Tag: Paraquat
Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat...
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Vermont becomes first state to ban weed-killing pesticide paraquat
The legislation passed with broad bipartisan support in Vermont's general assembly after extensive medical research linked the pesticide to a significantly increased risk of developing Parkinson’s disease.
Pesticide linked to Parkinson’s disease to stop production
While Syngenta officially cited "significant competition" from generic manufacturers and low profit margins, the chemical giant currently faces thousands of lawsuits in the United States from farmers affected by the disease.
Paraquat: A dangerous chemical still used in the fields of agriculture
Settling the matter in a court of law is essential for people that were exposed to the herbicide paraquat and now have a Parkinson’s disease diagnosis.
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Nearly half of US hospitals no longer deliver babies, new report finds
Rural hospitals keep losing the fight over leaner Medicaid budgets, and a separate analysis finds reaching the nearest labor and delivery unit already takes an hour or more in fourteen states.
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Pentagon Iran War Report admits to Worst Drubbing since Vietnam
The Pentagon puts the war's cost at 33.4 billion dollars, independent estimates put it at more than three times that, with strikes across roughly twenty Middle East bases.
Judge orders Labor Department to rewrite farmworker wage rule after finding it unlawful
The ruling forces new minimum pay rates for the guestworker visa program that brings in most of the country's legal farm labor, with back pay possible for hundreds of thousands of workers.
Kennedy Center board warns of bankruptcy unless Trump’s name returns to building
A 57-page draft resolution ties the center's fundraising future to ten proposed inscriptions honoring the president, as a federal judge who already ruled the board overstepped weighs a related case.