Take Action—Before Senate Ag Committee Vote Thursday, Aug.6!

📣 Tell your U.S. Senators to support amendments to the GOP Farm Bill either as a member of the Agriculture Committee or as an advocate with their colleagues on the committee. #TakeAction

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Literature Review Captures Science on Need to Assess and Regulate Pesticide Mixtures for Adverse Effects - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog

Pesticide mixtures threaten health through multiple mechanisms of toxicity, which risk assessments fail to adequately address.

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Democrats Urged to Vote No on the GOP Farm Bill, Support Amendments that Highlight Harmful Policies - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog

(Beyond Pesticides, August 4, 2026) LATE BREAKING—With the upcoming vote in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry on August 6, Beyond Pesticides issued an action calling on Democratic U.S. Senators to reject the GOP Farm Bill, while pushing for amendments to highlight the destructive policies. The action also tells Republican Senators that the GOP Farm Bill is shameful in contributing to the health, biodiversity, and climate crises. The action says: “It is time to tell Democrats to stand up to Republicans who are advancing chemical company and Big Ag interests in the...

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EPA Promotes PFAS-Contaminated Sewage Sludge/Biosolids While Halting Regulatory Restrictions - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog

(Beyond Pesticides, August 3, 2026) A regulation proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), with a comment period ending September 4, 2026, will allow sewage sludge, also called biodsolids, fertilizer use in agriculture and other land management to contain PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances). The rule, if adopted, establishes voluntary, nonbinding guidance that is titled “Reducing Risk from PFOA and PFOS in Biosolids.” The failure to propose enforceable standards or ban the use of PFAS-contaminated sewage sludge/biosolids is occurring despite the agency’s recognition...

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Stop the Use of Toxic Sewage Sludge/Biosolids

📣 Tell EPA and Congress to eliminate exposure to PFAS through sewage sludge! Comments to EPA close on September 4, 2026, at 11:59 PM ET. #TakeAction

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Atrazine Weed Killer and Neonicotinoid Insecticide Top the List of Pesticides Found in National Waterways Study - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog

(Beyond Pesticides, July 31, 2026) Three pesticides causing the highest risk in surface waters are the herbicides atrazine and metolachlor and the neonicotinoid insecticide imidacloprid, according to a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) review. Atrazine, classified as an endocrine disruptor and carcinogen by international bodies, has the highest number of exceedances. The results come from a USGS water resources specialists published a study written by USGS water resources specialists and published in May in Environmental Science and Technology analyzing both temporal trends and acute and...

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Honey Bees as Bioindicators; Study Finds Residues of Pesticides and Rare Earth Elements Threaten Health - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog

A study in Italy finds the highest contamination of honey bees in Sila National Park, showing how honey bees are bioindicators for toxicants.

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Literature Review Highlights Synergies Between Microplastics and Numerous Stressors, Including Pesticides - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog

Researchers at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley identified studies on four environmental stressors and microplastics in real-world conditions.

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Pesticide Effects on Enzymes, Oxidative Stress, and Cell Damage in Newborns and Mothers, Study Finds - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog

In evaluating blood samples from newborns and their mothers living in agricultural areas, researchers find altered levels of enzymes caused by oxidative stress.

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Bipartisan U.S. Reps Seek to Require Cancer Warning on Pesticides in Wake of SCOTUS Upholding Secrecy - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog

(Beyond Pesticides, July 27, 2026) One thing that officials at Monsanto (Bayer) probably did not imagine is that their efforts in Congress and at the U.S. Supreme Court would spur a bipartisan coaliti...

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Synergistic Effects Documented for Multiple Pesticide Exposure on Honey Bee Health - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog

A study finds that the cumulative impact of a pyrethroid insecticide and a fungicide hexaconazole "induced [an] acute synergistic effect" in honey bees.

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Popular Mosquito Insecticide Undermines Aquatic Organism Health, According to Study - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog

Research out of the University of California, Davis, finds sublethal adverse effects to sturgeon fish exposed to widely used mosquito insecticide.

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Aquatic Ecosystems at Risk; Study Finds Declines in Macroinvertebrate Diversity with Pesticide Exposure - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog

Pesticide contamination in aquatic ecosystems has cascading impacts on organisms throughout trophic levels in the food web.

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Pesticide Exposure Linked to Thyroid Dysfunction and Thyroid Cancer, Literature Review Finds - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog

Occupational, residential, and dietary exposure to pesticides are linked to thyroid dysfunction and cancer.

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Trump Rule Undercuts Protection of Endangered Species as Biodiversity Decline Escalates at Historic Rate - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog

(Beyond Pesticides, July 20, 2026) Despite the threat of biodiversity collapse on the horizon, the Trump administration last week dramatically weakened the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by redefining the word “harm”—one of the key mitigation measures in slowing the spiraling decline of species diversity, necessary to sustain life. On July 14, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively “the Services”) changed their regulations with the express intention of eliminating protection from actions that impair habitat of wildlife. A...

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Ecological Psychiatry Study Explains Pesticide Induced Behavioral Changes to the Gut Microbiome-Brain Axis - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog

(Beyond Pesticides, July 17, 2026) It is now well established that frequent exchange of signaling between the brain and the gut is a crucial feature of human mental and physical health. External chemicals introduced through the digestive system affect the gut microbiome, which in turn influences the brain. Perhaps the most ubiquitous and pernicious bad actor in the large cast of pesticides shown to disrupt the gut-brain axis is the weed killer glyphosate. A team from the University of Cork in Ireland has published an innovative study whose results, while subtle, reaffirm that pesticides,...

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If Done Right, Flower Strips and Legume Crops Offer Pesticide-Free Pest Management - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog

Researchers in Germany determine that flower strips and legume mixtures hold statistically significant benefits in terms of natural pest control.

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Sea Anemone Critical to Marine Ecosystem Stability Undermined by Pesticide Exposure - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog

Researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey and Portland and Oregon State Universities found pesticides impact reproductive organ development in sea anemones.

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UNICEF Report Raises Alarm About Adverse Effects of Pesticides on Children's Health - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog

A new UNICEF report highlights the alarming health impacts of pesticides on children's health across the globe.

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Action Asks EPA and Congress To Ban Endocrine Disrupting Pesticides Linked to Chronic Effects After SCOTUS Ruling - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog

(Beyond Pesticides, July 13, 2026) In the wake of the June U.S. Supreme Court decision proclaiming the safety of pesticides registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and rejecting the long-standing right of those harmed to hold chemical companies accountable for failing to warn of potential product hazards, the public is urging EPA to meet its statutory duty to test for the widespread adverse effects of endocrine disrupting pesticides. (See also here.) The endocrine system controls the development and functioning of organ systems, while pesticides that have endocrine...

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Require Pesticide Companies To Warn of Effects like Cancer on Their Product Labels! #TakeAction

📣 Tell EPA to immediately implement the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program, considering all data concerning endocrine disruption, and deny registration or reregistration of pesticides without sufficient data to demonstrate no unreasonable adverse endocrine risk.

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Studies and Actions Advance Safer Management and Alternatives to Toxic Mosquito and Insect Control - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog

This summer, utilize organic-compatible management practices and products to control insects and avoid the unnecessary threats from toxic chemicals.

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Habitat for Biodiversity In or Nearby Chemical-Intensive Agriculture Becomes a Deadly Trap, Study Finds - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog

In comparing chemical-intensive apple orchards with nearby pesticide-free areas, insect biodiversity is higher in habitats without pesticides.

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More Studies Link Breast Cancer to Pesticide Exposure, Rates High as Supreme Court Professes Public Protected - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog

(Beyond Pesticides, July 8, 2026) This piece reports on yet additional new studies linking pesticides to breast cancer. A number of recent reviews make it clear that pesticide exposure per se raises the risk of breast cancer, across a wide swath of pesticide types. One would think that with the body of science linking breast cancer with pesticide exposure, covered extensively by Daily News and the Pesticide-Induced Diseases Database, a scientific-based regulatory system would respond with a sense of urgency. And yet, that is not the case, as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...

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Documented Contamination of Pesticides in Infant Formula Poses Short-Term and Long-Term Health Risks - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog

Contamination of infant formula with pesticide residues presents acute and chronic health risks for young children.

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Mobilization Begun To Mandate Health Warning Labels on Pesticides, Reversing SCOTUS Ruling - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog

Two members of Congress moved quickly last week with a bill to reverse the Monsanto v. Durnell decision.

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Require Pesticide Companies To Warn of Effects like Cancer on Their Product Labels! #TakeAction

📣 Tell your Congressional Representative to #cosponsor H.R. 9528, the People Over Poison Act! #PeoplevsPoison

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Studies Cite Childhood Cancers Linked to Parental and Residential Pesticide Exposure - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog

Review finds childhood cancer rates, including leukemias and brain cancers, are disproportionately higher with exposure to pesticides.

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Study Associates Exposure to Pesticide Mixtures with an Increase in Alzheimer’s Disease Prevalence - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog

In a novel study, research links the prevalence of Alzheimer's, a type of dementia, to exposure to pesticide mixtures.

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Action Calls on U.S. Senate to Oppose Republican Farm Bill Unveiled Last Week - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog

(Beyond Pesticides, June 29, 2026) With the release of the Republican Farm Bill in the U.S. Senate on June 23 and passage of a bill with nearly identical provisions in the U.S. House of Representatives on April 30, Beyond Pesticides and allies are calling on U.S. Senators to reject the GOP Farm Bill as drafted, citing an undermining of public and environmental health. In addition to severe criticism of the bill language, the Chair of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, Senator John Boozman (R-AR), is being criticized by farm, farmworker, health, and food security...

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