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New bill seeks bans on insecticides, paraquat

08/05/20 6:35 AM By Steve Davies
KEYWORDS Center for Biological Diversity congress CropLife America Farmworker Justice Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act FIFRA Joe Neguse legislation neonicotinoids neonics organophosphates pesticides Teresa Romero Tom Udall United Farm Workers
A new bill would ban two widely used classes of pesticides and allow citizens to petition the Environmental Protection Agency for designations of pesticides as “dangerous,” which could lead to suspension of their registrations.
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