Health
The EPA internally raised concerns about Seresto flea collar for years, new records reveal
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As early as 2015, the EPA identified that Seresto "ranked #1 by a wide margin" when it came to incident reports of pet death and harm.
Government
EPA opens public comment period on petition to ban Seresto collars
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The petition comes about four months after an Investigate Midwest and USA TODAY story found the popular flea and tick collar had been linked to about 1,700 pet deaths and more than 75,000 incidents of harm.
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GRAPHIC: Environmental regulation enforcement varies widely from state to state
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The number of enforcement actions and the size of fines levied against companies for violating environmental protection laws is vastly different from state to state.
Health
Popular flea collar linked to almost 1,700 pet deaths. The EPA has issued no warning.
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Seresto, one of the most popular flea and tick collars in the country, has been linked to hundreds of pet deaths, tens of thousands of injured animals and hundreds of harmed humans, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency documents show.
Yet the EPA has done nothing to inform the public of the risks.
Agribusiness
Despite hundreds of millions in tax dollars, ADM’s carbon capture program still hasn’t met promised goals
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Archer Daniels Midland, one of the world's largest agribusinesses, has yet to make good on its promise to capture a million tons of carbon a year at its Decature, Illinois, facility.
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GRAPHIC: Americans throw away more food today than ever before
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Between 1960 and 2017, the quantity of wasted food increased more than 230 percent, according to EPA data.
Conservation
Conservation groups push EPA to deny dicamba registration over wildlife concerns
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A new report from conservation groups says that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should not re-approve the herbicide dicamba for use on genetically modified crops until the agency can prove it doesn’t harm wildlife.
Agribusiness
As sales of the pesticide chlorpyrifos ends in California, maker Corteva announces it will stop producing it.
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Corteva Agriscience – the main manufacturer of chlorpyrifos, a pesticide that has been linked to brain damage in children – said it would stop its production by the end of this year.
Government
New report criticizes EPA pesticide registration process
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The Environmental Protection Agency has registered more than 16,000 pesticides. However, a large portion of those are only "conditionally registered," meaning they lack important data on health safety and environmental well-being. A report by the Government Accountability Office recently criticized the process behind registering such pesticides.