Pesticide
S. Ind. county assessing scope of its bedbug woes
Washington Examiner - 5hrs 26mins agoHealth officials in a southern Indiana County plagued by Bedbug infestations are trying to get a clearer picture of the scope of their problems with the bloodsucking insects. The Monroe County Health Department has launched three online surveys se…
Read more >>Suit challenges Calif. approval of farm pesticide
Breitbart - 3rd Jan 2011LOS ANGELES (AP) - A coalition of environmental and farmworker groups said in a Lawsuit announced Monday that state Pesticide Regulators improperly cut off public comment on a Controversial agricultural fumigant in order to secure its passage befo…
Read more >>GOP lawmaker: Go after health care piece by piece
Washington Examiner - 2nd Jan 2011
A top House Republican says GOP lawmakers will go after President Barack Obama's Health Care law piece by piece to see if they can make it crumble. That effort, says Rep. Fred Upton of Michigan, will follow a vote to Repeal the Health Care law out…
Read more >>GOP-led House plans to fight Obama pollution plan
Washington Examiner - 2nd Jan 2011
The incoming chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee is promising a fight over the Obama Administration's new approach on limiting greenhouse Gas Emissions. Congress failed last year to pass limits and let companies buy and sell Pollut…
Read more >>Issa pledges to take on White House over spending
Washington Examiner - 2nd Jan 2011
The GOP's top House investigator in the new Congress is putting the White House on notice that he's going to be aggressive in going after what he considers wasteful spending by the Obama Administration. California Rep. Darrell Issa (EYE'-suh) is s…
Read more >>Gina Solomon: It's the Dose that Makes the Poison: How the FDA Is Not Protecting Many Gulf Coast Residents from Possible Seafood
The Huffington Post - 8th Dec 2010As Capitol Hill kicks off a series of holiday parties celebrating Gulf Seafood, and Congressional Rep. Steve Scalise says "I challenge the president to a raw oyster-eating contest," it’s a good time to reflect on the principles of an 16th …
Read more >>Rep. John Linder votes against Georgia's children
Examiner.com - 3rd Dec 2010Representative John Linder voted against Georgia’s Children yesterday. Luckily, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act passed, despite Rep. Linder’s “no” vote. The new law, also known as the Child Nutrition Act, reauthoriz…
Read more >>Methyl Iodide, the use of it is too dangerous to deal with
Examiner.com - 2nd Dec 2010The setting is Watsonville, California in the countryside. The subject is the strawberry fields. The CDPR (California Department of Pesticide Regulation) has decided to regulate the use of Methyl Iodide, a colorless substance used to fumigate soil…
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