Over the last two decades, neonicotinoid pesticides, or neonics, have swiftly become the most widely used class of insecticides globally. Unfortunately for our pollinators, neonics are very efficient at dealing death

The Modern Ag Alliance, spearheaded by Bayer, has been pouring money into states in an effort to gain immunity to lawsuits. Their motivation comes from mounting settlements as a result of court findings that Monsanto (owned by Bayer) failed to properly divulge the risk for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma to users of their RoundUp products.

Modern industrial agriculture underpins our food system, yet it is fundamentally unsustainable. It relies on harmful pesticides, synthetic agrochemicals, and large scale monocultures that prioritize corporate profits over the well-being of farmworkers, consumers, and the environment.

Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) are a subset of toxic pesticides that cause significant harm to people, biodiversity, and the environment.

PAN is pleased to share The Pesticide Puzzle, a Smoky Hills PBS production, directed by Max Aguiar, which aired as part of the Real Ag series on December 8. In addition to the expertise of renowned biologist Dr. Tyrone Hayes, two PAN staff members are featured in this production.

It has been over a decade since the moment I felt the droplets of pesticides on my head and shoulders as a crop duster flew over our farm in Iowa.