(Beyond Pesticides, June 23, 2005) California state officials abruptly cancelled the program to spray pesticides to combat the light brown apple moth (LBAM). This move came after months of protests by residents over concerns that the chemicals in the pheromone-based pesticide may adversely impact their health and the environment. California’s Agriculture Secretary, A.G. Kawamura, […]
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Secret EPA Deal To Abandon Year-End Ban of Deadly Pesticide Dursban
(Beyond Pesticides, December 20, 2004) EPA is secretly negotiating a Christmas present for the Dow Chemical Company that allows continued production and use of its controversial pesticide chlorpyrifos (Dursban) for home termite use three years beyond an announced phase-out, which was to begin December 31, 2004. The agency, according to inside sources, appears poised […]
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Bush Administration Submits Brief to Supreme Court in FIFRA Preemption Case
(Beyond Pesticides, December 10, 2004) The Supreme Court has agreed to review Bates v. Dow AgroSciences, LLC, a case involving the ability of victims to sue manufacturers for damages caused by pesticides registered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The case involves Texas peanut farmers, who allege that the Dow herbicide Strongarm (diclosulam) ruined […]
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EPA Suspends Study on Kids And Pesticides
By Juliet Eilperin Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, November 10, 2004; Page A06 Environmental Protection Agency has suspended a controversial study aimed at exploring how infants and toddlers absorb pesticides and other household chemicals, officials said yesterday. Several rank-and-file EPA scientists had questioned the ethics of the two-year experiment, which would have given the […]
Study of Pesticides and Children Stirs Protests; Staffers Fear EPA Project Endangers Participants
By Juliet Eilperin Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, October 30, 2004; Page A02 An Environmental Protection Agency proposal to study young children’s exposure to pesticides has sparked a flurry of internal agency protests, with several career officials questioning whether the survey will harm vulnerable infants and toddlers. The EPA announced this month that it […]
Chemical Industry Funds Aid EPA Study Effect of Substances on Children Probed
By Juliet Eilperin Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, October 26, 2004; Page A23 The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to accept $2 million from the American Chemistry Council to help fund a study exploring the impact of pesticides and household chemicals on young children, prompting an outcry from environmentalists. The Children’s Environmental Exposure Research […]
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EPA Rejects Recommendations For Stricter Protections On Childrens Health
(Beyond Pesticides, July 14, 2004) EPA’s Science Advisory Board suggests that EPA protections for children from carcinogenic chemicals should apply to all carcinogens, not just those that cause genetic damage, according to a July 9, 2004 article in InsideEPA. On March 3, 2003, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a draft of their […]
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U.S. Population Burdened With High Levels of Pesticides In Their Bodies
(Beyond Pesticides, May 12, 2004) Many U.S. residents carry toxic pesticides in their bodies above government assessed “acceptable” levels, the highest being children, women and Mexican Americans, according to a report, Chemical Trespass: Pesticides in Our Bodies and Corporate Accountability, released May 11, 2004 by Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). The report makes […]
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Monarch migration across Texas smallest in 14 years
Associated Press AUSTIN- The annual migration of monarch butterflies that crosses Texas en route to Central Mexico is the smallest in 14 years, experts say. Hundreds of millions of the large, colorful butterflies migrate to near Mexico City from the United States and Canada each fall. But herbicides, changing farming practices and weather are […]
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