This page explores how pesticides and related chemicals impact human health and the planet’s health.

Out of Eden: A Christian Study and Action Guide to Food and the Environment

A practical Study and Action Guide for use by small groups discussion or personal reflection. The guide covers topics that are actionable on the personal and policy levels: sugar’s impact on our bodies and sugar corporations’ truth-telling and accountability, corn and corn subsidies creating over-supply, plastic and its biological impact on animals and humans, the true cost of meat in terms of soil depletion and air pollution, and food waste and the practices which can diminish it.

Ethan A. Huff, Monsanto Connected to at Least 200,000 Suicides in India Throughout Past Decade. Natural News, Jan 4, 2011.

The Institute for Responsible Technology, The Health Dangers of Roundup (Glyphosate.  Herbicide. The Institute for Responsible Technology, May 10, 2013.  This interview with Jeffrey Smith and Stephanie Seneff is outstanding.

Morgan Korn, How Monsanto Controls the Government. Yahoo Finance, Jul 31, 2013.

Sayer Ji, Sucralose (Splenda) Harms Vastly Underestimated: Baking Releases Dioxin. Dec 2, 2013.

Union of Concerned Scientists, The Rise of Superweeds and What To Do About It. UCSUSA, Dec 2013.

Nick, Facebook and Monsanto are Basically Owned by the Same People. Live Free Live Natural blog, Mar 26, 2014.

Thomas Bohn and Marek Cuhra, How ''Extreme Levels'' of Monsanto's Herbicide Roundup in Food Became the Industry Norm. Truthout, Mar 26, 2014.

Dr. Mercola, Gut-Wrenching New Studies Reveal the Insidious Effects of Glyphosate. Mercola, Apr 15, 2014.

Susan Freinkel, Warning Signs: How Pesticides Harm the Young Brain. The Nation, Mar 31, 2014.

EWAO, He Holds the Patent That Could Destroy Monsanto and Change the World! Earth We Are One, Mar 9, 2015.

S.M. Gibson, Lobbyist Claims Monsanto's Roundup Is Safe to Drink, Freaks Out When Offered a Glass. Anti-Media, Mar 26, 2015.

Lorraine Chow, Bill Nye on Glyphosate: ‘We Accidentally Decimated the Monarch Butterfly Population’ EcoWatch, Jul 22, 2015.  a Monsanto product

NRDC, The Story of Silent Spring. National Resources Defense Council, Aug 13, 2015.  Re: Rachel Carson vs. big chemical companies

Justin Gardner, Monsanto Crops Decimated By Pests – Meanwhile, Nearby Non-GMO Crops Thriving. Natural Blaze, Nov 8, 2015.

Elizabeth Grossman, What Do We Really Know About Roundup Weed Killer? National Geographic, Apr 23, 2015.  re: glyphosate

Sustainable Pulse, Monsanto Put on Trial for Crimes Against Humanity in The Hague. Sustainable Pulse, Dec 3, 2015.

Tami Canal, You're Being Lied to About Cancer. March Against Monsanto, Apr 2, 2016.

Reuters, Recall of Monsanto's Roundup Likely As EU Refuses Limited Use of Glyphosate. Guardian, Jun 6, 2016.

Jenny Hopkinson and Giulia Paravicini, How Grassroots Lobbying Push Blindsided Monsanto. Politico EU, Jun 13, 2016.

Kaleigh Rogers, Bayer Just Bought Monsanto, Here's Why You Should Care. MotherBoard, Sep 14, 2016.

Dr. Mercola, Massive Honey Contamination Revealed. Mercola, Nov 15, 2016.  about glyphosate

Sharon Lerner, Poison Fruit: Dow Chemical Wants Farmers to Keep Using a Pesticide Linked to Autism and ADHD. The Intercept, Jan 14, 2017.  about chlorpyrifos

Sharon Lerner, Environmental Groups Sue EPA to Force Ban of Pesticide Linked to Autism. The Intercept, Apr 5, 2017.

Frederica Perera, The Womb Is No Protection From Toxic Chemicals. New York Times, Jun 1, 2017.

Emily Stewart, Monsanto Was Just Ordered to Pay $289 Million to a Man Who Says Its Weed Killer Caused His Cancer. Vox, Aug 11, 2018.  with thousands of other cases pending

Sharon Lerner, How a Ragtag Group of Oregon Locals Took on the Biggest Chemical Companies in the World - And Won. The Intercept, Sep 15, 2018.  Primarily about pesticide companies and toxic chemicals like glyphosate, chlorpyrifos. Lerner also discusses EPA policies.

Four Corners, The Secret Tactics Monsanto Used to Protect Roundup, Its Star Product. ABC Australia, Oct 8, 2018.  farmers disproportionately suffer from farmers’ lymphoma

Patricia Cohen, $2 Billion Verdict Against Monsanto Is Third to Find Roundup Caused Cancer. New York Times, May 13, 2019.

Coral Davenport, Trump Removes Pollution Controls on Streams and Wetlands. New York Times, Jan 22, 2020.  impacting especially farmers’ use of pesticides  

Lisa Friedman, E.P.A. Rejects Its Own Findings That a Pesticide Harms Children’s Brains. New York Times, Sep 23, 2020.  “The agency’s new assessment directly contradicts federal scientists’ conclusions five years ago that chlorpyrifos can stunt brain development in young children.” 

Elke Branstatter and Marko Rosseler, Is Parkinson’s Disease Related to Pesticide Use?  Deutsche Welle Documentary, Sep 26, 2021.  “The number of Parkinson's sufferers has doubled since the 1990s. In Germany alone, about 400,000 people have it. Researchers like Bas Bloem of Radboud University in the Netherlands are calling it a pandemic: They say it is the fastest growing neurological disease in the world, and is mainly caused by environmental factors. Heavily industrialized countries are particularly affected, as numerous chemicals find their way into the environment.  Despite more and more studies showing increased risks among agricultural workers and gardeners, Parkinson's is not yet considered an occupational disease in Germany. But in France, things are different. Sylvie Berger is from Bordelais, one of Europe's major wine-growing regions. Particularly high amounts of pesticides are used there, and Sylvie Berger, who worked in viticulture, now suffers from Parkinson's. If she receives an occupational disability pension, then why not the gardener Ulrich Elixmann from Germany?”

BBC Reel, Fertility Crisis: Is Modern Life Making Men Infertile?  BBC Reel, Mar 5, 2022.  Chemicals made by industry are negatively affecting human fertility.

Leeja Miller, Our Food Is Killing Us.  Leeja Miller, May 10, 2023.  Monsanto’s chemical glyphosate, the key ingredient of Roundup.  Monsanto regularly lobbied the EPA to prevent the label “likely carcinogenic.” 

Lois Parshley, Toxic Harvest. The Lever, Jul 25, 2024. New research finds pesticides may be as bad for you as smoking — so why is Congress poised to shield the industry from liability?