Farm to Future

Glyphosate part 2: Taking EPA to court — and winning, with Amy van Saun


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Amy van Saun is a Senior Attorney in the Center for Food Safety's Portland, Oregon office. After clerking for CFS in law school, Amy joined CFS as an attorney in 2015. As part of CFS's legal team, Amy practices environmental and administrative law to defend farmers, communities, and the environment from industrial animal factories, aquaculture, genetically engineered crops and animals, and the overuse of toxic pesticides, especially in the Pacific Northwest. Amy also works to protect the integrity of organic and ensure the transparent labeling of genetically engineered foods.

A 2011 graduate of Lewis & Clark Law School, Amy has focused their legal education and career on public interest environmental and food law, earning a certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law. Prior to joining CFS, Amy served as a volunteer attorney with Earthjustice working on animal factories on the East Coast, and then litigated complex environmental insurance cases at a law firm in Manhattan. Amy is admitted to the bar in Oregon and New York.

Learn more about the 2022 court case:

  • General overview: https://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/issues/6459/pesticides/glyphosate
  • PR for court victory: https://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/press-releases/6659/federal-court-rejects-glyphosate-registration-decision-because-epa-ignored-cancer-risks-endangered-species-risks
  • Ninth Circuit decision on CFS's challenge to glyphosate registration: https://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/files/ca9_glyphosate-decision_82995.pdf
  • Center for Food Safety's reply brief from the case above: https://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/files/2021-08-13_rc-glyphosate-reply-brief_46250.pdf
  • Comments to California re: Prop 65: https://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/files/cfs-glyphosate-prop65-comments--7-13-22_45193.pdf
  • Factsheet on glyphosate health risks: https://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/fact-sheets/3920/glyphosate-and-cancer-risk-frequently-asked-questions

Connect with Center for Food Safety
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Website: https://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/

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