Beyond Pesticides Minnesota: Neighbors for Pesticide-Free Communities

04/04/2026

Call to action: Tell your Governor and Mayor to ensure ecological management of mosquitoes by eliminating the use of pesticides that threaten mosquito predators.

"Mosquito-eating birds include many well-known residents of our communities. They include, for example, wood ducks, phoebes and other flycatchers, bluebirds, cardinals, downy woodpeckers, swallows, swifts, robins, orioles, wrens, great t**s, warblers, nuthatches, hummingbirds, red-winged blackbirds, grackles, chickadees, sparrows, nighthawks,"

📣 Tell your Governor and Mayor to ensure ecological management of mosquitoes by eliminating the use of pesticides that threaten mosquito predators.

03/14/2026

"Paraquat is already known as an acutely toxic chemical, with the Environmental Protection Agency warning that one sip of it can kill an adult. But a growing body of research in the past three decades has pointed to paraquat exposure as one of several factors that can increase the chance of Parkinson’s."

Supporters of a new bill aim to end the use of paraquat, which is used to remove cover crops on farms.

03/02/2026

03/02/2026

"On April 27, the Supreme Court will hear a case that could determine whether pesticide corporations like Bayer can evade accountability for the harm caused by their products."

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On April 27, the Supreme Court will hear a case that could determine whether pesticide corporations like Bayer can evade accountability for the harm caused by their products.

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03/02/2026

"These pesticide companies spend millions marketing their chemicals to farmers and the public - while downplaying the risks."

03/02/2026

"When regulators silence their own scientists, communities pay the price."

03/01/2026

“The stronger the agricultural intensity, the stronger the acceleration of the decline."

This correlation doesn’t illuminate precisely why birds in agricultural areas have been hit so hard, he cautioned. It might be because they have lost habitat, or because pesticide use has depleted the insects they eat, or because fertilizer runoff has polluted their water sources. It will take lab experiments and on-the-ground research to determine the ultimate cause."

The accelerating decline of birds is a bellwether of far deeper biodiversity crisis — one that threatens not only beloved species but the humans who live alongside them.

02/28/2026

"Neither the executive order nor the fact sheet the White House put out accompanying the order discloses that glyphosate-based herbicides have been linked to an array of cancers and other health problems in multiple independent research studies and by cancer experts of the World Health Organization (WHO).

"The move by the White House comes as Roundup maker Bayer is facing tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging the company’s glyphosate herbicides cause cancer and the company failed to warn farmers and other users of the risks.

President’s move, which also seeks ‘immunity’ for makers, faces backlash from health advocates and Maha coalition

02/28/2026

"The American dream turns into the American nightmare as we start to look at what we’re doing to biodiversity and systems that we depend on as humans."

Scientists studying data collected over more than three decades found accelerating losses. Their research offers clues about the causes.

01/16/2026

"The Supreme Court appeal followed a $1.25 million jury verdict in favor of John Durnell, who sued Monsanto in Missouri state court in 2019, alleging that he developed non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma after being exposed to Roundup. A state appeals court upheld that decision.

"Monsanto, which has faced more than 100,000 similar claims across the country, has argued that a federal law enacted in the 1970s that gives the Environmental Protection Agency power to regulate pesticides preempts state law claims like Durnell’s. That argument, if embraced by the Supreme Court, would likely foreclose many of the pending suits against the company.

"The company has already removed the active ingredient in Roundup, glyphosate, from the consumer version of its product. But glyphosate remains the central ingredient in industrial versions widely used by farmers."

The Supreme Court said Friday that it will decide whether tens of thousands of people claiming the pesticide Roundup caused their cancer will have a day in court, or whether a federal law that regulates pesticide labeling will effectively block their cases from moving forward.

01/02/2026

"The 2000 paper, a scientific review conducted by three independent scientists, was for decades cited by other researchers as evidence of Roundup’s safety. It became the cornerstone of regulations that deemed the weedkiller safe.

"But since then, emails uncovered as part of lawsuits against the weedkiller’s manufacturer, Monsanto, have shown that the company’s scientists played a significant role in conceiving and writing the study."

Problems with a 25-year-old landmark paper on the safety of Roundup’s active ingredient, glyphosate, have led to calls for the E.P.A. to reassess the widely used chemical.

12/15/2025

Tree farms in the USA that produce most of the Christmas trees harvested in the U.S. have reported spraying 270,000 pounds of pesticides each year.

If you're planning to shop for a Christmas tree this weekend, you might want to read this:

Tree farms in Oregon, Michigan, Pennsylvania, California, Florida and Texas that produce nearly two-thirds of the Christmas trees harvested in the U.S. have reported spraying 270,000 pounds of pesticides each year.

Many of these pesticides include products known to be potent endocrine disruptors, carcinogens and neurotoxins that impede children’s brain development. The pesticides are chlorothalonil, simazine, glyphosate, hexazinone, carbaryl, chlorpyrifos and dimethoate.

This needs to stop — so the Center for Biological Diversity and Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments just petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency and President’s Make America Healthy Again Commission to address the health risks posed by the heavy use of toxic pesticides on Christmas trees.

Read the full story on our website ➡️ https://bit.ly/4oNLhXy

[Image description: There is a sign in the foreground that reads "Christmas tree cutting area. Permit required". A red holiday bow is attached to the sign. Behind it is a hillside dotted with snow and a dense stand of evergreen trees.]