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11 Aug 2016, 2:39 pm by rob@howarddc.com
  It is important to note that EPA’s proposed policy has potential implications beyond minor use determinations. [read post]
11 Aug 2016, 12:00 am by Mark Meyer
So in full, the definition reads:(s)The term “food additive” means any substance the intended use of which results or may reasonably be expected to result, directly or indirectly, in its becoming a component or otherwise affecting the characteristics of any food (including any substance intended for use in producing, manufacturing, packing, processing, preparing, treating, packaging, transporting, or holding food; and including any source of radiation intended for any such use), if such… [read post]
10 Aug 2016, 9:30 pm by Katie Cramer
Although lab tests can confirm certain product attributes, such as pesticide-free produce, chemical analysis cannot prove that a coffee farm minimized its impact on migratory birds or that workers operating textile looms enjoy safe working conditions. [read post]
26 Jun 2016, 10:01 pm by Cathy Siegner
According to Beyond Pesticides, bifenthrin is a possible cancer-causing agent, endocrine disruptor, and neurotoxic chemical. [read post]
26 May 2016, 9:30 pm by Justin Daniel
The House passed a bill, supported mainly by Republicans, that would roll back environmental regulations on pesticides—a move that the bill’s sponsor Rep. [read post]
17 May 2016, 10:00 pm by Cookson Beecher
But how can the typical farming system go beyond training farmworkers about food safety to actually making it possible for them to alert managers or farmers about problems they might see out in the field. [read post]
4 Mar 2016, 2:00 am
The use of this technology reduces or maybe in some cases even eliminates the pesticides that are required to be used by farmers. [read post]
2 Mar 2016, 2:56 pm by Kristen E. Polovoy
[T]he import of this follow-the-leader risk for the food industry goes beyond just numbers. [read post]
2 Mar 2016, 2:56 pm by Kristen E. Polovoy
[T]he import of this follow-the-leader risk for the food industry goes beyond just numbers. [read post]
17 Feb 2016, 7:35 am by Georgina Hey (AU)
In addition, this policy was not intended to address food production methods (including the use of pesticides) or food processing or manufacturing methods (which now extend to increasing use of thermal technologies, pasteurisation, irradiation and a growing list of new technologies). [read post]
8 Feb 2016, 6:08 am by Rebecca Tushnet
Common sense care should be taken to limit prolonged skin contact with Penta treated poles or the soil at the base of the pole, just as care should be taken to limit exposure to other products containing pesticides like household garden and insect sprays. [read post]
7 Feb 2016, 10:01 pm by Cookson Beecher
The presentation opened our eyes to the fact that other “agricultural wonders” were waiting beyond the horizon. [read post]
9 Jan 2016, 1:21 pm by Arthur F. Coon
”) The Court went on to hold that “appellants’ claims of insufficiency of the evidence [to support the EIR’s conclusions regarding the project’s impacts on private pesticide use] do not constitute a separate ground for reversal of the judgment. [read post]
17 Dec 2015, 10:02 pm by Dan Flynn
Supreme Court to review claims from Nebraska and Oklahoma that they are owed something because the legal weed is being trafficked beyond the Centennial State’s borders. [read post]
8 Nov 2015, 7:22 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
On June 2, 2014, a nationally advertised webinar entitled “Pesticides and Potholes: Understanding the Risks of Neonicotinoid Insecticides to Aquatic Ecosystems in Prairie Canada and Beyond” was nixed on orders from Wayne Honeycutt, Deputy Chief for Science and Technology for USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). [read post]
7 Oct 2015, 8:00 am by Gregory J. Brod
  For many sufferers, food allergies go far beyond a tingly mouth or upset stomach. [read post]
14 Jul 2015, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Monsanto Co., the Chief Justice declared: “Raisins are not dangerous pesticides; they are a healthy snack. [read post]
29 May 2015, 9:02 am by WIMS
EPA is proposing additional restrictions on the use of acutely toxic pesticides during times when bees are most likely to be present. [read post]