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California Court of Appeal Reverses Trial Court Decision Denying PANNA's Petition Challenging Approv
JD Supra (press release)
On September 19, 2017, California's Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District reversed a trial court decision denying a petition by the Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) challenging the approval by the California Department of ...

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First District Holds CEQA's Substantive Requirements Apply to Environmental Documentation of State Agency Acting ...
Lexology (registration)
In reversing the trial court's judgment denying plaintiff Pesticide Action Network North America's (PANNA) CEQA writ petition challenging the label amendments, the Court of Appeal squarely rejected the Department's argument that it was broadly exempt ...

Star2.com
Under the leadership of Sarojeni Rengam, the Pesticide Action Network Asia Pacific (Panap) continues to push for a ...
Star2.com
Knowing all that eventually led her to work for the Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Asia Pacific (Panap), of which she is currently executive director. PAN is a global network dedicated to the elimination of harm upon humans and the environment by ...

Steamboat Pilot & Today
State issues health advisory after testing marijuana from Steamboat business
Steamboat Pilot & Today
The Pesticide Action Network classifies the dangers of abamectin as acute toxicity and a development or reproductive toxin. Fisher said RMR did an internal investigation and found no employees were using abamectin. "They'd be gone," Fisher said.

Savannah Morning News
Letters to the editor Monday
Savannah Morning News
According to the Pesticide Action Network and a Columbia University study, this extremely toxic poison is related to several debilitating neurological disorders that include loss of IQ, the increased likelihood of children developing ADHD or other ...

GOP should learn from Equifax hacking
Savannah Morning News
According to the Pesticide Action Network and a Columbia University study, this extremely toxic poison is related to several debilitating neurological disorders that include loss of IQ, the increased likelihood of children developing ADHD or other ...

Gulf Times
Assumed safety of pesticide use is false: scientist
Gulf Times
Keith Tyrell, at Pesticide Action Network, said the current pesticide management system was not fit for purpose: “We don't know how a pesticide will really impact the environment until it is too late. It can take years before enough scientific evidence ...

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Gulf Times
Assumed safety of pesticide use is false: scientist
Gulf Times
Keith Tyrell, at Pesticide Action Network, said the current pesticide management system was not fit for purpose: “We don't know how a pesticide will really impact the environment until it is too late. It can take years before enough scientific evidence ...

Environment News Service
Removing Atrazine From Surface Water Just Got Easier
Environment News Service
Not enough information is available to definitely state whether or not atrazine causes cancer in humans, says the ATSDR, but the nonprofit Pesticide Action Network says evidence for the carcinogenic potential of atrazine is growing. Exposure has been ...

Jezebel
Some Scientists Think Widespread Pesticide Use Might Not Be So Safe After All
Jezebel
“We don't know how a pesticide will really impact the environment until it is too late, Keith Tyrell, the director of the Pesticide Action Network, told The Guardian. “It can take years before enough scientific evidence is collected to persuade ...

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Court says state improperly OK'd wider use of bee-killing pesticides
Central Valley Business Times
Pesticide Action Network, Center for Food Safety, and Beyond Pesticides, represented by Earthjustice, first sued in 2014 in an effort to stop DPR's practice of approving more uses for neonicotinoid pesticides. The suit contended that the state ...

Beyond Pesticides (press release) (registration) (blog)
US Court of Appeal Rejects California's Approval of Bee-Killing Pesticides
Beyond Pesticides (press release) (registration) (blog)
Pesticide Action Network, Center for Food Safety, and Beyond Pesticides, represented by Earthjustice, filed the underlying lawsuit in 2014, seeking to halt DPR's practice of approving ever more uses for neonicotinoid pesticides pending completion of ...

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Enviros Undo Calif.'s Approval Of New Pesticide Labels
Law360 (subscription)
Law360, New York (September 20, 2017, 6:52 PM EDT) -- A California appeals court on Tuesday reversed a lower court's decision in favor of the state's Department of Pesticide Regulation in a suit by environmental groups challenging the approval of ...

Enviros Undo Calif.'s Approval Of New Pesticide Labels
Law360 (subscription)
Law360, New York (September 20, 2017, 6:52 PM EDT) -- A California appeals court on Tuesday reversed a lower court's decision in favor of the state's Department of Pesticide Regulation in a suit by environmental groups challenging the approval of ...

California Regulator Dinged Over Pesticides' Approval
Courthouse News Service
The environmental groups, including the Pesticide Action Network, sought a writ of mandate and injunction against the department, which an Alameda County Superior Court judge denied. But on Tuesday, a panel with the state's First Appellate District ...