Revisiting Acute and Chronic Toxicity Assessments
Alison Bernstein responds with clarification to misuse of her seminal essay on acute and chronic-toxicity assessments.
Glyphosate
10 Conspiracy Theories About RoundUp in a Single Documentary
A recent documentary on RoundUp on Norwegian state television went dumpster diving for some of the most discredited ideas about the popular herbicide.
Monsanto Gas Mask Man: Activist imagery and its meaning to farmers
Terence Bradshaw, Director of the UVM Horticulture Research and Education Center tries to bring some sanity and context to the use of protective gear when applying pesticides in both organic and conventional systems.
3 Takeaways from the Azure Farms Weed Debacle
The weed management issue in Sherman County has been resolved but it still sheds light on three groups of stakeholders.
Glyphosate Vs. Caffeine: Acute and Chronic Toxicity Assessments Explained
Neuroscientist Alison Bernstein sorts out some of the issues around acute and chronic toxicity and then compares chronic toxicity of glyphosate and caffeine with our exposures to those to compounds.
Tillage or Herbicide for the Environment? – part one
[Please consider supporting Food and Farm Discussion Lab with ongoing contribution of $1, $2, $3, $5 or $10 a month on Patreon.] GUEST AUTHOR: […]
Inconvenient Glyphosate Math
Guest author: Kevin Folta, University of Florida There is a lot of discussion about glyphosate use and its relative toxicity lately. For activists, it is […]
Some Carcinogens Are More Equal Than Others (sigh)
Following up on the glyphosate as carcinogen story, I couldn’t help notice some coverage that shows how political orientation informs the way different people cover […]
Notes From The Glyphosate Dust Up.
I don’t have much to add to the recent dustup over the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) designating that glyphosate is a […]