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EPA bans sale, use of DCPA, citing risk to unborn children

08/07/24 4:42 PM By Steve Davies

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Citing risks to the unborn, EPA has banned the sale and use of the herbicide DCPA, sold as Dacthal.

EPA tries to ease grower burden for endangered species compliance

02/07/24 6:02 PM By Steve Davies

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EPA wants to give growers credit for implementing Natural Resources Conservation Service practices as part of the agency’s effort to protect endangered species.

EPA plans to reinstate worker protections from pesticide spraying

02/16/23 2:42 PM By Steve Davies

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The Environmental Protection Agency plans to reinstate protections for farmworkers exposed to pesticides, officially dumping a 2020 Trump administration rule that went into effect briefly before the Biden administration took office.

EPA hit with court order on insecticide as it tackles endangered species compliance

11/23/22 6:21 AM By Steve Davies

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The Environmental Protection Agency got a reminder, as if it needed one, of the need for a legally sufficient plan addressing the risks of pesticides to endangered species when a federal appeals court ordered it Tuesday to issue a new assessment on an insecticide used in blueberry and citrus production.

Daybreak March 8: McConnell objects to school nutrition waivers

03/08/22 10:00 AM By Steve Davies, Philip Brasher, and Bill Tomson

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is opposed to extending waivers that eased school nutrition rules during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Daybreak Aug. 19: EPA: Chlorpyrifos ban ‘pivotal’ for protecting workers, kids

08/19/21 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Hannah Pagel, and Bill Tomson

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The Biden administration is putting an end to the use of chlorpyrifos insecticide on food crops, provoking a backlash from some ag groups.

Farm Hands West: Dolcini resigns from CalEPA Department of Pesticide Regulation

06/16/21 7:26 AM By Hannah Pagel

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Val Dolcini was one of three who recently announced plans to leave the California Department of Pesticide Regulation and Ocean Mist Farms’ president and CEO, Joe Pezzini has announced he is stepping down from the helm.

Senior EPA officials interfered with 2018 dicamba decisions, EPA probe finds

05/24/21 4:16 PM By Steve Davies

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Senior leaders in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention altered or omitted key evidence in approving dicamba for use in 2018, leading to a federal appeal court’s vacating of the registrations, according to the agency's internal watchdog.

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Senate Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman says he plans to have a markup this summer on his version of the farm bill. New Mexico Senator Ben Ray Luján joins Newsmakers to discuss his thoughts on the bill and changes he'd like to see in the markup.

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