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In her new book Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science, Kansas City-based investigative journalist Carey Gillam…
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The Missouri Department of Agriculture announced a temporary ban on the sale of agricultural products containing the pesticide dicamba on Friday,...
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Hundreds of Midwest farmers are complaining of damage to their crops allegedly caused by the herbicide dicamba. The total number of damaged acres may...
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The herbicide dicamba is thought to have been the culprit in more than 3 million acres of damaged soybeans across the country, destroying plants and...
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After court documents unsealed Tuesday raised questions about its research methods, chemical giant Monsanto says it did not ghostwrite a 2000 study on the…
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A researcher for the U.S. Department of Agriculture has filed a whistleblower complaint against the federal agency, alleging the USDA suppressed his…
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Updated: Wednesday, 11:30 a.m., to include USDA commentA senior scientist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture filed a whistleblower complaint on…
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Pesticide pollution in American streams has dropped over the last 20 years according to a new report from the U.S. Geological Survey, but scientists say…
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A fast spreading, crop destroying weed may be coming to the farms near you.Palmer amaranth, which has plagued southern farms for decades, has been…
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Michael Swoyer from the Kansas City Health Department receives a lot of calls from residents with bedbugs.Unfortunately, he says there's not much the city…
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This summer, officials in Iowa have been asking farmers to voluntarily reduce the amount of fertilizer they use. That’s because the fertilizer contains…
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"Organic" has been the buzzword in produce for years, but not everyone has the budget to buy only fruit and vegetables with that certification.In the…