Maine Gov. Wants To Override Local Pesticide Rules In 30 Municipalities
"More communities are developing ordinances meant to protect residents from toxic chemicals linked to cancer and birth defects."
Source: Portland Press Herald, 04/02/2018
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EPA Says It Wants Research Transparency. Scientists See Attack on Science
"The Environmental Protection Agency is considering a major change to the way it assesses scientific work, a move that would severely restrict the research available to it when writing environmental regulations."
Source: NY Times, 03/27/2018
"Pesticides: Trump EPA Illegally Delayed Applicator Rule — Judge"
"U.S. EPA acted illegally when it delayed new regulations on the certification and training of pesticide applicators, a federal judge ruled yesterday."
Source: E&E News PM, 03/23/2018
Judge Orders California Agricultural Officials To Cease Pesticide Use
"A judge has ordered California agricultural officials to stop spraying pesticides on public and private property to control insects that threaten the state’s $45-billion agriculture industry."
Source: LA Times, 03/01/2018
"Honeybees Help Farmers, But They Don't Help The Environment"
"Honeybees are amazing and adorable, and they suffer when people spray pesticides or mow down wildflowers. We've heard plenty in recent years about collapsing bee colonies."
Source: NPR, 01/29/2018
"Controversial Insecticides Pervasive In Great Lakes Tributaries"
"U.S. scientists found neonicotinoid insecticides in about three-quarters of samples from 10 major Great Lakes tributaries."
Source: EHN, 01/26/2018
Govt Scientists Say Controversial Pesticide Killing Endangered Salmon
"The federal government's top fisheries experts say that three widely used pesticides — including the controversial insecticide chlorpyrifos — are jeopardizing the survival of many species of salmon, as well as orcas that feed on those salmon."
Source: NPR, 01/12/2018
Trump’s EPA Could Allow Teenage Workers To Handle Dangerous Pesticides
"If the Environmental Protection Agency follows through with a reform now under consideration, teenage farmworkers and other working minors would once again be allowed to handle dangerous pesticides while on the job."
Source: HuffPost, 01/11/2018
17 Ways Trump Administration Assaulted the Environment Over the Holidays
"While visions of sugarplums danced in some of our heads, the Trump administration had a different vision—of a country unbound by rules that protect people, places, wildlife and the climate. Over the past two weeks, the administration has proposed or finalized changes to how the government and the industries it regulates respond to climate change, migratory birds, clean energy, pesticides and toxic chemicals."
Source: EcoWatch, 01/04/2018
"Trump’s E.P.A. Chemical Safety Nominee Withdraws"
"President Trump’s nominee to oversee the Environmental Protection Agency’s chemical safety division on Wednesday withdrew his name from consideration for the post in the face of mounting opposition."
Source: NY Times, 12/14/2017
