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EPA efforts to ban bird-killer face resistance. Nearly 2,200 birds were killed by what officials say was an intentional misapplication of the insecticide carbofuran. Now, the U.S. EPA is trying to ban the pesticide--a first in 20 years--after determining that even legal uses are likely to kill birds. Denver Post, Colorado.
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Outspoken scientist dismissed from panel on chemical safety. Under pressure from the chemical industry, the EPA has dismissed an outspoken scientist who chaired a federal panel responsible for helping the agency determine the dangers of a flame retardant widely used in electronic equipment. Los Angeles Times, California. [Registration Required]
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Investigation: could corn tortillas be causing cancer? Your tax dollars will study if corn tortillas are responsible for the high liver cancer death rate among people living near the former Kelly Air Force Base-- even though a known cancer-causing chemical is in the groundwater. San Antonio WOAI, Texas.
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Report: Military fails test victims. The Defense Department has made a poor effort to locate and contact thousands of people exposed to chemical and biological agents during a series of secret tests in the 1960s and '70s, according to a newly released federal report. Salt Lake Tribune, Utah. http://www.sltrib.
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Port unearths mystery in railcar. Port of Galveston officials are working to remove what could be more than 8,000 gallons of potentially toxic pesticide, including a deteriorated form of the infamous DDT, inside a rail tank car workers found buried. Galveston Daily News, Texas.
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USDA rejects 'downer' cow ban. The Ag. Secretary said he would not endorse an outright ban on "downer" cows entering the food supply or back stiffer penalties for regulatory violations by meat-processing plants in the wake of the nation's largest beef recall. Washington Post [Registration Required]
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Crater Lake, other national parks contaminated, study finds. The snow-covered trees around Crater Lake National Park may be miles from civilization, but they still contain industrial PCBs, the banned pesticide DDT and at least two currently used pesticides. Portland Oregonian, Oregon.
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