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Backdoor Farm Bill Amendment Orders EPA to Ignore Unsafe Levels of Fluoride in Kid’s Food
With the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of the Agriculture Act of 2014 (commonly known as the Farm Bill) yesterday, conventional farming allies and chemical agribusiness dealt a dangerous blow to children’s health protections and offered up yet another reason for consumers everywhere to support organic. The behind-closed-door amendment to the Farm Bill that appeared […]
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Kids to get more brain-damaging fluoride thanks to Dow’s lobbyists
The Farm Bill that the House passed today and the Senate will vote on contains a provision that overrides a ruling by EPA that the toxic fumigant sulfuryl fluoride leaves unsafe levels of fluoride on food, reports the Fluoride Action Network (FAN). The aggregate dose that children receive from these residues along with the fluoride […]
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House Passes Farm Bill; Legislation Protects Sulfuryl Fluoride Food Uses
Section 10015 of the legislation precludes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from considering non-pesticidal fluoride as part of sulfuryl fluoride’s aggregate risk assessment, as required by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Update: On Jan. 29, the U.S. House of Represenatives passed an almost $100 billion-a-year, compromise farm bill that contains language retaining the […]
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Fipronil: State finds dangerous chemicals being applied illegally
Molecular structure of Fipronil: INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Dangerous chemicals are being found inside Indiana restaurants, nursing homes, hotels and health clinics. They may even be inside your home. The substances were put there purposely to control pests. But, I-Team 8 discovered the residue they leave behind could be harming your health. I-Team 8 dug through […]
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BASF challenges EU ban on fipronil pesticide
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German chemicals group BASF said it launched a legal challenge against the European Commission’s ban of BASF’s insecticide fipronil, imposed in July on concern its use as seed treatment is linked to declining bee populations. BASF has filed legal action with the General Court of the European Union because “valid scientific studies […]
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Russian province takes action against “toxic” Chinese-grown veg
All Chinese-operated farms in the eastern Russian province of Khakassia must be closed to stop “toxic” vegetables appearing on the shop shelves, the region’s acting governor Viktor Zimin has said at sitting of the Khakassian government. … Laboratory analysis of the soil samples has also found high levels of nitrates, fluorine, and several as-yet unidentified […]
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Appropriations Bill Would Prohibit EPA’s Phase-Out of Sulfuryl Fluoride
The House of Representatives Appropriations Interior and Environmental subcommittee voted Tuesday 7-4 to approve an appropriations bill that would cut the budget of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by nearly a third, and includes language that would prevent the agency from enforcing its decision to phase out the use of the neurotoxic fumigant sulfuryl […]
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EU decision on Fipronil
EU Decision Abstract The European Food Safety Authority asked the Panel on Plant Protection Products and their Residues to develop an Opinion on the identification of pesticides to be included in cumulative assessment groups (CAGs) on the basis of their toxicological profile. In 2008, the PPR Panel adopted an Opinion on the suitability of existing […]
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Sulfuryl fluoride: House panel approves bill with deep cuts for EPA
Over fierce Democratic objections, House Republicans took initial steps Tuesday toward slashing the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget by a third while blocking a central part of President Barack Obama’s climate agenda. The Appropriations Interior and Environment subcommittee voted 7-4 to send the full committee a $24.3 billion spending plan that would deliver a nearly 19 […]
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Sulfoxaflor: Beekeeping industry sues EPA for approval of bee-killing pesticide
National beekeeping organizations along with the National Honey Bee Advisory Board have come together in an attempt to protect the bee industry by an appeal against EPA for its approval of the pesticide Sulfoxaflor, shown to be “highly toxic” to honey bees, and other insect pollinators. Sulfoxaflor is a new chemistry, and the first of […]
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