"Are Agriculture's Most Popular Insecticides Killing Our Bees?"
"Environmentalists and beekeepers are calling on the government to ban some of the country's most widely used insect-killing chemicals."
Source: NPR, 03/26/2013
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"Texas Fracker Accused of Bully Tactics Against Foes"
"When a Texas landowner took his fear that a gas driller had poisoned his well to federal regulators, the company, Range Resources Corp., turned around and sued him for conspiring 'to harm Range.'"
Source: Bloomberg, 03/26/2013
"Big Agriculture Flexes Its Muscle"
"Congress holds the purse strings, but who holds Congress these days when it comes to farm policy: the meatpackers and Monsanto?"
Source: Politico, 03/26/2013
White House Backs Rollback of Cleanup Standards for Nuclear Incidents
"WASHINGTON -- The White House has endorsed a plan to relax long-held standards for cleaning up radioactive material released by a nuclear power plant disaster or act of terrorism, a group of federal officials say in a new draft report."
Source: Global Security Newswire, 03/26/2013
"President's Pen Establishes New National Monuments"
"President Obama on Monday designated five new national monuments, including one in Maryland dedicated to anti-slavery activist Harriet Tubman and another setting aside Washington state's San Juan Islands."
Source: NPR, 03/26/2013
"Maker of d-CON Rat Poison Fights EPA Ban"
"WASHINGTON -- The manufacturer of d-CON, a widely sold and popular brand of rat poison, is taking the rare step of challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to prohibit the over-the-counter sale of one of the nastiest and most effective of the poisons sold to consumers."
Source: McClatchy, 03/26/2013
"Judge Sides With Wyoming in Fracking Chemical Suit"
"CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- A judge in Casper has sided with the state of Wyoming and ruled against environmentalists who sought to obtain lists of the ingredients that go into hydraulic fracturing fluids."
Source: AP, 03/26/2013
"Scottish Government Approves Windfarm Opposed By Donald Trump"
"A controversial offshore wind project off the coast of Aberdeen has been approved by the Scottish government. The 11-turbine European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre is bitterly opposed by US businessman Donald Trump, who has complained that it will the spoil the view from his nearby golf course."
Source: Guardian, 03/26/2013
Lead Paint, Other Toxic Products Banned In US Still Exported Abroad
Products so toxic they are banned in the United States -- lead paint is just one example -- are still being legally exported by U.S. corporations to other countries, where they may harm unsuspecting customers.
Source: Huffington Post, 03/26/2013
Keeping Up on Chemical Databases
Find a rich collection of online resources courtesy of the National Library of Medicine and others, compiled by SEJ member and NLM technical information specialist Philip Wexler.
