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WSBT-TV
Drive for Our Lives: Nationwide healthcare tour visits South Bend
WSBT-TV
Paul Towers of the advocacy group Pesticide Action Network said that state officials need to more aggressively protect poor Latino farming communities. "California officials have chosen to ignore the mountain of evidence and delay critical actions to ...

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Continued Battle Over Pesticide Raises Questions About Role Of Science In Regulation
Capital Public Radio News
So in 2007, environmental groups like Pesticide Action Network and the Natural Resources Defense Council started putting legal pressure on the EPA to consider banning chlorpyrifos altogether. And in 2015, a panel of EPA scientists finally did issue a ...

Vox
Trump's environmental agenda is crashing into the courts
Vox
In April, the NRDC and the Pesticide Action Network sued the EPA over its decision to discontinue efforts to ban a certain insecticide associated with negative health risks. Five states and the District of Columbia have since joined that case against ...

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Push To Ban Popular Pesticide Is Based On 'Junk Science'
The Daily Caller
The environmental group Pesticide Action Network (PAN) petitioned the EPA in 2016 to outlaw the use of chlorpyrifos as a pesticide. The agency investigated the neurological dangers posed by chlorpyrifos, relying on one study that claimed to have found ...

The New Food Economy
While regulators debate pesticide safety, California farmworkers keep getting sick
The New Food Economy
On the morning of August 2, 2017, farmworkers harvesting garlic outside Bakersfield, California started to display alarming symptoms during a 4 a.m. shift. Some noticed a strong soapy taste in their mouths. Others experienced headaches and nausea.

Growing Produce
Western Growers Supports US Appeals Court's Chlorpyrifos Decision
Growing Produce
In September 2007, the Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed a petition calling for the EPA to revoke all tolerances for the pesticide chlorpyrifos and cancel all chlorpyrifos registrations.

Insecticide Scare Causes Supermarket Giant Aldi to Pull Eggs From German Stores
Modern Farmer
Reacting to an unfolding scandal regarding the use of an illegal insecticide on commercial egg-laying hens in Belgium and the Netherlands, European supermarket giant Aldi has pulled all eggs from its nearly 4,000 stores in Germany due to the potential ...

Sacramento Bee
Sacramento gardeners reap rewards at Harvest Day
Sacramento Bee
Experts from the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at UC Davis will present ways to attract more pollinators to your garden. The Insect Quiz will challenge gardeners of all ages to sort the pests from the beneficial insects. But come early; most of the ...

Genetic Literacy Project
Viewpoint: Activists fuel public's disconnect from modern agriculture–and it hurts farmers
Genetic Literacy Project
While driving on Kauai's Kuhio Highway in the pre-dawn hours, I came upon a large sow and four piglets, all dead alongside the road just north of Anahola, apparent victims of a vehicular collision. I'd never encountered quite that scale of porcine ...