Last week, a sub-agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), published the long-anticipated Toxicological Profile for Glyphosate. This report backs up the 2015 cancer assessment of Glyphosate (sold as Roundup) released by another health agency, the International Agency for Research on Cancer… Read more »

On April 11th, the North Central IPM Center released a regenerative agriculture fact sheet. It’s intended to be a resource for Organic and IPM communities, or for anyone who wants to incorporate these principles into their production. You can access it here.

The Maryland state Senate will consider a bill to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos more than two weeks after a majority in the House of Delegates approved a statewide prohibition on its use. Chlorpyrifos has been linked to developmental harm in children, although the Trump administration’s EPA has refused to uphold a federal ban. Read more… Read more »

The Western IPM Center’s April edition of its monthly newsletter is now online. This issue contains: Their draft list of newly updated IPM and pest management priorities in the region. A introduction to the Western IPM Center’s just-published 2018 annual report. A look at legislators bypassing regulators with proposed pesticide bans. Meetings, trainings, grants and… Read more »

Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue signed a national proclamation to declare April “Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month.” April is a time when many invasive pests emerge and can be easily spread in the things people pack and move, such as outdoor items like grills, gardening equipment, wading pools and bicycles or patio furniture…. Read more »