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Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) are a subset of toxic pesticides that cause significant harm to people, biodiversity, and the environment.

PAN is pleased to share The Pesticide Puzzle, a Smoky Hills PBS production, directed by Max Aguiar, which aired as part of the Real Ag series on December 8. In addition to the expertise of renowned biologist Dr. Tyrone Hayes, two PAN staff members are featured in this production.

It has been over a decade since the moment I felt the droplets of pesticides on my head and shoulders as a crop duster flew over our farm in Iowa. 

It’s no secret that the chemical industry holds undue influence over regulatory processes in the US – corporations wield incredible power in agency processes to create the guidelines that are supposed to protect the health of our communities and the environment.

PAN and partners have been ringing the alarm bells over treated seeds and their lack of regulation for years. Center for Food Safety first brought legal action to EPA over the treated seeds regulatory loophole in 2017, and our current joint lawsuit is a response to the agency denying a prior petition that they ignored for many years. It took another joint lawsuit, which PAN also participated in, to force EPA to respond in the first place.

Watch the recording of The Problem with Pesticides, a discussion hosted by Real Food Media featuring PAN Senior Scientist Emily Marquez and partners from the Center for Biological Diversity, US Right to Know, and Hawai’i Alliance for Progressive Action.

After nearly two years of participation in California’s multi-stakeholder Sustainable Pest Management (SPM) Work Group, I’m excited to share that the 97-page SPM Roadmap is now out in the world.

In December 2020, the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, called for Mexican farmers to stop using the herbicide glyphosate by 2024, and also issued a final decree to phase out use of GE corn in the country.

The chlorpyrifos ban we’ve been celebrating isn’t quite finished. And, it is the people who live in the rural areas, where soybeans and corn fill most agricultural fields, who will continue dealing with this insecticide unless EPA finishes the job.