Public-interest groups led by the Center for Food Safety want the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to review EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s decision to permit continued use of the farm pesticide dicamba.
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EPA May Ban Insecticide Over Water Quality Issues, Not Food
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says there are no risks to humans from exposure to the common insecticide chlorpyrifos from food, but the agency has nonetheless asked for public comment on a proposal to…
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Organic Industry Wants Biotechnology Regulated By Process, Not Product
About 40 activist organizations that usually can be counted upon to rally with the organic industry against genetically engineered (GE) plants and animals did just that on Monday. They weighed in with a letter to…
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EPA Sued to Ban Neurotoxic Insecticide Use on Crops
Last week, the Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), asking the court to ban chlorpyrifos, an insecticide that can interfere with…
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Federal Judge Strikes Down Kauai Law Limiting GM Crops and Pesticides
County governments on individual islands in Hawaii may have stirred the pot when it comes to genetically modified crop and pesticide use, but U.S. District Court Judge Barry M. Kurren has now ordered them out…
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