"Home And Garden Giant Ditches Class Of Pesticides That May Harm Bees"
"A leading brand of home and garden pest-control products says it will stop using a class of pesticides linked to the decline of bees."
Source: NPR, 04/13/2016
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Maryland Honeybees Massacred; Bills Would Ban Home Use of Neonics
"In the end, Maryland lawmakers couldn’t ignore the same haunting story from beekeepers. “I go into winter with a really strong population, managed them to be fat and healthy, treated for mites, with plenty of food,” said Bonnie Raindrop, a keeper in Baltimore County. “But at the end of winter, you open your hives and they’re all dead.”
Source: Wash Post, 03/25/2016
"Toxic Passaic River to Get $1.38 Billion Cleanup Over 10 Years"
State and federal officials Friday announced a plan to clean up more than a century's worth of toxic pollution from the lower eight miles of the Passaic river, in one of the largest and most expensive projects under EPA's 35-year-old Superfund program.
Source: NY Times, 03/07/2016
"In An Unusual Move, The EPA Tries To Pull A Pesticide From Market"
"Chances are, you've never heard of flubendiamide. It's not among the most toxic insecticides, and it's not among the widely used chemicals, either. In recent years, it has been used on about a quarter of the nation's tobacco and 14 percent of almonds, peppers and watermelons. But flubendiamide is now at the center of a public dispute between the Environmental Protection Agency and the company that sells it, Bayer CropScience."
Source: NPR, 03/02/2016
USDA Rejects Scientist's Claim It Tried To Hide His Pesticide Research
"Federal officials have rejected a complaint by an entomologist who charged that the government has tried to suppress negative research findings about a widely used pesticide, in a complex case involving monarch butterflies, scientific freedom and the safety of the nation’s food supply."
Source: Guardian, 03/01/2016
Pesticide Combo Impacts Often Greater Than Sum of Parts: New Study
"Exposure to multiple fumigants commonly used together in California may increase cancer risk, says new report."
Source: Civil Eats, 02/24/2016
"Review Reveals Problems Protecting Workers From Pesticides"
"BELLE GLADE, Fla. — Dozens of farmworkers looked up at the little yellow plane buzzing over the Florida radish field, a mist of pesticide falling from its wings."
Source: AP, 02/04/2016
"Are Bee-Killing Pesticides Impacting Our Health?"
"What do we know about the human health effects of neonicotinoids? Astonishingly little. Here’s why scientists say that isn’t good enough."
Source: Civil Eats, 02/03/2016
"Top Canada Watchdog Worried About Pesticide Linked To Bee Deaths"
"Canada's official environmental watchdog on Tuesday expressed concern that authorities were allowing the long-term use of pesticides linked to bee deaths despite not having enough information about the products."
Source: Reuters, 01/27/2016
"EPA Says Pesticide Harms Bees In Some Cases"
"A major pesticide harms honeybees when used on cotton and citrus but not on other big crops like corn, berries and tobacco, the Environmental Protection Agency found."
Source: AP, 01/07/2016
