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• Illinois legal aid group gets pesticides-related grant 11/18/2019
  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is giving an Illinois legal aid group $30,000 to educate farmworkers about and to do research on pesticides. The EPA said in a recent statement that the money ... […]
• Kenya should do away with harmful pesticides 11/17/2019
  The risk of runoff of pesticides to our rivers, streams and lakes is high. I recently tabled a petition in Parliament, calling for the withdrawal of harmful active ingredients in pesticides on sale in ... […]
• Sick Of Pesticides? Remember Death In The Time Of Cholera. 11/16/2019
  Chlorine and fluoride are pesticides you drink every day in your tap water. The alternative is to ... [+] get sick and die from foul water, so stop freaking out about it. Pesticides tend to receive ... […]
• Formaldehyde, Vitamin E, and Pesticides Found in Black-Market Pot Vapes 11/15/2019
  Here’s yet another reason to make sure you only buy pot vape cartridges from legal, regulated sources: a new report from a California testing lab found dangerous levels of vitamin E acetate in every ... […]
• Insects Facing 'Unnoticed Apocalypse' Due to Routine Use of Pesticides, Report Warns 11/13/2019
  "The good news is that it is not too late; few insects have gone extinct so far, and populations can rapidly recover." "We urgently need to stop all routine and unnecessary use of pesticides and start ... […]