Measure Will Reduce Dangerous Pollutants (Sen. Tom Harkin)
Yesterday, Senator Chambliss and I reintroduced legislation to reduce dangerous pollutants. The measure implements pesticide-related obligations under agreements for a worldwide group of 12 toxic...
View ArticleReport predicts regulatory overlap to cost $474 million
Redundant elements in endangered species regulations could cost the government as much as $474 million over the next decade, according to a new report commissioned by a major pesticide trade...
View ArticleBee-killing pesticide linked to bird declines
A pesticide that has been blamed for killing large bee colonies has now been linked to bird population declines, according to a study.The study, published Wednesday in Nature, linked imidacloprid to...
View ArticleGOP rep: EPA decision ‘punishes’ farmers
Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) vowed to fight a recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision to restrict some farming on land near salmon streams.“The Obama administration today chose to shove...
View ArticleGreens blast EPA for approving ‘superweed’ pesticide for farmers
Green groups are lashing out against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) after it approved what they see as a dangerous weed killer.The EPA gave the go-ahead to a pesticide known as Enlist Duo on...
View ArticleNew regs for Friday: Pesticide labeling, synthetic marijuana, efficiency rules
Friday’s edition of the Federal Register contains new rules for roads on Indian reservations, energy conservation standards for residential dishwashers, federal financial assistance programs, pesticide...
View ArticleDem senator urges EPA to test 'probably carcinogenic' pesticides
Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) is asking the Environmental Protection Agency to evaluate the herbicide glyphosate, amidst growing concerns that the chemical in one of the world’s most widely used weed...
View ArticleGroups press feds to overhaul GMO regulations
Environment and food safety groups are pushing the Obama administration to overhaul the nation’s regulations for genetically engineered (GE) plants and animals.The Center for Food Safety, Friends of...
View ArticleConsumer Reports: Two-thirds of consumers misled by natural labels
Nearly two-thirds of consumers are misled by foods labeled as “natural,” a Consumer Reports National Research Center study released Wednesday found.Of 1,005 adults polled in December, nearly half...
View ArticleGroup urges EPA to protect waterways from pesticides
The Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a legal petition Tuesday calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to better protect the nation’s waterways from insecticides.The environmental...
View ArticleLet’s just pretend pesticides don’t harm wildlife
It was only 12 months ago that Dow Chemical was facing double-barrel trouble regarding its brain-damaging, endangered species-killing pesticide, chlorpyrifos.So compelling was the evidence that the...
View ArticleEPA backpedals on suspending pesticide rule following lawsuit
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday backtracked on its suspension of a chemical requirement that aimed to help farmworkers handling toxic pesticides.The EPA announced an intent to...
View ArticleTrump administration reverses rule that banned pesticide use in wildlife refuges
The Interior Department announced plans Friday to reverse a rule that banned the use of pesticides in national wildlife refuges.The decision, announced in an internal memo posted online, reverses an...
View ArticleEPA knows this pesticide is dangerous, so why did it reverse the ban?
The Environmental Protection Agency is trying to overturn a court-ordered deadline to ban chlorpyrifos, abdicating its mission to protect human health and the environment.In 2016, with over 30 years...
View ArticleClinton hits EPA for approval of pesticide dump: ‘We need bees!’
Former Secretary of State and 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton ripped the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) approval of a pesticide that is considered toxic to bees.“Insects are...
View ArticleScientific integrity: The next battleground for human rights
When we think of human rights, we think of personal freedoms and fundamental protections for our ways of life, including our religion, our political expression, our livelihoods. But what about science?...
View ArticleGillibrand introduces bill to ban harmful pesticide from school lunch
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.), one of the Democrats vying for the 2020 presidential nomination, introduced a bill Wednesday that would restrict schools from serving meals that include fruits and...
View ArticleCourt orders EPA to make final decision on banning controversial pesticide
A U.S. appeals court is forcing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make a final decision on whether it will ban the use of a common pesticide linked to developmental disorders in children.The...
View ArticleCalifornia moves to ban brain-damaging pesticide as EPA resists court action
California, the nation’s top agricultural state, banned a common pesticide Wednesday, citing research showing it hinders brain development in children.Chlorpyrifos, known on the market as Lorsban, is...
View ArticleOvernight Energy: EPA halts surprise inspections of power, chemical plants |...
SURPRISE! NO MORE SURPRISE INSPECTIONS: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is getting rid of a policy that let pollution enforcement officials drop in at power and chemical plants for...
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