11/January/22

 

Advocates for environmentalists and farm workers attempted to convince a three-judge panel on Monday to set aside the US Environmental Protection Agency's decision to allow the use of a herbicide called glyphosate — the active ingredient in Roundup. While unlikely to order a ban on glyphosate, the three-judge panel seems to believe the EPA shirked its duty to take a hard look at its effects on health and the environment. One judge said of the EPA's conduct, “It seems like the guidelines weren’t followed." Courthouse News Service

 

 

India has brilliant innovators and know-how for ecological farming but they face a battle against vested interests, says Bharat Dogra. GMO cotton made things worse in a big way with its rapid spread, destroying the rich heritage of indigenous cotton varieties. The Statesman

 

 

Emails show that researchers orchestrated an article to denigrate the Wuhan lab leak theory of COVID origins as a "conspiracy". Journalist Paul D. Thacker asks whether science publisher Taylor and Francis will retract an unethical, secretly edited article that appears to have skated past peer review. Disinformation Chronicle

 

 

Emails newly obtained by US Right to Know reveal that EcoHealth Alliance president Peter Daszak opposed the public release of COVID-19-related virus sequence data gathered from China as part of the US government-funded PREDICT “virus hunting” program that identifies and tracks unknown viruses. US Right to Know