The ongoing record
Research, reporting and policy to help all of us stay informed about our shared water, air and land. Each source adds to a conversation we can have together.
Dates are source publication dates unless noted. News summaries report the sources’ findings or allegations, not independent proof. External pages may change or require a subscription.
A California lawsuit alleges atrazine exposure caused non-Hodgkin lymphoma. These are allegations, not proven findings; the report does not establish causation.
Complaint reportedly filed October 6, 2026. Linked coverage is dated October 14; no court finding of liability is asserted.
DTN ↗The Center for Biological Diversity estimates atrazine at wildlife-harming levels in more than 25% of lower-48 river and stream miles, using monitoring and modeling data.
An advocacy-group estimate, not a government finding or direct measurement of every river mile.
Center for Biological Diversity ↗Officials are investigating PFPrA detections in East Hampton water. Suffolk County announced free PFAS testing for eligible private-well residents; ask the county about current eligibility.
Source and health effects remain under investigation. No link to a named golf course is established here.
Suffolk County Health Services ↗An interim report described metals, PCBs and other chemicals above laboratory reporting limits in soil samples from deposited debris. Risk and response remain disputed; detections alone do not establish harm.
Associated Press / NBC Washington ↗Savica and colleagues reported an association between living near a golf course and Parkinson’s disease, with 2.26 times the odds for those within one mile compared with more than six miles away.
A regional case-control study, not proof of pesticide exposure or causation. Odds are not an individual’s absolute risk; six miles is not a proven safe boundary.
JAMA Network Open ↗The law establishes phased restrictions on specified neonicotinoid-treated seeds and certain ornamental-plant and turf uses. It was not an immediate ban on every neonicotinoid use.
New York Governor’s Office ↗Public Act 22-142, originating as sSB 120, prohibits chlorpyrifos on golf courses and for cosmetic or nonagricultural uses, effective January 1, 2023.
Connecticut General Assembly ↗Secondary coverage describes a contaminated pesticide batch that damaged Rye Golf Club’s greens in 2015 and prompted a Journal News / lohud investigation into pesticide oversight.
The linked source is secondary coverage; the original lohud article was not independently verified for this entry.
Club + Resort Business, citing Journal News ↗Contemporaneous reporting said 30 of 34 East End courses, about 88%, joined a fertilizer-management challenge. That is participation, not an 88% reduction in nitrogen.
Los Angeles Times ↗The Attorney General’s report examined Long Island golf-course pesticide use and potential groundwater contamination. First printed in July 1991, it was revised in December 1995.
The source specifies a revision month, not an exact day; displayed as December 1995.
New York Attorney General report, hosted by Beyond Pesticides ↗Watch List
Filmmaker Andrew Nisker investigates his father’s death from a rare blood cancer after a lifetime golfing on chemically treated courses; goes deep into golf, chemical lobbying, and citizen activism. It grew out of his 2017 CBC The Nature of Things episode Dad & the Dandelions.
Watch Now On Fawesome ↗The glyphosate and Monsanto story; golf courses appear as a major use site.
Streaming options ↗A documentary on PFAS that presents allegations of a decades-long chemical-industry cover-up. These are the film’s claims, not independent findings by FWTT.
How to watch ↗A documentary about upstate New York communities responding to sewage-sludge applications on farmland and golf courses and reports of contaminated wells.
Watch on YouTube ↗Reading List
The chemical cocktail on golf courses, exposure routes, cancers, Parkinson’s, endocrine disruption, and risks for families living near courses.
Buy on Bookshop.org ↗The foundational investigation of pesticides and their toll on nature and human health.
Find on Bookshop.org ↗How endocrine-disrupting chemicals interfere with hormones and development.
Find on Bookshop.org ↗The environmental politics of golf and the industry’s response to criticism.
Find on Bookshop.org ↗Colony collapse disorder and the evidence pointing to pesticides, especially the neonicotinoid imidacloprid, as a cause.
Find on Bookshop.org ↗