Ban Roundup is a project of @USPIRG. We take a non-partisan, fact-driven, result-oriented approach to solving some of America’s most pressing problems.
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States sue EPA over decision to allow continued sale of pesticide #chlorpyrifos fal.cn/tuH5
It's official! On July 7, CA's @OEHHA will list #glyphosate, main ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup, as a carcinogen: fal.cn/uk9B
"This gives me a great deal of concern about the erosion of #science in this administration,” said one professor: wapo.st/2rSx8R3
Scottish Government allowed a U.S. drug company to secretly poke holes in a study linking its #pesticide to harm: bit.ly/2tJFK9j
A Monsanto study from 1983 on glyphosate will be re-examined, could be pivotal in lawsuit: bit.ly/2r9Jzrk
We called for an investigation, so we're happy to hear this news! fal.cn/uORr #EPA #Monsanto #Pesticides #BanRoundup
Christine Sheppard sprayed #Roundup on her farm for 5 years. Now she's 1 of 800 cancer patients suing #Monsanto: cnn.it/2sEcjFS
Great news! The @US_FDA has resumed testing our food for Roundup's active ingredient! bit.ly/2s5Exfx #BanRoundup #Toxic #Glyphosate
Thanks NY, WA, CA, MA, ME, MD & VT for objecting to the @EPA's recent decision not to #BanChlorpyrifos, despite links to health problems.
The science is clear on chlorpyrifos' danger. So why are we still using it on our crops? #BanChlorpyrifos
W/ coalition of 7 states & community, farmworker & environmental health groups, we urged @EPA to #BanChlorpyrifos: bit.ly/2sAxQ27
W/ coalition of 7 states & community, farmworker & environmental health groups, we urged @EPA to #BanChlorpyrifos: fal.cn/ugbA
Thanks @AGSchneiderman for calling on the @EPA to #BanChlorpyrifos, which has been linked to brain and developmental damage in children. teapaw.org/AGSchneiderman/status/…
Last weekend we joined other activists in asking @MonsantoCo to stop selling Roundup. @MarchAgainstM held events across the country.
From clean air to food safety, the Regulatory Accountability Act is bad news: bit.ly/2pGv8Wa
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800 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients say the weed killer Roundup gave them cancer. What does the company have to say? cnn.it/2pOlVLE
Endocrine disrupting chemicals to blame for reproductive problems like declining semen quality: nyti.ms/2qBprx2
This week we filed a brief in support of a Maryland county ordinance that restricts the use of #harmful #pesticides: bit.ly/2pmXztH
