Agribusiness
European pesticide victims left to fend for themselves
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Suffering from Parkinson’s disease or cancer, European farmworkers experience inadequate recognition and failing compensation schemes.
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Suffering from Parkinson’s disease or cancer, European farmworkers experience inadequate recognition and failing compensation schemes.
In Europe, scientists have blown the whistle on farmworkers' exposure to pesticides for years. They remain unheard.
“This bill could help usher in a new generation of African American farmers,” a Black producer said. “But, if it fails, it’s gonna continue to dwindle.”
The U.S. has put various protections in place to keep African Swine Fever out to protect the more than $8 billion pork industry.
The case involves one of the "most important tools" workers have to compel the agency to protect them.
With millions of members, the American Farm Bureau Federation says it represents "divergent opinions." But the farmers outside its circle believes it leans "heavily towards corporate interests."
Federal law requires disclosure, but those records are incomplete.
Ranchers must pay $1 per head of cattle sold to an organization some say works against their interests. The organization, known as a checkoff, says it represents producers of all sizes.
The company behind the popular Seresto flea-and-tick collar has filed a lengthy defense of the safety of its product amid calls for federal regulars to ban over concerns of harm and death to the pets who wear it.
Read the most important takeaways from our continuing investigation into the popular flea-and-tick collar for pets.