EPA
Proposes Cap for DDT Contaminated Palos Verdes Shelf
(Beyond Pesticides, July 2, 2009) The EPA
has just finished up with a round of public hearings on a
proposed plan to cap a part of the Palos Verdes Superfund
Site. This 17 square mile area of ocean floor off the Southern
coast of California is home to one of the largest deposits
of DDT in the U.S. Despite the...(more)
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Weakened
Climate Bill Rewards Herbicide-Intensive Farming
(6/26/09) House leadership cut a deal allowing carbon-polluting
industries to buy credits from farmers who, among other things,
practice no-till farming, which is heavily reliant on herbicides
and does not effectively sequester carbon.
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Unions and Advocacy Groups Letter to EPA (6/18/09) Groups ask EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson
to protect farmworker communities, reconsider hazardous pesticide
decision, and uphold environmental justice.
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