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"As Trump’s EPA Takes Shape, Here’s Your Pesticide Cheat Sheet"

"In the final weeks and months of the Obama administration, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Pesticide Programs issued a flurry of reports on some of the country’s most widely used pesticides. Decisions made on the basis of these environmental and health assessments will likely determine the level of pesticide residue allowed on the food we eat. They will affect children’s neurological health and development, particularly in agricultural communities. They will determine how farmworkers are protected from pesticide exposures. And they will affect the fate of threatened and endangered species across the country."

Source: Civil Eats, 02/06/2017

"Superfund: 'Silent Spring' Comes" To Life in DDT-Stricken Town"

"For years, when spring rolled around in St. Louis, Mich., songbirds dropped to the ground, dead."

Source: Greenwire, 02/06/2017

"Pesticides: Court Reverses Key Part Of Challenge To EPA Registrations"

"A federal appeals court [Thursday] breathed new life into a challenge by environmental groups to U.S. EPA's registration of nearly 400 pesticides."

Source: Greenwire, 02/03/2017

"After Decades Of Decreases, Mercury Rises In Great Lakes Wildlife."

"Scientists are seeing an uptick of the legacy toxic in Great Lakes fish and birds. Warming waters are the suspected culprit. More coal will make it worse."

Source: Daily Climate, 02/03/2017

Paint Companies Owe Oakland More Than $100 Million Over Lead

"Oakland is one of several California cities still waiting on more than $1 billion to pay for the removal of lead paint, which is threatening children’s health in neighborhoods such as Fruitvale. Even though a judge ruled in favor of Oakland more than two years ago, the money remains tied up in in the courts."

Source: East Bay Express, 02/02/2017

"EPA cranks out toxics rules during Obama’s last days in office"

"Chemical regulation: EPA cranks out toxics rules during Obama’s last days in office"

Source: C&EN, 01/18/2017

"Will Better Science Help Protect Us from Chemical Exposures?"

"A new National Academy of Sciences' risk assessment could accelerate public health protection from pesticides."

Source: Civil Eats, 01/18/2017

"Poison Fruit"

"Dow Chemical Wants Farmers to Keep Using a Pesticide Linked to Autism and ADHD".

Source: The Intercept, 01/16/2017

EPA Inventory: Some Air Toxics Have Dropped in Past Decade

"Industrial facilities nationwide covered by an Environmental Protection Agency program reported 'a substantial decrease' in toxic chemical releases between 2005 and 2015, according to the EPA Thursday afternoon (Jan. 12)."

Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 01/13/2017

"US Agrees To Pay Billions To Marines Affected By Toxic Water"

"After years of wait, veterans who had been exposed to contaminated drinking water while assigned to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina may now be able to receive a portion of government disability benefits totaling more than $2 billion."

Source: AP, 01/13/2017

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