Exposure also causes impacts to liver, kidney, and thyroid health. Studies of some of the PFAS chemicals show a link to low birth weight, pre-eclampsia, and increased cholesterol. But use of PFAS continues, and the chemicals have been detected at concerning levels in some water supplies, especially near military installations in Pennsylvania and across the country. The enormous corporate influence has weakened and, in some cases, shut down the meaningful regulation of pesticides in the U.S.Some, including PFOA and PFOS, are no longer made in the U.S. The chief takeaway from those interviews, as written by reporter Sharon Lerner, is that EPA “is often unable to stand up to the intense pressures from powerful agrochemical companies, which spend tens of millions of dollars on lobbying each year and employ many former EPA scientists once they leave the agency. The Intercept interviewed more than 24 people with expertise on the regulation of pesticides, including 14 who have worked in EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP). This pattern must change if the agency is to enact its mission and the public is to be protected. That is, that EPA has repeatedly disregarded its charge to protect human and environmental health in favor of enabling industry to continue its chemical experimentation on the populace and on the nation’s multiple natural resources. The subsequent reporting — “The Department of Yes: How Pesticide Companies Corrupted the EPA and Poisoned America†— is a devastating chronicle of the theme and particulars that Beyond Pesticides has covered for years. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with regard to pesticide exposures. ( Beyond Pesticides, July 9, 2021) The investigative online publication The Intercept has turned its attention to the current and historical role of industry in distorting, undermining, and outright suppressing the protective function of the U.S. Nitrate Pollution in Groundwater Linked to Birth Defects, Cancers and Thyroid Problems (31,582).Monarch Butterfly Numbers Keep Declining (32,882).EPA Permits Experimental Release of 2.5 Billion Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes in California and Florida (32,896). EPA and CDC Mislead Local and State Officials and the Public on Safety of Mosquito Pesticides Used for Zika Virus (39,823).Cosmetic Lawn Pesticide Use Outlawed In Takoma Park, MD, First Local Ban Of Its Type in U.S.Community Passes Resolution Banning Neonicotinoids (41,427).to End Herbicide’s Use and Advance Alternatives (44,168) Glyphosate Classified Carcinogenic by International Cancer Agency, Group Calls on U.S.Over Two Million Bees Killed after Aerial Mosquito Spraying in South Carolina (50,830).Glyphosate Causes Changes to DNA Function Resulting in Chronic Disease, According to Study (53,484).Lawsuit Challenges TruGreen Chemical Lawn Care Company for Deceptive Safety Claims Pesticide Applications Stopped by Some States During COVID-19 Crisis as Nonessential (81,074).Statement: Beyond Pesticides Stands with Black Lives Matter.The 2022 National Forum Series Launches Beyond Pesticides’ Campaign to Eliminate Fossil Fuel-Based Pesticide Use Within the Next Decade.On Earth Day, Coalition Calls on NYC Parks Department to Set Up Demonstration Sites.Beyond Pesticides Makes Science-based Case that It Is Imperative to Phase Out Pesticides in a Decade.EPA's Pesticides Office Labeled as a Failure.Rodale Institute Honors 2021 Organic Pioneer Award Winners.Writing (e.g., Poems, Music, Short Stories).Action of the Week: Tell USDA We Need Honest, Informative GE/GMO Labeling.Pest Management Providers: Register Today!.Non-Target Insects and Beneficial Species.Model Policies for State and Local Action.Gateway on Pesticide Hazards and Safe Pest Management.Safety Source on Pest Management Providers.Golf, Pesticides, and Organic Practices.Center for Community Pesticide and Alternatives Information.BEE Protective: Pollinators and Pesticides.
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