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Bayer’s new Roundup products more toxic than prior formulations, report asserts

Environmental Health News

consumers contain chemicals that pose greater health risks to people than prior formulations suspected of causing cancer, according to an analysis by an environmental health advocacy group. New types of Roundup weed killing products marketed to U.S. The report was disputed by Bayer, which called the analysis “deeply flawed.”

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How the plastic industry undermines democracy by blocking bans

Environmental Health News

For the fourth year in a row, Kansas lawmakers tried to pass a law that would block local plastic bans. As scientists and the public have learned more about the dangers of micro- and nanoplastics, local governments have passed laws restricting single-use plastics. Who is behind the laws blocking plastic bans?