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After Decades Of Pollution, Louisiana Town Rebels Against Chemical Giant

"Robert Taylor isn't sure why he's alive. 'My mother succumbed to bone cancer. My brother had lung cancer,' he ticks them off on his fingers. 'My sister, I think it was cervical cancer. My nephew lung cancer.' A favorite cousin. That cousin's son. Both neighbors on one side, one neighbor on the other. 'And here I am.'"

Source: NPR, 03/07/2018

Weedkiller Could Spell Big Trouble For Monarch Butterflies: Report

"By 2019, a weed killing chemical—designed to be used in tandem with genetically modified cotton and soybean seeds—is projected to be sprayed on more than 60 million acres of monarch butterfly U.S. migratory habitat, according to a report released today by the Center for Biological Diversity."

Source: EHN, 03/02/2018

"US Judge Blocks Weed-Killer Warning Label In California"

"A U.S. judge blocked California from requiring that the popular weed-killer Roundup carry a label stating that it is known to cause cancer, saying the warning is misleading because almost all regulators have concluded there is no evidence that the product’s main ingredient is a carcinogen."

Source: AP, 02/28/2018

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