"House Votes To Roll Back Pesticide Restrictions"
"The House passed legislation on Wednesday to loosen federal regulations on pesticides in a 256-165 vote."
Source: The Hill, 05/26/2017
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EU Called Glyphosate Safe After Help From Controversial Us Official
"The European Food Safety Authority dismissed a study linking a Monsanto weedkiller to cancer after counsel from a US Environmental Protection Agency officer allegedly linked to the company."
Source: Guardian, 05/25/2017
Trump Pick for EPA Enforcement Office Lobbied for Superfund Polluters
Susan Bodine, whom President Trump nominated May 12 to head the Environmental Protection Agency's enforcement office, represented Superfund polluters as a lawyer in private practice.
Source: The Intercept, 05/25/2017
Chemical Defender Put in Charge of EPA Unit Overseeing Toxics
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency declared 1-bromopropane dangerous enough to make it one of the first 10 chemicals it scrutinized under an updated federal toxins law. Nancy Beck disagreed."
Source: Bloomberg, 05/25/2017
"The Poisoned Generation"
"The story of a decades-long lead-poisoning lawsuit in New Orleans illustrates how the toxin destroys black families and communities alike."
"Casey Billieson was fighting against the world.
Source: Atlantic, 05/22/2017
Pesticide Trump's EPA Refused To Ban Blamed For Sickening Farm Workers
"Nearly 50 farm workers experienced nausea and vomiting apparently caused by a pesticide whose scheduled ban was overturned by the Trump administration".
Source: Guardian, 05/17/2017
"Poison Vapor In Petoskey Condos Was 35X Above EPA Safety Level"
"Northern Michigan's industrial past is returning to haunt the Petoskey waterfront, where environmental and public health officials are going door-to-door to test for poison vapors inside residences built on a Superfund site."
Source: Grand Rapids Press, 05/15/2017
Pesticide-Friendly Bill From Lepage Mirrors Model By Secretive ALEC
"[Maine] Gov. Paul LePage’s bill to take away municipal government’s ability to enact local pesticide ordinances closely mirrors a model bill written and promoted by a secretive national group that helps large national corporations ghost-write laws for sympathetic state legislators."
Source: Portland Press Herald, 05/10/2017
Court: EPA Broke Endangered Species Law In Approving 59 Pesticides
"U.S. EPA violated the Endangered Species Act when it issued 59 pesticide registrations between 2007 and 2012, a federal court has found."
Source: E&E News PM, 05/10/2017
"Conservationists Sue To Halt Fracking In Ohio's Only National Forest"
"Four conservation groups on Tuesday sued the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management in an attempt to halt fracking plans in a portion of Ohio's only national forest."
Source: Reuters, 05/03/2017
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