2026 Pesticides in the Pantry:
Transparency & risk in food supply chains

Policy, Regulatory, & Legal Updates

EPA approval failures despite scientific evidence: EPA continues to re-approve dangerous pesticides like paraquat despite mounting evidence - scientists criticized the agency's 2024 paraquat review for failing to follow its own scientific protocols and ignoring 90 new studies linking the herbicide to Parkinson's disease submitted by the Michael J. Fox Foundation. [7]
Failure to assess pesticide mixtures: EPA's single-chemical registration process ignores cumulative exposure risks and synergistic effects - 2025 Nebraska study demonstrated that pesticide mixtures significantly increase childhood cancer risks beyond what individual chemicals would predict, yet federal regulation continues evaluating pesticides in isolation. [8]
Bayer roundup litigation (Glufosinate) update
PFAS allowance

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