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The ecological risk assessment for #chlorpyrifos was released today. The career scientists at EPA found that invertebrates could be exposed to more than 8,600-fold more than the level known to harm them
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For mammals it's 1,900-fold more than the level known to cause harm. For birds it's 380-fold. For fish it's 160-fold.
The Fish and Wildlife Service found that #chlorpyrifos would put 1,400 endangered species at risk of extinction?
No wonder
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No wonder
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I know what you're going to ask, and the answer is: "Yes, we still use strychnine in the U.S."
Widely believed to be banned, but even more widely used, strychnine is approved by the EPA to kill gophers (because, well, humans are stupid and cruel)
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Widely believed to be banned, but even more widely used, strychnine is approved by the EPA to kill gophers (because, well, humans are stupid and cruel)
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In a just-released analysis, EPA - the same EPA that has approved its use for the last 50 years - has found that off-target animals like bald eagles and foxes can be exposed to enough poison to kill them 2,000 times over
I rarely see risk assessments with harms this severe
I rarely see risk assessments with harms this severe
And I am 100% certain that strychnine will be re-approved. That's the sad state of U.S. pesticide regulation.
We deserve better. If you have 3 minutes, please urge your congressional representatives to support meaningful pesticide reform #PACTPA 👇
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We deserve better. If you have 3 minutes, please urge your congressional representatives to support meaningful pesticide reform #PACTPA 👇
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Today the first meaningful pesticide reform legislation in a quarter century was introduced in the House and Senate #PACTPA
What exactly would this bill do? Section-by-section Rundown below
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What exactly would this bill do? Section-by-section Rundown below
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First, the obvious. This bill faces an enormous uphill battle in this congress.
But whether it’s next congress or 20 congresses from now, pesticide reform will pass in my lifetime
This bill will be the blueprint for that reform. So it IS important and WORTH taking a look at
But whether it’s next congress or 20 congresses from now, pesticide reform will pass in my lifetime
This bill will be the blueprint for that reform. So it IS important and WORTH taking a look at
Section 3: This implements a hard 15-year deadline for registration review of “dangerous” pesticides
A dangerous pesticide is one that is carcinogenic, acutely toxic, an endocrine disruptor, causes harm to a pregnant woman or a fetus, or causes neurological or developmental harm
A dangerous pesticide is one that is carcinogenic, acutely toxic, an endocrine disruptor, causes harm to a pregnant woman or a fetus, or causes neurological or developmental harm
