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In this time of reaching out across the aisle, I would like for each of you to remember that Trump did this:
Lifted the ban on the importing of elephant trophies and endangered species
Knowing that elephants are sentient animals with families who mourn their dead
Lifted the ban on the importing of elephant trophies and endangered species
Knowing that elephants are sentient animals with families who mourn their dead
Took back Bears Ears/other sacred native lands for fracking & oil
Lifted restrictions for clean water & allowed chemicals from mining, fracking, & oil to pollute the earth & waterways
Approved bear baiting/killing of hibernating bears, cubs & wolves so his own kids could hunt
Lifted restrictions for clean water & allowed chemicals from mining, fracking, & oil to pollute the earth & waterways
Approved bear baiting/killing of hibernating bears, cubs & wolves so his own kids could hunt
Lifted bans on #chlorpyrifos which eat our human babies' brains. Google it.
Lifted restrictions on safety at chicken and pork plants. Took away protections from the farmers and gave them back to the chicken and pork sellers. Made it ok for us to eat tumors/cancer in our chicken
Lifted restrictions on safety at chicken and pork plants. Took away protections from the farmers and gave them back to the chicken and pork sellers. Made it ok for us to eat tumors/cancer in our chicken
This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020. This part is called: COMBATING THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND PURSUING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE (Part 5)
Only one party recognizes the urgent existential crisis facing our planet. Only one party believes in science and solutions. 1/21
Only one party recognizes the urgent existential crisis facing our planet. Only one party believes in science and solutions. 1/21
#Democrats will create an environmental justice fund to make historic investments aimed at eliminating legacy pollution, which disproportionately causes illness and premature death in communities of color, low-income communities, and Indigenous communities.2/21 #DemPartyPlatform
#Democrats will protect children’s health by replacing lead service lines and remediating lead paint in homes and schools; remediate Superfund and other contaminated sites; and ensure housing and schools have adequate plumbing and safe wastewater disposal systems.3/21 #Climate
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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content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USAEP…
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
nytimes.com/2019/03/26/us/…
No wonder
nytimes.com/2019/03/26/us/…
Yikes, I sure picked a hell of a month to be elbow deep in dirty diapers and spit up.
From my inbox, I'm seeing:
1)@EPA finalized #glyphosate re-registration with absolutely no substantial mitigations
2)EPA proposed to re-register neonics with a handful of mitigations pre-approved by neonic makers, which contrasts sharply with much of the developed world
1)@EPA finalized #glyphosate re-registration with absolutely no substantial mitigations
2)EPA proposed to re-register neonics with a handful of mitigations pre-approved by neonic makers, which contrasts sharply with much of the developed world
3)Dow Chemical Pollution Company (re-branded by the PR wizards as “Corteva”) voluntarily decided to cancel #chlorpyrifos. For more on how voluntary cancellation basically drives pesticide regulation in this country, check out my paper in Env. Health ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
Our new investigation just out detailing how @EPA is still approving products that contain the worst pesticides
This includes pesticides that EPA has mandated use reductions or incentivized replacement like #chlorpyrifos, methyl bromide and #atrazine
biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/pest…
This includes pesticides that EPA has mandated use reductions or incentivized replacement like #chlorpyrifos, methyl bromide and #atrazine
biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/pest…
I went through FOIA records on new pesticide products that were approved by the EPA in 2017-2018 and found that most new pesticide product applications, about 94%, are ultimately approved
*All denials were procedural in nature, not because the product was deemed too dangerous
*All denials were procedural in nature, not because the product was deemed too dangerous
A review of individual ingredients in the products that were approved from 2017 to 2018 indicated that many contain the most hazardous pesticides still in use, some of which have been banned by multiple other countries and even targeted for phaseout in the United States
An important question. And one that should not stopped being asked when #chlorpyrifos is eventually banned nationwide.
This problem extends far beyond the failure to ban one terrible pesticide. It is inherent in the culture @EPA and toothless U.S. laws
nytimes.com/2019/12/17/opi…
This problem extends far beyond the failure to ban one terrible pesticide. It is inherent in the culture @EPA and toothless U.S. laws
nytimes.com/2019/12/17/opi…
If chlorpyrifos had been banned it would have been only the 6th pesticide the EPA had banned in the last 20 years.
With pesticides like paraquat, atrazine, bifenthrin and 1,3-D still in wide use, a pesticide ban every 4-5 years is totally inadequate
ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
With pesticides like paraquat, atrazine, bifenthrin and 1,3-D still in wide use, a pesticide ban every 4-5 years is totally inadequate
ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
#chlorpyrifos is one of 14 organophosphate pesticides still in use in the U.S. It's the most widely used, so the most important to get rid of. But we've got a looooong way to go
Thanks @nytopinion for highlighting this very important issue
Thanks @nytopinion for highlighting this very important issue
Great news!
EU to Ban Chlorpyrifos Pesticide Starting in February news.bloombergenvironment.com/environment-an…
EU to Ban Chlorpyrifos Pesticide Starting in February news.bloombergenvironment.com/environment-an…
Quite frankly I'm surprised this took so long. It always bugged me a bit that the EU was enacting so many necessary bans on neonics and other pesticides, while at the same time allowing many organophosphates to be used
A #chlorpyrifos ban is great and bravo to the EU, but here's a friendly reminder that dimethoate, ethoprop, fenamiphos, malathion and phosmet are still approved in the EU
These organophosphates are just as harmful and should go the way of chlorypyrifos sooner rather than later
These organophosphates are just as harmful and should go the way of chlorypyrifos sooner rather than later
Every year around this time, a news outlet usually covers pesticide use in Xmas trees. And every year I’m disappointed in how little actual information is given. There’s usually a couple of anecdotes, but very little hard data.
So I did some digging…
medium.com/center-for-bio…
So I did some digging…
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A USDA survey of Xmas tree growers in six states (accounting for 63% of Xmas trees produced in the U.S.) found that Christmas trees in these six states are sprayed with 270,000 pounds of pesticides each year.
So the total for the country is likely around 400,000 lbs every year
So the total for the country is likely around 400,000 lbs every year
85% of this consists of just 8 pesticides: chlorothalonil, atrazine, simazine, glyphosate, hexazinone, carbaryl, chlorpyrifos and dimethoate
Give yourself a pat on the back if you can recite the opening verse of Rudolf while subbing in these 8 pesticides for Santa’s 8 reindeer
Give yourself a pat on the back if you can recite the opening verse of Rudolf while subbing in these 8 pesticides for Santa’s 8 reindeer
Pourquoi il est trompeur de faire croire que les avis des agences réglementaires (EFSA, EPA, Anses, ECHA, etc.) sont un reflet des connaissances scientifiques. #NoFakeScience #NoFakeRegulation
Version courte en thread ⤵️
Version longue : factsory.org/2019/les-agenc…
Version courte en thread ⤵️
Version longue : factsory.org/2019/les-agenc…
Les agences s'appuient sur des études réglementaires réalisées par les industriels qui souhaitent obtenir l'autorisation de leur produit.
Ces études doivent respecter des bonnes pratiques de labo (#BPL), qui ne disent rien de la qualité scientifique.
Ces études doivent respecter des bonnes pratiques de labo (#BPL), qui ne disent rien de la qualité scientifique.
D'un autre côté les études scientifiques (publiées dans des journaux) peuvent être ignorées par les agences à l'aune de ces #BPL (comme pour le #bisphenolA ou le #glyphosate). Absurde : les études scientifiques n'ont pas à respecter des BPL conçues pour des études réglementaires.
Three months ago I found that the U.S. uses 72 pesticides in agriculture that are banned in Europe. Accounting for more than a quarter of our pesticide use (over 320 million pounds per year)
A couple of updates
ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
A couple of updates
ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
The EU has now banned propiconazole.
It has been identified it as a reproductive toxin and its metabolites are expected to leach into groundwater
The U.S. uses more than 2 million pounds a year, mostly on wheat, corn and rice
It has been identified it as a reproductive toxin and its metabolites are expected to leach into groundwater
The U.S. uses more than 2 million pounds a year, mostly on wheat, corn and rice
Diquat has also been banned
Europe found unacceptable risks to bystanders and residents near where spraying occurs. Also a high risk to birds.
We use 300,000 pounds per year on fruits and veggies
Europe found unacceptable risks to bystanders and residents near where spraying occurs. Also a high risk to birds.
We use 300,000 pounds per year on fruits and veggies
Pesticide industry front group @OFSonline was totally called out in this great @OPB piece on the failure of the EPA and the state of Oregon to ban the brain-damaging pesticide #chlorpyrifos
opb.org/news/article/o…
opb.org/news/article/o…
@OFSonline: A lot of the crops in Oregon don’t have an alternative pesticide to deal with the pests they’re trying to control
Reporter follow-up: In fact, in Oregon, chlorpyrifos is widely used on orchards and grapes, which already have viable alternative pesticides available
Reporter follow-up: In fact, in Oregon, chlorpyrifos is widely used on orchards and grapes, which already have viable alternative pesticides available
It's so important for reporters to call out industry spin when they see it, otherwise the misinformation spreads
Well done @ErinEARoss
Well done @ErinEARoss
TRUMP LIFTS BAN ON HARMFUL PESTICIDE
A ban on the pesticide chlorpyrifos was lifted on Thursday by the EPA.
#Chlorpyrifos is an insecticide known to permanently harm an unborn fetus and cause irreversible brain damage in the womb.
google.com/amp/s/www.forb…
A ban on the pesticide chlorpyrifos was lifted on Thursday by the EPA.
#Chlorpyrifos is an insecticide known to permanently harm an unborn fetus and cause irreversible brain damage in the womb.
google.com/amp/s/www.forb…
In August 2018, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a ban on Chlorpyrifos.
EPA Response:
“EPA spokesman Michael Abboud said that the agency is reviewing the court decision. He also questioned data from [CCCEH] regarding the health effects of chlorpyrifos.”
EPA Response:
“EPA spokesman Michael Abboud said that the agency is reviewing the court decision. He also questioned data from [CCCEH] regarding the health effects of chlorpyrifos.”
“Even low to moderate levels of exposure to the insecticide chlorpyrifos during pregnancy may lead to long-term, potentially irreversible changes in the brain structure of the child.”
My new paper just published in Environmental Health
USA lags behind EU, Brazil and China in banning harmful pesticides
Don’t have time to read it? Take a stroll through this thread.
ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
USA lags behind EU, Brazil and China in banning harmful pesticides
Don’t have time to read it? Take a stroll through this thread.
ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
I compiled the approval status of over 500 pesticides and found that the U.S. stills uses a whole lot of pesticides in outdoor agricultural applications that are banned or being phased out in the EU, China and Brazil.
Just how much is truly staggering
Just how much is truly staggering
As you would imagine, pesticides banned by at least 2 of these nations but still approved in the U.S. are not on the benign end of the spectrum.
Just for some perspective on this recent NYT investigation:
From 2008-2015, @USFWS had only made 46 "jeopardy" determinations.
("jeopardy" is when an action results in an appreciable reduction in the survival and recovery of an endangered species)
nytimes.com/2019/03/26/us/…
From 2008-2015, @USFWS had only made 46 "jeopardy" determinations.
("jeopardy" is when an action results in an appreciable reduction in the survival and recovery of an endangered species)
nytimes.com/2019/03/26/us/…
Spraying flame retardants in National Forests resulted in 45 jeopardy findings and a CA water management project resulted in 1.
pnas.org/content/112/52…
pnas.org/content/112/52…
The recent analysis in the NYT article, that industry hacks like Bernhardt are trying to weaken, resulted in 1,399 jeopardy findings for the pesticide #chlorpyrifos
That's harm to 84 percent of all endangered and threatened species in the USA.....from just one pesticide
That's harm to 84 percent of all endangered and threatened species in the USA.....from just one pesticide
