Minasuk/ May 28, 2017/ Uncategorized

A Strong Case Against a Pesticide Does Not Faze E.P.A. Under Trump | New York Times | May 2017 Decades of research into the effects of chlorpyrifos strongly suggests that exposure at even low levels may threaten children. A few years ago, scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency concluded that it should be banned altogether. Yet chlorpyrifos is still widely

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/ May 28, 2017/ Uncategorized

A Strong Case Against a Pesticide Does Not Faze E.P.A. Under Trump | New York Times | May 2017 Decades of research into the effects of chlorpyrifos strongly suggests that exposure at even low levels may threaten children. A few years ago, scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency concluded that it should be banned altogether. Yet chlorpyrifos is still widely

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Minasuk/ June 7, 2015/ Uncategorized

DDT Linked to Fourfold Increase in Breast Cancer Risk | National Geographic | June 2015 Nearly everyone in the 1950s and 1960s was exposed to the pesticide, and its use continues in Africa. Three generations of women are involved in the research.