06 Jun States join frontline communities to demand EPA reverse controversial approval of brain-harming pesticide
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18 May Voices from the Frontline: Tiare Lawrence
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Tiare Lawrence is a native Hawaiian community leader who focuses on environmental and Hawaiian rights on Maui.
17 May Trump’s pick for top USDA scientist isn’t one
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Trump is expected to tap Sam Clovis, co-chair of his presidential campaign, as head of USDA’s Research, Education and Economics division. He appears to be stunningly unqualified for the job.
11 May The real “burden” of pesticide rules
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As concerns about the Trump Administration's legitimacy continue to swirl, newly installed agency leaders are plowing ahead with their radical anti-regulatory agenda. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, for example, is now contemplating which pesticide rules should be rolled back — and he's asking the public to weigh in by next Monday, May 15.
05 May Airborne Brain-Harming Pesticide Sickens Farmworkers
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A pesticide that was slated to be banned by US EPA earlier this year because of its links to neurological harms, appears to have sickened one-dozen workers earlier this morning and sent one to the hospital.
05 May Farmers say no to mega-merger steamroll
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Of the Big 6 seed and pesticide giants, there are three proposed mergers in the works: Dow with Dupont, Monsanto with Bayer, and Syngenta with ChemChina. Despite opposition from several farmer organizations, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and other anti-trust agencies around the world seem relatively unconcerned with this ever-increasing concentration in the agrichemical industry.
04 May Voices from the Frontline: Claudia Angulo
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Claudia Angulo is a mother from Orange Cove, CA, whose kids attend schools near heavy pesticide use on citrus groves.
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