Tag: Pesticides

Pesticides articles

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  States Lead to Rid Food Crops of the Neurotoxin Chlorpyrifos

  Despite federal inaction, states can stop harmful pesticide use.

  May 11, 2020
  May 11, 2020

  John Abbotts

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  EPA Slow to Regulate Neonic Pesticides That May Be Killing Off Bees

  A growing body of research indicates these insecticides are killing “beneficial insects" as well as pests.

  Mar 19, 2019
  March 19, 2019

  John Abbotts

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  Pesticide Proponents Aim to Keep Power Out of Locals’ Reach

  But residents in Lincoln County, Oregon, are fighting to rise about preemptive restrictions.

  Mar 12, 2019
  March 12, 2019

  John Abbotts

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  The Long Battle to Protect West Coast Salmon from Pesticides

  But will the Trump Administration reverse protections?

  Jul 18, 2017
  July 18, 2017

  John Abbotts

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  Weekend Reading 5/19/17

  The importance of wasting time, a failed ban on a nasty pesticide, why organic food is so expensive, and more.

  May 19, 2017
  May 19, 2017

  Keiko Budech

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/keikobudech/

  

  Senior Communications Associate
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  EPA Refuses to Ban Pesticide that Causes Brain Damage in Children

  The history of Chlorpyrifos: alarming science and inadequate public health safeguards.

  May 8, 2017
  May 8, 2017

  John Abbotts

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  Weekend Reading 1/13/17

  An era of Cascadian independence, how to destroy fake news, and more.

  Jan 13, 2017
  January 13, 2017

  Keiko Budech

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/keikobudech/

  

  Senior Communications Associate
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  Will the Trump Administration Cancel an Old, Dangerous Pesticide?

  Chlorpyrifos, Part 2, and a chance for the public to weigh in.

  Dec 28, 2016
  December 28, 2016

  John Abbotts

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  Will EPA Cancel an Old, Dangerous Pesticide?

  The story of Chlorpyrifos and a chance for the public to weigh in.

  Nov 30, 2015
  November 30, 2015

  John Abbotts

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