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EPA may soon require pesticide manufacturers to finally disclose secret toxic ingredients |
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Written by E. Huff
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Friday, 12 March 2010 21:23 |
Natural News
March 5, 2010
After 11 years of secrecy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has decided to reverse a prior decision that allowed pesticide manufacturers to conceal the inert ingredients from their product labels. Since many of these ingredients are toxic, the agency now believes that consumers should know what ingredients are hiding in pesticide products.
As opposed to active ingredients, inert ingredients in pesticides do not kill or control pests. A typical...
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Weed killer turns male frogs into females |
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Written by Azadeh Ansari
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Friday, 12 March 2010 17:23 |
Atrazine, a weed killer widely used in the Midwestern United States and other agricultural areas of the world, can chemically “castrate” male frogs and turn some into females, according to a new study.
New research suggests the herbicide may be a cause of amphibian declines around the globe, said biologists at the University of California-Berkeley, who conducted the study. The findings are being published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of...
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