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Weed killer Roundup increases risk of cancer by 40 percent, UW study finds

March 23, 2019 | KOMO News | Featured:

PhD student Rachel Shaffer

The effects of air pollution are often invisible, but not insignificant

March 18, 2019 | UW Daily | Featured: Toby Cole | View

Bilingual app protects farmworkers from pesticide exposure

March 14, 2019 | UW Daily | Featured:

Kit Galvin, Pablo Palmández

Scientists found worrisome new evidence about Roundup and cancer

March 14, 2019 | Mother Jones | Featured:

Elizabeth Sheppard, Rachel Shaffer

Washington sues 3 drugmakers for allegedly shipping suspicious opioid orders

March 12, 2019 | King-5 | Featured: Gary M. Franklin | View

Ravioli in a warm fridge and other violations at Seattle school cafeterias

March 7, 2019 | KUOW | Featured: Charles D. Easterberg | View

What are the health risks of warming at 1.5 °C, 2 °C and more?

March 4, 2019 | Physics World | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi | View

Will an appeals court make the EPA ban a pesticide linked to serious health risks?

February 26, 2019 | NPR | Featured: Richard A. Fenske | View

Duvall landscaper claims Roundup caused his cancer

February 20, 2019 | KIRO-7 | Featured: Lianne Sheppard | View

Common weed killer glyphosate increases cancer risk by 41%, study says

February 15, 2019 | CNN | Featured: Lianne Sheppard | View