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"Pesticides: Report Slams EPA For Approving 'Worst Of The Worst'" [1]

"EPA continues to approve pesticides that have been banned in other countries or identified by its own scientists as possibly causing cancer, a group critical of farm chemicals said."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Greenwire [9], 01/10/2020
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EPA Official Stirs Fear Over Future Of Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Efforts [10]

"Environmentalists and politicians worry Chesapeake Bay cleanup efforts could be weakened, if not doomed, days after the federal official overseeing that work called an agreement to reduce water pollution an “aspirational” goal and not rules to be enforced."

Agriculture [2]
Environmental Politics [5]
Fish & Fisheries [11]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [14]
Source: Baltimore Sun [15], 01/07/2020
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"Water Crisis Puts Oregon Community At A Crossroads" [16]

"In a desert far from any city, farmers use groundwater to grow lush green hay. The hay fattens livestock all over the world. But there's a big problem: The water is drying up."

Agriculture [2]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [7]
Northwest (OR WA) [17]
Source: NPR [18], 01/02/2020
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"Farm, Ethanol Groups Angered At Final EPA Ethanol Rule" [19]

"Some farm groups and farm-state lawmakers expressed anger at the Trump administration Thursday over final ethanol rules that they said failed to uphold the president’s promises to the industry."

Agriculture [2]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: AP [21], 12/23/2019
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"U.S. EPA Supports Bayer’s Appeal of Roundup Cancer Verdict" [22]

"The U.S. is weighing in on Bayer AG ’s side in its appeal of the first, and so far only, federal jury verdict finding the company’s Roundup weed killer causes cancer."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Bloomberg [23], 12/23/2019
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"Public Health: EPA Proposes Limits On Common Weedkiller" [24]

"EPA today proposed new restrictions on the use of the weedkiller atrazine, a widely used agricultural chemical. But environmentalists say EPA's plan weakens protections and would allow 50% more of the endocrine-disrupting herbicide linked to birth defects and cancer to end up in waterways."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Greenwire [25], 12/20/2019
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"Environmental Group Seeks California Ban On 'Super-Toxic' Rat Poisons" [26]

"An environmental group launched legal action on Thursday seeking to ban commercial use of “super-toxic” rat poisons in California, citing data showing the products pose a grave threat to a dozen endangered species and other wildlife."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Wildlife [27]
Public [7]
California [28]
Source: Reuters [29], 12/13/2019
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"Extreme Weather Patterns Are Raising The Risk Of A Global Food Crisis" [30]

"Extreme weather patterns associated with heat waves and droughts are raising the risks of simultaneous harvest failures of vital crops worldwide such as wheat, maize and soybeans, two studies published Monday found. This is pushing the world closer to the edge of potential food price spikes, associated social unrest and food shortages."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [31]
Disasters [32]
Food [33]
Public [7]
International [34]
Source: Washington Post [35], 12/11/2019
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"New York’s Cuomo to Ban Pesticide Chlorpyrifos, but Vetoes Bill" [36]

"New York will restrict the use of the toxic pesticide chlorpyrifos, but will rely on regulations rather than legislation to accomplish the goal."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [37]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [38], 12/11/2019
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"Majority Want More Oversight of CAFOs, Poll Finds" [39]

"A majority of Americans say they want more stringent oversight of large-scale livestock operations, according to a national poll by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for a Livable Future released Tuesday. The polling follows a recent recommendation from the nation’s leading public health association to temporarily halt the creation of new concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, and increase their oversight and regulation."

Agriculture [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [12]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: FERN [40], 12/11/2019
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