Scotts Miracle-Gro Fined $12.5M for Selling Toxic Birdseed

Scotts Miracle-Gro Fined $12.5M for Selling Toxic Birdseed
By | Sep 12, 2012 | 3

Accused of selling toxic bird seed for years and then covering up its use of unregistered pesticides, Scotts Miracle-Gro settled criminal and civil charges by agreeing to record-breaking penalties.

New Evidence Linking Systemic Pesticides To Bee Die Offs

New Evidence Linking Systemic Pesticides To Bee Die Offs

By | Apr 25, 2012 | 11

With even more scientific studies linking systemic pesticides to bee deaths, beekeepers and environmental organizations petition EPA to suspend clothianidin, a pesticide that got a free pass from registration requirements.

House Aims To Reduce Protections Of The Clean Water Act

House Aims To Reduce Protections of The Clean Water Act

By | Mar 23, 2011 | 2

A bill that waters down EPA protections of the Clean Water Act is recommended for consideration by the House as a whole. This is one of several Republican sponsored bills aimed at reducing EPA powers.

You Say Bureaucracy, We Say Protection: Undermining The Clean Water Act

By | Nov 1, 2010 | 1

While environmental issues have taken a back seat to economy all over the country, industry groups and their defenders in Congress are using this time to advance an agenda designed to erode many successful laws, such as Clean Water Act.

NJ Blueberry Farmers Get to Proceed With Lawsuit Against Novartis

NJ Blueberry Farmers Get to Proceed With Their Lawsuit Against Novartis

By | Aug 24, 2010 | 1

The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals recently permitted New Jersey blueberry farmers to continue with their suit for negligent misrepresentation, fraud and products liablity against a pesticide manufacturer, Novartis Crop Protection, Inc.

EPA’s Flawed Regulation of GMOs Examined

EPA's Flawed Regulation of GMOs Examined

By | Oct 20, 2009 | 14

Industry bias, lax scientific standards, exemption of food crops containing pesticides from registration requirements, and failure to independently monitor GM crops after approval, are among the regulatory problems exhibited by the EPA when it comes to regulating GMOs.

Environmental Protection Agency's Role Under The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act

By | Aug 17, 2009 | 2

EPA uses its authority under FIFRA to regulate plant incorporated protectants, or substances produced to control pests, both, to ensure that the production of such a pesticide in plants is safe for the environment, and to establish allowable levels of the pesticide in the food supply.

U.S. Regulatory Regime of GMO’s – Jurisdiction Of The EPA

U.S. Regulatory Regime of GMO's - Jurisdiction Of The EPA

By | Aug 12, 2009 | 1

Any substance produced and used in a living plant, whether through conventional breeding or genetic modification is regulated by the EPA if it is intended to control pests. As such, the EPA has a role in regulating the several types of genetically modified organisms.