"EPA Sets Wildlife Protections On 3 Pesticides"
"EPA has set new restrictions on the use of three commonly used pesticides, including the highly controversial chemical chlorpyrifos."
Source: E&E News, 07/05/2022
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Just 13% Of Nations In Stockholm Convention Have Disposed Of PCBs Properly
"A majority of countries are not on track to remove the toxic pollutants known as PCBs from the environment by the 2028 global Stockholm Convention goal, according to a new study."
Source: EHN, 06/17/2022
"Pesticide Label Safeguards Urged for Workers, Endangered Species"
"Pesticide labels should include warnings in Spanish to help protect farmworkers who don’t read English, the Center for Biological Diversity said in a petition for rulemaking to the EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/26/2022
"Pet Collars Saga Escalates With Watchdog Probe"
"EPA’s response to concerns over pesticide-laced pet collars is now under watchdog scrutiny following more than a year of controversy."
Source: E&E News, 05/23/2022
"America’s Love Affair With The Lawn Is Getting Messy"
"LeighAnn Ferrara is transforming her small suburban yard from grass bordered by a few shrubs into an anti-lawn — a patchwork of flower beds, vegetables and fruit trees."
Source: AP, 05/10/2022
"EPA Proposes Scaling Back Weedkiller Tied To Cancer"
"EPA has proposed to end the use of the weedkiller diuron on most food crops, citing cancer risks to people who are exposed as well as danger to bees and other wildlife."
Source: E&E News, 05/02/2022
"Climate Change, Big Agriculture Combine To Threaten Insects"
"Climate change and habitat loss from big agriculture are combining to swat down global insect populations, with each problem making the other worse, a new study finds."
Source: AP, 04/21/2022
"People Of Color More Likely To Be Harmed By Pesticides, Study Finds"
"People of color and low-income communities are at disproportionate risk of pesticide exposure, a new study has found." "Hispanic and Latino farmworkers at high risk from pesticide use in agriculture, while people in lower-income housing also affected".
Source: Guardian, 04/19/2022
Fears For Bees As US Set To Extend Use Of Toxic Neonicotinoid Pesticides
"EPA to approve plan for four types of neonicotinoid chemical to be used on US farmland – despite being banned in Europe".
Source: Guardian, 03/09/2022
World's Insect Population Is In Decline, and That's Bad News For Humans
"Habitat loss, pesticides and climate change are threatening insect populations worldwide. In 2019, Biological Conservation reported that 40% of all insects species are declining globally and that a third of them are endangered."
Source: NPR, 03/01/2022
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