Over 175 million Americans live under the threat of chemical disasters, including one in three schoolchildren.

The Supply Chain & Impacts of PVC Packaging at The Home Depot

A Consumer Reports survey shows awareness of the term is growing, but questions remain about standards, oversight, and greenwashing.

BackgroundHuman poisoning by pesticides has long been seen as a severe public health problem. As early as 1990, a task force of the World Health Organization...

Scientific evidence has never been stronger. Why aren’t more people making the link?

Research shows heat amplifies the dangers of pesticides for farmworkers, and that the problem is poised to grow as the global climate warms.

Do you know where your houseplants come from? Behind the lush and lucrative U.S. houseplant industry, there are plant nursery workers facing severe labor and human rights violations, including wage th...

Critics argue US high court justice should recuse himself from upcoming fossil fuel firms’ climate accountability case

SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) announced today that all manufacturers of pesticide products containing the active ingredient paraquat-dichloride (paraquat) have v...

Republicans on Thursday voted down a proposed amendment to the Farm Bill that would have  protected consumer rights to sue pesticide manufacturers over alleged harm after the US Supreme Court recently...

Over the past 18 months, the Trump administration has delivered a string of victories to the pesticide industry.

These spraying programs are creating “virtual dead zones” in wild places

This proposed rule is about one thing: the Trump administration’s hunger to exert control over the federal scientific enterprise and re-direct it toward their own political agenda. It's an attack on s...

Proposed hazardous waste oversight changes are years behind schedule and fail to account for a community’s health risks from pollution, environmental groups warn.

The court’s decision on glyphosate will empower the movement to stop pesticide companies from causing harm.

Michigan could ban paraquat, a controversial weed killer that's linked to Parkinson's disease, under a recently introduced bill.

Plans by the Trump administration to roll back regulations on chemical facility safety will allow for the continued rise in industrial chemical accidents, which are already up by 50% since 2021, a wat...

The Trump administration yesterday urged the Supreme Court to side with the German pesticide company Bayer in a high-stakes legal case.

(Beyond Pesticides, June 25, 2026) The Supreme Court today, in a 7-2 decision, issued a ruling that prohibits, under current federal law, the right of those harmed by pesticides to sue manufacturers for their failure to warn consumers of potential hazards on their product labels. The decision effectively shields manufacturers from failure to warn lawsuits. See opinion here. “The Court’s decision today is a tragic setback for public and environmental health, allowing companies that produce toxic pesticides to evade the most basic of responsibilities, warning consumers that their products may...

“Today’s Supreme Court decision is more proof that pesticide corporations have too much influence in...

Today’s Supreme Court decision sells out farmers, gardeners, and rural communities to multibillion-dollar pesticide corporations.

While media outlets cut environmental reporters, the impact of these losses on news coverage is real.

Aging infrastructure is making more plants susceptible to accidents. Many are repeat offenders.

Forty years of studies find higher cancer risks among children exposed during pregnancy and early life to pesticides used on farms, lawns and pets.

Parkinson’s is the world’s fastest growing neurological disorder. Experts worry that people living and working in pesticide-laden agricultural regions are especially at risk.

Two major incidents at chemical plants in one week have intensified scrutiny of the Trump Administration's push to gut chemical safety regulations.

Hazardous chemical incidents, including fires, explosions and toxic releases, occur near daily in the United...

Thousands of people who live near a damaged hazardous chemical tank in Southern California still can't return home, even as officials say the risk of a catastrophic explosion had largely passed.

Paraquat has been linked to Parkinson's and just a sip is fatal, yet thousands of pounds of it are being released in the Mississippi Basin.

Lawmakers cite studies linking weedkiller to Parkinson’s as pressure mounts for a wider US ban

WAYNESBORO, Miss. — Wayne County, Mississippi, in a quiet southeast corner of the state, is home to about 20,000 people surrounded by forest and farmland. But Wayne distinguishes itself in two ways: it is home to a Sipcam Agro plant that processes the toxic herbicide paraquat. Within the U.S., the plant is the largest single emitter of paraquat. Wayne County also sees high rates of Parkinson’s disease deaths, in the top 7% of all U.S.