Monsanto-Bayer to End U.S. Residential Sales of Toxic Pesticide Glyphosate

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July 29th, 2021

LEVERKUSEN, GERMANY—In a victory for consumers, advocates, and the environment, Monsanto-Bayer today announced it will end the sales of its glyphosate-based herbicides—including its flagship product,

July 26th, 2021

Conservationists and Farmers Sue Over Trump Administration Removal of Most Genetically Engineered Organism Regulation

SAN FRANCISCO—Today Center for Food Safety (CFS) and allied plaintiffs filed a new federal lawsuit challenging the 2020 decision by the Trump administration's Department of Agriculture's (USDA) to eli

July 19th, 2021

Groups Sue EPA Over Approval of Toxic Herbicide Citing Risks to Endangered Species, Drift Harms

SAN FRANCISCO—On Friday, Center for Food Safety (CFS) and the Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, challenging the Environmental Protecti

July 14th, 2021

Toxic Chemicals Found in Some Beverage Packaging

Portland, ME—A new report by the Toxic Free Food Campaign titled "Capped With Toxics" found toxic chemicals called ortho-phthalates in more than one-third of the 141 beverage brands tested. Prior rese

July 14th, 2021

Report: Most Restaurants Fail to Stop Antibiotic Overuse in Their Beef Supplies

WASHINGTON—Most top restaurant chains in the United States have failed to adopt policies to stop the overuse of antibiotics by their beef suppliers, according to the sixth annual Chain Reaction scorec

June 30th, 2021

Washington Appellate Court Rejects State's Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation Permits, Finds State Failed to Protect Water Quality and Account for Climate Change

Olympia, Wash. – Yesterday, as record-setting heat threatened the sustainability of Washington's water resources, a three-judge panel of the Washington Court of Appeals unanimously invalidated the Was

June 24th, 2021

Kroger Urged to Eliminate Bee-Toxic Pesticides from Its Food Supply Chain

Cincinnati, OH – On the eve of Kroger's annual shareholder meeting, groups are calling on the grocery giant to commit to eliminating toxic pesticides linked to dramatic pollinator declines from the co

June 17th, 2021

USDA to Reinstate Vital Organic Animal Welfare Protections Gutted by Trump Administration

WASHINGTON—In a victory for organic farmers, advocates, and animal welfare, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that it will be reinstating animal welfare standards on farms prod

June 8th, 2021

Center for Food Safety Endorses New Bill That Would Close FDA's Food Safety Loophole

WASHINGTON—Last Friday, Center for Food Safety (CFS) endorsed the Toxic Free Food Act, new legislation introduced by Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) that would overhaul the Food and Drug Administration's

June 3rd, 2021

Petition: FDA Must Stop Allowing Harmful PFAS in our Food

Today, a group of health, environmental, and consumer organizations sent a formal petition to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ban all PFAS (per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances) that ac

May 26th, 2021

Judge Denies Bayer's 'Clearly Unreasonable' Proposal to Settle Future Roundup Cancer Claims

SAN FRANCISCO—Today, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria denied Monsanto/Bayer's proposed settlement that would set up a compensation fund to settle future lawsuits over claims that its Roundup weed k

May 24th, 2021

EPA Watchdog Report: Senior Staffers in Trump EPA Changed, Omitted Science During 2018 Review of Dicamba; Skipped Internal Peer-Review Process

Washington— A scathing report, released today by a federal oversight agency, revealed that high-ranking officials in the Trump Environmental Protection Agency purposely excluded scientific evidence of

May 19th, 2021

Biden EPA Reveals Prior Approval of Monsanto's Roundup Failed to Account for Risks to Monarch Butterflies and Other Endangered Species, Drift Harm to Farmers

SAN FRANCISCO—In a federal court filing yesterday the Biden Administration's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) effectively admitted grave errors in EPA's 2020 interim registration of glyphosate, b

May 19th, 2021

Organic Advocates Appeal District Court Decision Authorizing Labeling of Soil-less Hydroponic Operations as Organic

SAN FRANCISCO—Yesterday, Center for Food Safety (CFS), along with a coalition of organic farms, certifier, and organic stakeholder groups, filed an appeal with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, app

May 14th, 2021

Appeals Court Affirms Historic Roundup Cancer Plaintiff Victory Against Monsanto

SAN FRANCISCO—Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision in the appeal of Hardeman v. Monsanto, affirming a lower court's decision that resulted in a $80 millio

May 13th, 2021

Center for Food Safety Files Legal Brief in Support of Missouri Peach Farmer Devastated by Dicamba Drift

SAN FRANCISCO—Yesterday, Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a legal brief in support of Missouri peach farmer Bill Bader, who successfully sued seed and agrichemical giants Monsanto and BASF for deva

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