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Insecticides, Pesticides, Fertilizers

pest        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/01/
us/giant-african-land-snail-florida.html

pesticides            FR

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/ecologie/271023/
scandale-du-chlordecone-le-combat-judiciaire-deborde-dans-la-rue

https://solagro.org/nos-domaines-d-intervention/agroecologie/
carte-pesticides-adonis

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/230622/
pesticides-
les-negociations-europeennes-s-ouvrent-
pour-une-reduction-massive-sur-le-continent

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/260921/
nourrir-l-europe-avec-l-agroecologie-c-est-possible

pesticides        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/
pesticides

2024

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/08/
pesticide-poisonings-brazil-chemicals-diquat-banned-uk-health-problems

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/09/
household-products-killing-insects-wildlife

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/19/
i-have-seen-the-decline-pesticides-linked-to-falling-uk-insect-numbers

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/14/
wildlife-experts-urge-action-on-pesticides-
as-uk-insect-populations-plummet

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/18/
sticky-trick-new-glue-spray-kills-plant-pests-without-chemicals

2023

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jun/04/
should-i-worry-about-pesticides

2013

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2013/aug/05/
neonicotinoids-ddt-pesticides-nature

pesticides        USA

2024

https://www.npr.org/2024/08/30/
1198910681/agriculture-insects-sound-crops-pests

https://www.propublica.org/article/
epa-acephate-pesticide-adhd-autism-regulations - April 24, 2024

https://www.npr.org/2024/03/25/
1240564945/pesticide-residue-organic-produce

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/18/
1029144997/epa-will-ban-a-farming-pesticide-
linked-to-health-problems-in-children

2019

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/08/06/
747646197/new-evidence-shows-
popular-pesticides-could-cause-unintended-harm-to-insects

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/02/26/
698227414/will-an-appeals-court-make-the-epa-
ban-a-pesticide-linked-to-serious-health-risk

2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/14/
opinion/poisons-are-us.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/03/29/
521898976/will-the-epa-reject-a-pesticide-or-its-own-scientific-evidence

2016

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/09/01/
492091546/how-gmos-cut-the-use-of-pesticides-
and-perhaps-boosted-them-again

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/03/01/
468743132/in-an-unusual-move-the-epa-tries-to-pull-pesticide-from-market

2015

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/07/31/
427857297/pesticide-drift-threatens-organic-farms

2012

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/10/22/
163407880/docs-say-choose-organic-food-
to-reduce-kids-exposure-to-pesticides

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/06/19/
155354070/why-you-shouldnt-panic-about-pesticide-in-produce

2011

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2011/06/18/
137149149/for-pesticides-apples-are-worst-onions-the-best

https://www.npr.org/2011/04/21/
135605139/mothers-pesticide-exposure-linked-to-kids-iqs

 toxic pesticide > acephate        USA

When you bite into a piece of celery,

there’s a fair chance that it will be coated

with a thin film of a toxic pesticide called acephate.

The bug killer

— also used on tomatoes, cranberries,

Brussels sprouts and other fruits and vegetables —

belongs to a class of compounds

linked to autism, hyperactivity

and reduced scores on intelligence tests in children.

https://www.propublica.org/article/
epa-acephate-pesticide-adhd-autism-regulations - April 24, 2024

organic pesticides        USA

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2011/06/18/
137249264/organic-pesticides-not-an-oxymoron

West Indian drywood termite        USA

Floridians spend an estimated $100 million a year

to battle a single pest:

the West Indian drywood termite.

On Wednesday,

the state began treating

the quarantine area in Pasco County

with a snail bait that contains metaldehyde,

a pesticide approved for use

in vegetable and ornamental crops,

fruit trees and other plants that disrupts

the giant African land snails’ digestive systems

and kills them.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/01/
us/giant-african-land-snail-florida.html

scarecrow        UK

https://www.guardian.co.uk/money/shortcuts/2012/oct/08/
music-graduate-human-scarecrow-every-opportunity

https://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/apr/04/
mawkins-museum-exhibits-norfolk-cambridge

https://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/may/16/
scarecrow-country-east-anglia

biotech giant > Monsanto        UK / USA

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/company/
monsanto-company

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/01/
662812333/groundskeeper-accepts-reduced-78-million-
in-monsanto-cancer-suit

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/apr/20/
mathieu-asselin-monsanto-deutsche-borse-anniston-alabama

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/04/18/
603529602/local-courts-lift-arkansas-weedkiller-ban-creating-chaos

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/02/14/
584647903/these-citizen-regulators-in-arkansas-defied-monsanto-
now-theyre-under-attack

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/10/26/
559733837/monsanto-and-the-weed-scientists-not-a-love-story

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/10/13/
557607443/with-ok-from-epa-use-of-controversial-weedkiller-is-expected-to-double

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/10/07/
555872494/a-wayward-weed-killer-divides-farm-communities-harms-wildlife

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency    EPA        USA

https://www.epa.gov/

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/10/13/
557607443/with-ok-from-epa-use-of-controversial-weedkiller-is-expected-to-double

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/03/29/
521898976/will-the-epa-reject-a-pesticide-or-its-own-scientific-evidence

insecticide        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2013/aug/05/
neonicotinoids-ddt-pesticides-nature

https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/
insecticide-an-ecological-disaster-that-will-affect-us-all-
1019520.html - 15 November 2008

spray crops with insecticide        UK

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2013/aug/05/
neonicotinoids-ddt-pesticides-nature

chlordecone (Kepone)        FR

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/ecologie/141123/
du-chlordecone-au-glyphosate-
la-parole-aux-victimes-de-pesticides

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/ecologie/230923/
non-lieu-du-chlordecone-le-vit-comme-un-acte-parfaitement-colonial

https://www.mediapart.fr/studio/documentaires/culture-et-idees/
tu-crois-que-la-terre-est-chose-morte-
face-au-chlordecone-en-martinique - 23 September 2023

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/090123/
chlordecone-aux-antilles-
le-non-lieu-judiciaire-alimente-la-defiance-vis-vis-de-l-etat-francais

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/080123/
scandale-du-chlordecone-
mediapart-publie-l-integralite-de-la-decision-des-juges

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/ecologie/060123/
scandale-du-chlordecone-le-combat-continue

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/ecologie/050123/
antilles-
la-justice-prononce-un-non-lieu-dans-l-enquete-sur-le-scandale-du-chlordecone

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/22/
world/americas/guadelouple-protests-covid-vaccine.html

chlordecone (Kepone)        UK

For 20 years, from 1973 to 1993,

the insecticide chlordecone (Kepone)

was used in Martinique and Guadeloupe,

in the French West Indies,

to combat banana weevil,

exposing a significant proportion of the population

and polluting the soil.

A study published last month

in the Journal of Clinical Oncology

and in Guadeloupe

confirms that chlordecone,

which disrupts the endocrine system,

is responsible for a significant increase

in the risk of prostate cancer,

the cause of half the cancers detected

on the two islands.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jul/13/
france-pesticide-health-scandal-chlordecone

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/10/
millions-suffering-in-deadly-pollution-sacrifice-zones-
warns-un-expert

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/may/07/
guadeloupe-economy-theatened-pesticides-pollution

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jul/13/
france-pesticide-health-scandal-chlordecone

herbicides / weedkiller        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/08/
pesticide-poisonings-brazil-chemicals-diquat-banned-uk-health-problems

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/06/
the-weedkiller-in-our-food-is-killing-us

https://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2015/jun/04/
undercurrent-monsanto-roundup-pesticide-herbicide-who-carcinogenic-
video - Guardian video

France

Du chlordécone au glyphosate,

la parole aux victimes de pesticides

Mediapart    15 November 2023

Du chlordécone au glyphosate, la parole aux victimes de pesticides

Video    Mediapart    15 November 2023

Alors que la France se dirige,

à la veille de la décision européenne sur le glyphosate,

vers une nouvelle abstention,

Mediapart fait parler les victimes.

Neuf personnes touchées par des maladies liées aux pesticides

témoignent.

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YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfZq0cCTu64&t=5573s

Glyphosate        FR

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=sfZq0cCTu64&t=5573s - Mediapart - 16 November 2023

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/ecologie/161123/
le-glyphosate-est-re-homologue-pour-dix-ans-
avec-l-abstention-de-la-france

https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2023/10/12/
les-vers-de-terre-sont-des-allies-plus-precieux-que-le-glyphosate-
pour-la-sante-de-notre-planete-et-de-ses-habitants
_6193981_3232.html

https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2023/10/11/
glyphosate-en-tant-que-medecins-specialistes-des-maladies-neurodegeneratives-
nous-avons-trois-conseils-a-donner-au-ministre-de-l-agriculture-marc-fesneau
_6193831_3232.html

herbicides / weedkiller > Glyphosate AKA Roundup        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/01/
roundup-class-action-monsanto-cancer-glyphosate

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/20/
glyphosate-weedkiller-cancer-biomarkers-urine-study

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/12/
its-a-non-party-political-issue-banning-the-weed-killer-glyphosate

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/09/
weedkiller-glyphosate-cdc-study-urine-samples

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jul/02/
glyphosate-herbicide-roundup-corporate-safety-studies

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/17/
glyphosate-roundup-weed-killer-bayer

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/09/
eu-regulators-dismissed-evidence-linking-glyphosate-to-rodent-tumours

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/02/
glyphosate-weedkiller-damages-wild-bumblebee-colonies

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/22/
war-of-the-weedkiller-
why-environmentalists-are-concerned-about-moves-to-ban-roundup

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/06/
the-weedkiller-in-our-food-is-killing-us

Plaintiff Dewayne Johnson, shown on July 9,

listening to his attorney speak about his condition

during the Monsanto trial in San Francisco.

On Friday,

a jury awarded Johnson $289 million in damages

after ruling that Monsanto intentionally concealed

the health risks of its popular Roundup products.

Photograph: Josh Edelson

AP

Jury Awards Terminally Ill Man $289 Million

In Lawsuit Against Monsanto

NPR

August 10, 2018    10:04 PM ET

https://www.npr.org/2018/08/10/
637722786/jury-awards-terminally-ill-man-289-million-in-lawsuit-against-monsanto

herbicides / weedkiller > Glyphosate AKA Roundup        USA

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/24/
882949098/bayer-to-pay-more-than-10-billion-
to-resolve-roundup-cancer-lawsuits

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/24/
883017063/bayer-agrees-to-settle-thousands-of-lawsuits-filed-
over-its-weed-killer

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/24/
business/roundup-settlement-lawsuits.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/20/
business/bayer-roundup.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/05/30/
727914874/safe-or-scary-the-shifting-reputation-of-glyphosate-aka-roundup

https://www.npr.org/2019/05/14/
723134988/california-couple-awarded-2-billion-in-roundup-cancer-trial

https://www.npr.org/2019/05/13/
723056453/california-jury-awards-2-billion-to-couple-
in-roundup-weed-killer-cancer-trial

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/27/
707439575/jury-awards-80-million-in-damages-
in-roundup-weed-killer-cancer-trial

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/19/
704978021/california-jury-finds-roundup-caused-mans-cancer

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/19/
business/monsanto-roundup-cancer.html

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/01/
662812333/groundskeeper-accepts-reduced-78-million-in-monsanto-cancer-suit

https://www.npr.org/2018/10/23/
659848853/california-judge-cuts-award-to-78-5-million-in-monsanto-weedkiller-case

https://www.npr.org/2018/09/25/
651618685/study-roundup-weed-killer-could-be-linked-to-widespread-bee-deaths

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/28/
566925929/eu-extends-use-of-controversial-weedkiller-
after-german-minister-switches-vote

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/27/
business/eu-glyphosate-pesticide.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/03/15/
520250505/emails-reveal-monsantos-tactics-
to-defend-glyphosate-against-cancer-fears

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/09/17/
494301343/epa-weighs-in-on-glyphosate-says-it-doesnt-cause-cancer

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/
health/herbicide-glyphosate-cereal-oatmeal-children.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/14/
business/monsanto-roundup-safety-lawsuit.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/11/13/
455810235/european-cancer-experts-dont-agree-on-how-risky-roundup-is

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/21/
business/who-report-links-ingredient-in-roundup-to-cancer.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/03/11/
148290731/why-monsanto-thought-weeds-would-never-defeat-roundup

herbicide / weedkiller / weed killer        USA

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2020/02/06/
800397488/pesticide-police-overwhelmed-by-dicamba-complaints-
ask-epa-for-help

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/05/30/
727914874/safe-or-scary-
the-shifting-reputation-of-glyphosate-aka-roundup

https://www.npr.org/2019/05/13/
723056453/california-jury-awards-2-billion-to-couple-
in-roundup-weed-killer-cancer-trial

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/04/11/
710229186/as-weeds-outsmart-the-latest-weedkillers-
farmers-are-running-out-of-options

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/27/
707439575/jury-awards-80-million-in-damages-
in-roundup-weed-killer-cancer-trial

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/02/07/
691979417/is-fear-driving-sales-of-dicamba-proof-soybeans

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/04/18/
603529602/local-courts-lift-arkansas-weedkiller-ban-creating-chaos

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/02/14/
584647903/these-citizen-regulators-in-arkansas-defied-monsanto-
now-theyre-under-attack

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/10/26/
559733837/monsanto-and-the-weed-scientists-not-a-love-story

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/10/13/
557607443/with-ok-from-epa-use-of-controversial-weedkiller-is-expected-to-double

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/10/07/
555872494/a-wayward-weed-killer-divides-farm-communities-harms-wildlife

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/06/23/
534117683/arkansas-tries-to-stop-an-epidemic-of-herbicide-damage

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/28/
business/energy-environment/decades-after-monsantos-roundup-
gets-an-all-clear-a-cancer-agency-raises-concerns.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/us/
23water.html

diquat        UK

Last year,

8,489 tonnes of chemicals banned on British farms

due to health and environmental concerns were sent abroad,

according to export data shared with the Observer.

Of those, 98% were made

by the Chinese-owned, Swiss-headquartered chemical company

Syngenta.

The biggest export was diquat

– of which Brazil is one of the world’s leading consumers.

The weedkiller,

made at only a few factories around the world,

including Sygenta’s plant in Huddersfield,

is a close chemical cousin of paraquat,

which has been banned in Britain since 2008

and is the subject of class action lawsuits in the US and Canada,

where farmers allege it left them

suffering health problems including Parkinson’s.

Syngenta, which reported £32.2bn of sales in 2023,

disputes the claim and says its products are safe

when used according to instructions.

Diquat is generally considered less toxic than paraquat,

but can still be extremely harmful:

exposure can lead to blindness, vomiting, irritation, convulsions,

organ damage and even death.

It has been banned on EU farms since 2019

and British farms since 2020,

after experts concluded it posed a high risk to workers,

people living nearby and birds.

Yet a legal loophole allows Syngenta to keep making the weedkiller in UK factories,

for export to countries with weaker regulations.

Diquat exports by Syngenta reached 5,123 tonnes in 2023,

more than half of that to Brazil.

In total,

the UK exported pesticides containing 10 banned chemicals to 18 countries last year,

including products considered highly toxic to bees

and those with high potential for groundwater contamination.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/08/
pesticide-poisonings-brazil-chemicals-diquat-banned-uk-health-problems

fertilizer        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/subject/
fertilizer

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/31/
climate/pfas-fertilizer-sludge-farm.html

fertilizer > forever chemicals > poison        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/31/
climate/pfas-fertilizer-sludge-farm.html

manure        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/
us/18dairy.html

precision agriculture        USA

Precision agriculture

helps farmers save money

by using less water and fertilizer

and releasing fewer pesticides

into the environment.

It harnesses real-time data

to maximize their yields.

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/27/
1172434673/precision-agriculture-technology-helps-farmers-
but-they-need-help

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