Must-read recap: The New Lede's top stories over the last week
The latest from TNL highlights Detroits community air monitors, a major settlement over a pesticide tied to Parkinson's disease, and more.
This past week, TNL published on-the-ground reporting on community air monitors in Detroit that are helping empower residents against pollution. In other news, global ag tech company Syngenta settled a lawsuit over its pesticide paraquat ahead of what would have been a major trial.
Stay tuned for more new videos on TNL reporting.
Here’s the latest from The New Lede:
Community air monitors give Detroiters new power against pollution
DETROIT — As the Rev. Sharon Buttry drives by the Jayne-Lasky Park on Detroit’s east side, she points to the expansive 65-acre park, located just miles from her home.
“I tell people when they take their kids to the park, wear masks,” she said.
Buttry, a clergy leader at the American Baptist Churches USA who is on the board of the Detroit Hamtramck Coalition for Advancing Healthy Environments, is headed just north of the park to the Cadillac Heights neighborhood, a quiet community that now is the epicenter of a bitter fight over a proposed expansion of a concrete facility that area residents fear is dangerously polluting their air. (Read the rest of the story and watch the video.)
Food giants graded a “D” on sustainable farming practices
Major food corporations are failing to effectively support farming practices that protect human and environmental health, according to an assessment of 20 companies released July 10 by a corporate watchdog group. (Read the rest of the story.)
Cancer risk doubles for Iowa, NC pesticide applicators who use carbaryl, study finds
Pesticide applicators in North Carolina and Iowa who sprayed the insecticide carbaryl often during their career have a higher risk of getting stomach, esophageal, tongue and prostate cancers, according to new research led by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). (Read the rest of the story.)
With trial approaching, Syngenta settles paraquat lawsuit brought by Parkinson’s patient
Less than a month ahead of what would have been the first US trial over allegations that a popular weedkiller causes Parkinson’s disease, pesticide maker Syngenta has settled the case. (Read the rest of the story.)