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About a month after holding a hearing on what was called possibly the “most dangerous” flea and tick product on the market, the subcommittee sent the EPA a letter reiterating its recommendations.
July 21, 2022 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2022/07/21/chair-of-congressional-subcommittee-investigating-seresto-collars-asks-epa-to-take-product-off-market-again/In a 22-page report that heavily cites reporting and documents published by Investigate Midwest and USA TODAY, as well as never-before-released information, the subcommittee reveals new details about how Seresto “may be the most dangerous flea and tick product on the market” and that the EPA knew it.
June 15, 2022 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2022/06/15/congressional-subcommittee-epa-must-cancel-popular-seresto-collar-over-link-to-pet-deaths/The EPA's Office of Inspector General will examine whether the collars can be used without posing health risks to humans.
May 19, 2022 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2022/05/19/epa-watchdog-launches-probe-into-incidents-linked-to-popular-seresto-pet-collar/Growing foreign investment has spurred legislative action in states and Congress.
April 19, 2022 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2022/04/19/foreign-investment-in-us-cropland-nearly-triples-in-past-decade-usda-data-shows/Since 2005, the number of pesticide registrations has more than doubled, while the number of employees has dropped by a quarter.
April 15, 2022 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2022/04/15/graphic-new-epa-data-shows-fewer-staff-overseeing-more-pesticide-registrations/According to internal communication, EPA staff were also told to not mention in emails the popular Seresto collar, the source of myriad complaints.
March 24, 2022 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2022/03/24/seresto-epa-fda-elanco/“We import 80% of the fertilizer we use from outside the U.S. so the situation in eastern Europe will affect those supply chain issues around the world," one farm bureau representative said.
March 3, 2022 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2022/03/03/shuttered-offices-potentially-high-fertilizer-costs-heres-what-the-situation-in-ukraine-means-for-u-s-agriculture/Under the new approach, the EPA recently banned certain pesticides in more than a 100 U.S. counties.
February 24, 2022 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2022/02/24/a-pretty-big-sea-change-epa-says-it-will-consider-endangered-species-when-approving-new-pesticides-without-the-threat-of-lawsuits/In 2013, mammoth U.S. investment company TIAA-CREF gave $5 million to the University of Illinois — to study an area of investment where the company has made a, sometimes controversial, name for itself.
November 16, 2021 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2021/11/16/a-giant-investment-firm-paid-a-university-to-study-one-of-its-biggest-assets-farmland/The company behind the popular Seresto flea-and-tick collar has filed a lengthy defense of the safety of its product amid calls for federal regulars to ban over concerns of harm and death to the pets who wear it.
November 8, 2021 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2021/11/08/maker-of-seresto-defends-flea-and-tick-collar-amid-calls-for-a-ban-over-safety-concerns/