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California Attorney General Bonta calls for ban of residue from toxic pesticide
California Attorney General Rob Bonta joins other state AGs in calling for the EPA to ban toxic chlorpyrifos residue from all food crops ...
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A new study claims washing produce doesn't remove pesticides: Here's what to do instead
The article, published in the American Chemical Society's journal Nano Letters, aimed to showcase the research team's new ...
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Landmark Legal Settlement Locks in EPA Actions to Protect Endangered Species From Pesticides
The settlement also requires the EPA to address the harms of eight especially hazardous organophosphate insecticides on endangered species by 2027. “Many pesticides covered by this agreement are ...
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9 attorneys general call for ban on all uses of pesticide chlorpyrifos on food crops
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and eight other state attorneys general wrote to the U.S. Environmental Protection ...
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Historic Legislation Reintroduced in Congress to Ban Pesticides Dangerous to Children, Farmworkers
WASHINGTON— U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) reintroduced historic legislation today to protect children and farmworkers by banning dangerous pesticides like paraquat, neonicotinoids and ...
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NOAA: Common Pesticides Threaten Endangered Salmon, Other Marine Life
“These pesticides are bad for people every way they are exposed to it and toxic to salmon.” The Associated Press notes that environmentalists and commercial fishers have fought in court for decades ...
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Electrochemical Sensors for Organophosphorus Pesticide Detection
For instance, a sensor modified with a bimetallic Mn/Fe MOF demonstrated exceptional performance in detecting chlorpyrifos, another organophosphate pesticide, with a very low limit of detection ...