Last week, the State of California took its first steps to fully ban the harmful pesticide chlorpyrifos that can cause neurological problems and developmental delays in children. The ban means, however, that growers have to find alternatives for managing insects. Finding those alternatives is the goal of a new statewide …
Read More »After EPA flip, a push to block ‘harmful’ pesticide
A month after Scott Pruitt began leading the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the former Oklahoma attorney general rejected an Obama-era recommendation from agency scientists to ban a widely used pesticide … Click to Continue »
Read More »Forecasters: Lake Erie algae bloom shaping up as big – and possibly harmful
The forecast for western Lake Erie for later this summer into fall? Green and mucky. The algae blooms that have plagued the Great Lake in recent years are expected to … Click to Continue »
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