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EPA Recognizes Pesticide Drift Poisoning, Responds with …
(Beyond Pesticides, July 30, 2024) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on July 15 what it described as a new process for evaluating the risks of spray drift—the migration of pesticides from their target area to off-site zones. According to a statement by EPA Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention Assistant Administrator Michal …
Investigative Report Finds Canada’s Reversal of Neonicotinoid Ban ...
(Beyond Pesticides, December 18, 2024) A bombshell investigation conducted by Canada’s National Observer finds that Bayer, which acquired the Monsanto chemical company in 2018, colluded with environmental and public health regulators in Canada to obstruct a proposed neonicotinoid insecticide ban originally introduced in 2018.
Study Links Numerous Chemical Families of Pesticides to …
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EPA’s Registration of Herbicide under New Framework Puts …
(Beyond Pesticides, December 13, 2024) In October, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the registration applications of BASF Corporation and Mitsui Chemicals Crop & Life Solutions, Inc. for the use of different formulations of the L-isomer of glufosinate (also known as “L-glufosinate” and “glufosinate-P”) as new active herbicidal ingredients. This …
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(Beyond Pesticides, August 8, 2024) With the use of its emergency authority—not used in nearly 40 years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on August 7 banned a pesticide (the weed killer Dacthal or DCPA—dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate) under the “imminent hazard” clause of the federal pesticide law.
Study Shows Disproportionate Pesticide Exposure and Resulting …
(Beyond Pesticides, September 26, 2024) DNA damage is significantly higher in Latinx children from rural, farmworker families than children in urban, non-farmworker families, according to a recent study published by French and American authors in the journal Exposure and Health.
Lawsuit Settlement Tackles EPA’s Dramatic Failure to Regulate …
(Beyond Pesticides, October 29, 2024) STARTS TOMORROW—NATIONAL FORUM: IMPERATIVES FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. A legal victory in federal court is the latest in a series of attempts to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to fulfill the mandate given to it by Congress in 1996 to test all pesticides for their endocrine disrupting effects and regulate them accordingly. The case in ...
Deadly Poisoning of Dozens of Children in South Africa Highlights ...
(Beyond Pesticides, December 19, 2024) As The New York Times reported last month, the government in South Africa declared a national emergency—23 children died and nearly 900 people were sickened from pesticide poisoning in Johannesburg’s Soweto township.