Under Fire in Court, EPA Revives Pesticide-Training Rules
Reinstatement of pesticide rules that protect agricultural workers led three state attorneys general on Friday to drop their lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency.
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EPA Can’t Dodge Suit Over Toxic Pesticide Ingredients
A trimmed down lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of 35 pesticide ingredients that allegedly harm endangered species will move forward, a federal judge ruled from the bench Friday.
Read moreEPA Backpedals on Suspension of Farmworker Protections
The Environmental Protection Agency backed off the temporary suspension of federal requirements aimed at protecting farm workers on Thursday, following a lawsuit filed by three states two weeks ago.
Read moreRat Killers
Raptors Are the Solution sued the California Department of Pesticide Regulation on Wednesday for renewing the registrations of seven rodenticides “without initiating the re-evaluation process pursuant to state law,” in Alameda County Court.
Read moreHawaii Becomes First State to Ban Popular Pesticide
Hawaii became the first state Wednesday to ban a dangerous pesticide that is said to cause disabilities and behavioral problems in children.
Read moreEU Acts to Stall Decline of Insect Pollinators
With 1 in 10 pollinating insect species on the verge of extinction and a third of bee and butterfly species in decline, the European Commission on Friday issued a swarm of plans to protect creatures vital to our own survival.
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The Center for Environmental Health brought a federal complaint Wednesday against the EPA for indefinitely delaying review of the impact of the insecticide Malathion on endangered species.
Read moreStates Sue EPA for Ditching Pesticide-Training Rules
Three blue states filed suit filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the Trump administration, saying the suspension of pesticide rules designed to protect agricultural workers was illegal.
Read moreCalifornia, Feds Take Aim at Deadly Pesticide in Illegal Pot Grows
Federal and California law enforcement officials announced Tuesday they are coming after Mexican drug cartels not just for their lucrative illegal marijuana, but for their outlawed pesticides as well.
Read moreEU Court Upholds Ban on 3 Bee-Killing Insecticides
Three neonicotinoid insecticides will remain banned in Europe, the General Court ruled Thursday, finding the measures justified to protect honeybees.
Read moreMonsanto Labeling Suit Advances in Washington
Explaining why he advanced a labeling challenge to the weedkiller Roundup, a federal judge said Monday that there is enough evidence at this stage to support the claim that Monsanto misleads consumers.
Read moreEU Moves to Full Ban on Pesticides That Harm Bees
The European Union made a key breakthrough on Friday to completely ban pesticides that harm bees and their crop pollination.
Read moreCA Appeals Court Hands Monsanto a Legal Setback
A California state appeals court dealt Monsanto a legal defeat on Thursday, ruling the state was well within in its legal bounds when it decided to list a weed-killing chemical as a possible cancer-causing agent.
Read moreEPA Accused of Withholding Pesticide Files
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency refuses to release records on its decision to potentially scrap two rules that protect farm workers from harmful pesticides, two labor and environmental groups claim in a new lawsuit.
Read moreScientists Close In on Bee-Friendly Pesticide
A team of biologists and entomologists are buzzing with excitement after discovering the enzymes that determine how sensitive honeybees and bumblebees are to a certain pesticide, opening the potential to create pest-control substances that aren’t deadly to bees.
Read moreFederal Judge Orders EPA to Remove Delay of New Pesticide Regulations
A federal judge sided with environmental protection advocates and farmworker unions Wednesday, saying the Environmental Protection Agency “has created substantial risk” for delay of critical protections for people exposed to dangerous pesticides.
Read more‘Shaky’ Expert Opinion May Still Propel Roundup Cancer Suits
Despite blasting some of an epidemiologist’s opinions as “junk science,” a federal judge said Wednesday the expert’s “shaky” conclusion that the world’s most popular weed killer causes cancer could still advance more than 300 lawsuits against chemical giant Monsanto.
Read moreScientist Testifies He Finds No Link Between Cancer and Roundup
Continuing a week of expert testimony on the alleged link between cancer and the world’s most widely used pesticide, a scientist said Thursday he found no connection between the two in animal studies.
Read moreJudge: State Agency Can’t Spray Pesticides at Will
The California agency that regulates farming will not be able to deploy pesticides after a judge issued an order preventing from doing so until they perform more specific environmental analysis of its effects, according to an announcement made by The Center for Biological Diversity.
Read moreAmazon to Pay $1.2 Million for Illegal Pesticide Sales
The Environmental Protection Agency says it has reached a $1.2 million settlement with Amazon over the sale of illegal pesticides.
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