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EPA to Ban Pesticide Chlorpyrifos From Use on Food Crops

EPA to Ban Pesticide Chlorpyrifos from Use on Food Crops

The depressing thing about EPA’s infrequent poison bans is that the agro-chemical giants soon have a replacement with something even worse, whereupon the decades-long process of health and environmental damage, evaluation, decision and appeal starts all over. NOTE: this article was originally published to Bloomberg Law’s Apple News

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"Invasion Biology"

A New Study Suggests That Even The Toughest Pesticide Regulations Aren’t Nearly Tough Enough

“There were 1.6 million new cases of cancer last year, with 580,000 dying of the disease. Farm and industrial chemicals certainly play a major role in this epidemic. Yet little is done, with the poison-makers smugly repeating the myths of safe pesticides and obfuscating the true dangers of

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Pesticide Maker Tries to Kill Risk Study

Like the tobacco companies before them, for decades now the agrochemical companies have worked the system to avoid consequences from the health hazards of their products. According to the left, Big Government stands between the public and Big Businesses including the agrochemical giants. According to the President, a smaller EPA