EPA Decisions Lacking Scientific Integrity Still In Place Under Biden Administration, Say Whistleblowers
by Beyond Pesticides News Blog | October 1, 2021
“With this article, Beyond Pesticides rounds out its coverage of recent revelations about compromised science integrity at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). As Sharon Lerner reports in her September 18 (and third in a series) article in The Intercept, new documents and ...
EPA Urged to Stop Use of Misbranded “Minimum Risk” Pesticides, Step Up Oversight and Enforcement
by Beyond Pesticides News Blog | September 22, 2021
“Health and environmental organizations are urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state pesticide regulators to immediately stop the use and sale of dangerous and misbranded Eco-MIGHT and W.O.W. (Whack Out Weeds!) products, falsely labeled as 25(b) minimum risk. ...
EPA Agenda Undermined by Its Embrace of Industry Influence, Article Documents
by Beyond Pesticides News Blog | July 9, 2021
“The investigative online publication The Intercept has turned its attention to the current and historical role of industry in distorting, undermining, and outright suppressing the protective function of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with regard to pesticide ...
Sewage Sludge Fertilizers Sold at Hardware Stores Found to be Contaminated with PFAS Chemicals
by Beyond Pesticides News Blog | June 8, 2021
“Biosolid-based fertilizer products like Milorganite, often sold to consumers as “organic,” are contaminated with dangerous PFAS chemicals, according to a study published by Sierra Club and Ecology Center. Biosolids, also known as sewage sludge, have been found in the past to ...