Sen. Tom Coburn tried to do the right thing for science, veterans and taxpayers yesterday, but was rebuffed by a vote of 69-30. Continue reading Senate rejects science for Agent Orange compensation
Category: Pesticides
Made in China: POPs linked to birth defects?
A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences claims to link placental levels of various “persistent organic pollutants” (POPs) with neural tube defects (NTDs) in a population of rural Chinese. Continue reading Made in China: POPs linked to birth defects?
EPA agenda: First bedbugs, next… Black Death?
EPA’s anti-pesticide agenda has already fueled the resurgence of bedbugs. The agency announced today that it will ban retail sale of some rat poisons. Continue reading EPA agenda: First bedbugs, next… Black Death?
Atrazine not a carcinogen, study says
Who didn’t know that the Environmental Working Group was wrong about atrazine being a carcinogen? Continue reading Atrazine not a carcinogen, study says
DDT causes diabetes, breast cancer and infant deaths?
Is it time to bring back JunkScience.com’s DDTees? Continue reading DDT causes diabetes, breast cancer and infant deaths?
Ohio Congressman presses EPA on pesticide for bedbugs
Ohio Republican Congressman Jean Schmidt is pressuring U.S. EPA to allow the use of the controversial pesticide propoxur for bedbugs. Continue reading Ohio Congressman presses EPA on pesticide for bedbugs
Poll: MRSA-infested bedbugs or pesticides?
A new study reports that bedbugs are infected with drug-resistant staph bacteria (MRSA). There is no evidence so far that bedbugs are spreading MRSA, however.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency could end the resurgence of bedbugs with a stroke of the pen by bringing back banned pesticides (e.g., DDT, organophosphates, diazinon and Dursban) and encouraging the development of new pesticides. But so far, the EPA has opted to let the bedbugs infest with impunity.
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Organic Valley identified as secret funder of 'FrogTV' pesticide scare campaign
Is American agriculture facing yet another major attack on food safety similar to the 1989 Alar scare? Continue reading Organic Valley identified as secret funder of 'FrogTV' pesticide scare campaign
Anti-pesticide activists exploit poor kids
By Steve Milloy
While it’s not surprising that children from the inner city and Latino farmworker communities might perform slightly less well than average American children on development tests, anti-pesticide activists can make it news if they can link that performance to pesticides. And so they have tried. Continue reading Anti-pesticide activists exploit poor kids
Obama finally embraces malaria victims — as political pawns
By Steve Milloy
U.S. Agency for International Development administrator Rajiv Shah and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson win this week’s award for cynicism. Continue reading Obama finally embraces malaria victims — as political pawns
Day of Reckoning for DDT Foes?
By Steven Milloy
September 21, 2006, FoxNews.com
Last week’s announcement that the World Health Organization lifted its nearly 30-year ban on the insecticide DDT is perhaps the most promising development in global public health since… well, 1943 when DDT was first used to combat insect-borne diseases like typhus and malaria. Continue reading Day of Reckoning for DDT Foes?
Bald Eagle-DDT Myth Still Flying High
By Steven Milloy
July 6, 2006, FoxNews.com
Pennsylvania officials just announced success with their program to re-establish the state’s bald eagle population. But it’s a shame that such welcome news is being tainted by oft-repeated myths about the great bird’s near extinction. Continue reading Bald Eagle-DDT Myth Still Flying High