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LETTER TO EPA: Take Immediate Action to Ban Bee-Killing Pesticide
SafeLawns has obtained this letter, dated today, to the EPA: The Honorable Lisa P. Jackson Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Ariel Rios Building, MC 1101A 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington DC 20004 Dear Administrator Jackson: (FROM) National Honey Bee Advisory Board; American Beekeeping Federation; American Honey Producers Association; Beyond Pesticides; Pesticide Action Network North America; Center for Biological Diversity In light of [...]
Continue reading...Don’t Touch Those California Strawberries
Friday, December 3, 2010
In a move that enraged environmentalists, the state of California moved to allow the controversial pesticide methyl iodide to be used on strawberry fields. Here is a synopsis from Beyond Pesticides: http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=4600. Here is an op-ed from the Sacramento Bee: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/12/04/3231811/inexplicably-state-approves-new.html#ixzz179Hk4ZNe.
Continue reading...Deaths of Toddlers Results in EPA Action
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
We reported the Utah tragedy of two sisters dying in February after a pesticide application around their home. Today, the Environmental Protection Agency responded by restricting the pesticide in question. Here’s the story: http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_14837495
Continue reading...Research Links Pesticides to Skin Cancer
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
This report was released today by Environmental Health News: http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/farm-pesticides-linked-to-deadly-skin-cancer.
Continue reading...Wives of Pesticide Applicators at Risk
Sunday, February 14, 2010
The American Journal of Epidemiology, which publishes studies on long-term cause-and-effect relationships of disease, recently found that wives of licensed pesticide applicators are up to 40 percent more likely to suffer thyroid disorders. Here is a link to Reuters’ coverage of the study: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61B54U20100212
Continue reading...Washington Post Sheds Light on EPA Move to Reveal Secret Ingredients
Monday, January 4, 2010
As we’ve been reporting here, the Obama EPA is taking steps to pull the veil off thousands of so-called “inert” ingredients in chemical compounds including pesticides. Today’s Washington Post provides a fascinating read on the subject: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/03/AR2010010302110_pf.html
Continue reading...RISE Launches New Propaganda Site
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Full of exaggerations, half truths, mis-truths, fear-mongering and flat-out lies, a new web site was launched this past week by the pro-pesticide lobby group known ridiculously as the Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment. Called DeBugtheMyths (dot) com, the site might as well have been called PesticideClouds, SmokeScreens, or SlickPropagandaForProfit. I wish we had the money [...]
Continue reading...EPA Moves Again to Expose “Inert” Ingredients
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
As reported here on Oct. 3, the EPA is finally making noise about exposing so-called “inert” ingredients in pesticides. Here’s today’s release. Read it closely; the EPA wants your comments. This is a great opportunity to overturn a decades-long travesty: CONTACT: Dale Kemery kemery.dale@epa.gov 202-564-7839 202-564-4355 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 22, 2009 EPA Seeks to Disclose Pesticide Inert Ingredients WASHINGTON [...]
Continue reading...EPA to Review Atrazine
Monday, October 12, 2009
Continuing a promising pattern of pesticide reviews that includes imidacloprid, Roundup and a general unveiling of “inert” ingredients — all reported here in previous blogs — the agency reported last week that it will expand its overview of the research concerning atrazine’s health impacts on humans. Beyond Pesticides has the story here: www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=2539
Continue reading...EPA Moves to Expose “Inert” Ingredients
Saturday, October 3, 2009
In a move decades overdue, the Environmental Protection Agency is moving toward the unveiling of so-called “inert” ingredients in pesticides. Current laws require that manufacturers only reveal “active” ingredients on labels, such as glyphosate in Roundup or 2,4-D in selective weed killer. Often the active ingredient is only a small percentage of the overall product. For [...]
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