Groups Challenge Rules on Pesticides
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Environmental groups went to court Thursday against Bush administration rules that allow the use of new pesticides with fewer checks on how they affect endangered species.
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A national debate has erupted over whether the rapid expansion in work with dangerous pathogens is adequately regulated and scientifically justified.
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The attorneys general of five states and the U.S. Virgin Islands filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to try to force the government to reduce pesticide use in public housing projects.
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ST. PAUL - A leading state senator said he may push for a ban on a herbicide commonly applied to corn crops across Minnesota, citing research that suggests the chemical causes deformities in frogs and other health hazards.
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By GARY PERILLOUX  Two bills that would benefit forest-product makers have drawn the ire of the Louisiana Chemical Association because its membership wouldn't get the same deal.
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An environmental group asked the federal government Tuesday to ban a class of toxic chemical compounds that are found in industrial and household detergents and are believed to cause male fish to develop female characteristics.
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Critics worry that a new strain of grass that is resistant to the herbicide Roundup could transfer its resistance to weedy relatives.
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Health groups are trying to generate momentum for legislation that would give the Food and Drug Administration authority to regulate tobacco products.
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By Josh Rabe, The Daily Oklahoman  Dec. 9--ALTUS -- State agriculture officials helped collect more than 62,000 pounds of pesticides this week in an effort to get rid of old, unwanted chemicals.
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A document calls for an independent group that could block hirings and firings and conduct investigations.
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From aggressive greenhouse-gas limits to new nuclear plants, an independent group tries to bridge divisive issues.
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A COCKTAIL of chemicals, some at levels above legal limits, has been found in samples of fresh fruit and other foods.   Some apples, grapes, aubergines and yams carried pesticide traces above the legal threshold, according to the official Pesticides Residues Directorate.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. - An apparent mix-up resulted in a lawn care company spraying the yard of a prominent anti-pesticide activist.
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Biotech crop critics said  they were asking for a permanent injunction to stop the  planting of Monsanto Co.'s genetically modified alfalfa after  failing to negotiate a settlement with U.S. regulators by a  court-imposed deadline on Friday.
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SHOREHAM, Vermont  - Vermont officials are going   to court and activists are threatening a boycott of the world's   largest forest products company as a battle intensifies over a   plan to burn old tires as fuel in New York state.
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The Public Citizen Health Research Group is petitioning the Food and Drug Administration to increase the warnings on the popular cosmetic and drug Botox.
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The new "local foods" movement is questioning whether that pesticide-free apple is better than one grown in your own backyard. John Cloud investigates the new food fight