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
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…
4)Dr. Naidenko @ewg put out a great paper on how EPA’s pesticide office is failing the children in this country. Take the time to read it, very insightful ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
5) @CenterForBioDiv petitioned the EPA to cap the number of consecutive years an emergency approval of a pesticide can be given. Because, let’s be honest, giving emergency approvals for 10 years straight is absurd biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-r…
6)Great investigation by @PublicEyeSuisse on how much money pesticide companies are making on the most poisonous pesticides still in use. publiceye.ch/en/topics/pest…
7)Finally @Bayer is starting to be held accountable for widespread #dicamba damage. Congrats to the farming community on this major win against chemical polluters. Much more to come, I’m sure! And great coverage by @jhett93
8)Not a single production from the dozens of FOIA requests I have out. Seriously EPA?
It’s almost as if they don’t want us to see their communications with the pesticide industry. But that couldn’t possibly be the case, right??
What else did I miss, pesticide peeps?
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