Pesticide Action Network North America

Public-interest groups led by the Center for Food Safety want the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to review EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s decision to permit continued use of the farm pesticide dicamba.

Rural Coalition, Pesticide Action, Network North America, Beyond Pesticides, Center for Biological Diversity, and CFS
Continue Reading Pesticide opponents want Ninth Circuit to review EPA’s latest dicamba pesticide ruling

About 40 activist organizations that usually can be counted upon to rally with the organic industry against genetically engineered (GE) plants and animals did just that on Monday. They weighed in with a letter to USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) for the federal regulation of biotechnology products.
Continue Reading Organic Industry Wants Biotechnology Regulated By Process, Not Product

Last week, the Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), asking the court to ban chlorpyrifos, an insecticide that can interfere with the brain development of fetuses, infants and children. Chlorpyrifos can cause nausea, dizziness and confusion,
Continue Reading EPA Sued to Ban Neurotoxic Insecticide Use on Crops