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Additions to Dem platform target farm chemical use

07/29/20 6:25 AM By Steve Davies
KEYWORDS animal agriculture Climate Change Democratic Party platform Friends of the Earth Action Joe Biden Kari Hamerschlag
Critics of agricultural chemical usage have won new language in the Democratic Party's proposed 2020 platform that call for the federal government to ban chlorpyrifos insecticide and provide assistance to farmers to reduce applications of pesticides and chemical fertilizers.
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