vendu au Québec. Sur le marché depuis les années 1970, il se retrouve dans plus de 169 produits antiparasitaires vendus au Canada, dont le Roundup."
    protegez-vous.ca/nouvelles/san
    #Roundup #Bayer #USA #Canada #santé #cancer #pesticide #média #science #agriculture #glyphosate #Montréal #Québec #herbicide #cancérogène #politique #alimentation #Allemagne #UE #Europe