By Russell King, HHRA Executive Director I'm pleased to announce that the HHRA has earned the Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency for 2023 --an achievement earned by fewer than one percent of US-based nonprofits. The Candid Platinum Seal is the…
By Russell K. King, HHRA Executive Director But yield who will to their separation,My object in living is to uniteMy avocation and my vocationAs my two eyes make one in sight. Robert Frost’s sentiment rang in my ears as I…
By: David R. Montgomery, Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington Seattle By: Chuck Benbrook, Executive Director, HHRA An international team of scientists published a January 6, 2023 Policy Forum piece in Science entitled "Soil biodiversity needs policy without borders". It…
An update on HHRA research on herbicide use in Iowa and changes in herbicide exposure levels was presented March 29, 2023 at the annual meeting of the Iowa Public Health Association. The meeting was held on the campus of Iowa…
By: Chuck Benbrook, HHRA ED By: Mark Lipson, HHRA Director of Policy and Regulatory Engagement We welcomed the invitation from California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation for members of the public to offer comments and guidance as the State begins to…
In a January 26, 2023 press release, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) released a provocative report entitled “Sustainable Pest Management: A Roadmap for California.” The Roadmap report sets “ambitious goals and actions to accelerate California’s systemwide transition to…
Adults alive today have lived through efforts to address four existential threats to our individual and collective health: smoking, AIDs, Covid, and food and diets that undermine health and promote chronic disease. For the first three threats, our collective response…
As part of the September 28, 2022 White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, the Food and Drug Administration published in the Federal Register a Proposed Rule that had been fermenting for six years. The rule sets forth a…
Authors: Chuck Benbrook, Robin Mesnage, William Sawyer Too much oxidative stress is bad biology that unites all humankind. It always has and always will. Normal, essential cell functions trigger the release of what is called “reactive oxygen species” (ROS), aka…
Is DNA Damaged When Applicators are Exposed to Glyphosate-Based Herbicides? An HHRA Scientist Wanders Deep in the Weeds Glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) have been used since 1974. The first evidence that GBHs can damage DNA was published in the 1990s. By…