About this show:
Feeling like environmental toxins keep increasing instead of decreasing? You’re not alone.
Pesticides have been big news in Australia lately, for two key reasons:
🔹 The expanded approval of isocycloseram, a PFAS pesticide used widely in berries and other tree crops and vegetables.
🔹 The murky regulatory saga of paraquat – a pesticide banned in 70 countries and strongly linked to Parkinson’s disease. Australia has “modified” its use rather than banning it, despite scientists, neurologists and Parkinson’s groups pointing to a strong correlation between exposure and the disease.
This week on the podcast, I sit down with Josh Davis, Executive Director of Pesticide Action Australia, to unpack how pesticide regulation actually works across different levels of government – and how everyday people can push for safer food and farming policy.
🎙️ Tune in now and explore how we can build a safer food system for farmers and eaters alike.
About Pesticide Action Australia (PAA): a not-for-profit charity working to reduce Australia’s pesticide use for the sake of our health and environment. 🔗 pesticideaction.org.au
About Josh: Co-founder and Executive Director of PAA, with a background spanning rural and regional community support, human rights advocacy, and roles across local, state and federal government.
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Founder of Low Tox Life and the Low Tox movement
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Fancy a few more podcasts we’ve done over the years, related to this one?
- Podcast Show #46: Genes, GMOS and Glyphosate with Professor Michael Antoniou
- Show #51: Food confusion busting + what’s with wheat, with Cyndi O’Meara
- Show #416 Tammi Jonas PhD: Designing a Food System for All — Culturally Relevant, Nutritious, and ecologically sound
- Show #109: Joel Salatin on food, soil and regenerative effects of working with nature’s systems
- Show #472. What is safe? River, Ground, Tank and Ocean water and PFAS “Forever chemicals” with water scientist, Professor Ian Wright
Want to learn more about this week’s guest?
Website: https://pesticideaction.org.au/
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About Josh Davis
Pesticide Action Australia (PAA) is a for-purpose, not-for-profit charity dedicated to reducing Australia’s use of pesticides for the protection of our health and environment. Josh Davis is the co-founder and Executive Director of PAA. Josh has an extensive background in the Australian and international not-for-profit sector, supporting rural and regional communities, and defending communities against human rights violations.
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Title show track, by LIOR.
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