The central issue in the Roundup case, filed by Missouri resident John Durnell, was who decides what should appear on a pesticide or insecticide label—and whether a federal law overrides state claims.
Tennessee’s biodiverse Duck River wins protections against new landfills
The Duck River watershed will be protected from landfill development, marking a bipartisan conservation outcome.
How pesticides, Monsanto and ‘buried’ scientific evidence converge in a proposed Tennessee law
Pesticide companies are among the wealthiest corporations in the world. Take Bayer: The chemical and pharmaceutical corporation made about half of its $50 billion revenue last year from pesticide and seed sales.
Chemical weapons were buried decades ago along the Duck River. Now a company wants to dig a landfill.
Tennesseans throw away more than 2,000 pounds of trash, on average, every year, and the dumping grounds for this waste are shrinking. Some companies are trying to make a profit with new facilities.
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