U.S. Right to Know, 19 March 2019 | Source A unanimous jury decision on Tuesday handed a first-round victory to plaintiff Edwin Hardeman, as the six jury members found that Hardeman’s exposure to Roundup was a “substantial factor” in...
Overcoming Inequalities in a Fractured World: UNRISD Conference, 7-9 November 2018 Source: UNRISD Published: 14 March 2019 World-renowned eco-feminist and “rock star of the environmental movement”, Vandana Shiva, presents her latest book “Oneness vs. The 1%”, equal parts a...
ROME, 7 March 2019 – “It is clear from the available evidence that the issue of chemicals in our food is a matter of democracy. The freedom of citizens from harm should be guaranteed. That is what communities are...
The Ramazzini Institute, 11 March 2019 | Source A new study (1) has found that exposure to glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs), including Roundup, caused reproductive and developmental effects in both male and female rats, at a dose level currently considered...
Dear Mayor Virgina Raggi, On the occasion of my speech for the inauguration of Feminism, the women’s book fair, at the “International Women’s House“, I was made aware that this place is about to close and that the building’s...
Press release – Umweltinstitut München e. V. (Munich, this 8th March 2019) Pesticides from agriculture can spread uncon-trollably via the air. Which substances are in the air – when and where – was measured by the Munich Environmental Institute...
Greens/EFA, 7 March 2019 | Source Today the European Court of Justice has ruled that the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) must publish all studies around the cancer risks of glyphosate. The Court agreed with the Greens/EFA arguments that...
Press release Poison-free Food and Farming: Press Conference with Vandana Shiva Thursday, March 7, 2019 – from 2:30pm to 3:30pm Press Room of the Chamber of Deputies (Palazzo Montecitorio, Via della Missione 4, Rome) ROME – The agriculture of...
On 26 February, the Italian Chamber of Deputies approved a joint motion promoted by MPs from diferent parties, which provides for “initiatives aimed at a more responsible use of harmful pesticides and herbicides, as well as initiatives to support...
France, February 2019 – In continuation with the work started in Paris at COP21 in 2015 and the Pact for the Earth, a series of events were organised in France, in collaboration with the association SOL Association to promote the...