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- Court orders EPA to ban pesticide that causes learning disabilities in children Sat, 11 Aug 18, 8:30amAfter over a decade of fighting, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has finally scored a victory in securing the ban of the pesticide chlorpyrifos...
- Pruitt met with Dow Chemical CEO before denying pesticide ban Thu, 29 Jun 17, 1:12amIf anyone is still hoping the Donald Trump administration will put the environment before industries, new reports should put that to rest. Back in March the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decided they wouldn't ban...
- Trump saved a toxic pesticide - and then it poisoned a bunch of farmworkers Tue, 16 May 17, 11:59pmIf President Donald Trump is waging a war on local farmworkers in California, he's winning. His Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) opened up the use of a pesticide called chlorpyrifos to agriculture in March, and then...
- Trumps EPA chief lifts ban on pesticide that poisons children Sat, 1 Apr 17, 12:17amAs part of the Trump administration’s current war to overthrow Obama-era environmental regulations, this week, newly appointed EPA Chief Scott Pruitt signed an order reversing a recommendation to ban a pesticide linked...
- Two widely used pesticides threaten 97 percent of endangered species Sat, 9 Apr 16, 7:55amAmerica has a pesticide problem. There are no two ways about it. Although the acreage of farmland across the country is waning, pesticide use is as prevalent as ever in agriculture, in urban settings, in public parks, and...