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A scientific journal has issued an Expression of Concern, requesting corrections from the authors behind a group of papers concluding glyphosate is safe.

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed today to reapprove the cancer-linked fumigant 1,3-Dichloropropene with a less-protective classification that will increase exposure levels considered to be safe by 90-fold. The pesticide known as 1,3-D is linked to cancer and respiratory problems in farmworkers. It is the nation’s fourth most widely used pesticide, with an estimated 40 million pounds used each year on crops like potatoes, cotton, strawberries and peppers. The EPA’s decision to assign the pesticide a less-restrictive cancer designation relied largely on modelling done by the make...

While most ghostwriting scandals in science involve physicians, the agrichemical company ran a unique and sophisticated campaign to promote GMO technology and attack critics.

This week, guest host Kelly Kenoyer draws on months of reporting to present a closer look at what's going on with PFAS, the family of 'forever chemicals' that includes GenX and thousands of others. We'll tackle the history, science, and politics of the problem — and look at what can be done in the future.