Graphic of the Week
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.