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• (January 15, 2012) Scientists link mass death of British bees to farm pesticides
• (November 11, 2011) Androgen Blockers Appear In Effluent
• (October 31, 2011) PESTICIDES: Senate permit negotiations break down
• (August 22, 2011) Roundup May Be Damaging Soil and Reducing Yields, Says USDA
• (July 9, 2011) Chesapeake Bay Pesticides: Some Diminish, Some Persist
• (July 22, 2011) Bills to Regulate Endocrine Disruptors Introduced in Congress
• (July 19, 2011) USDA Study Finds Higher Rates of Herbicide Volatilization Than Expected
• (July 15, 2011) Study Shows Conventional Farming Increases Pest Pressure
• (July 13, 2011) New Lawn Chemical Suspected in Mysterious Deaths of Trees
• (June 22, 2011) Senate Bill Threatens to Exempt Pesticide from Environmental Laws: Oppose HR 872
• (June 22, 2011) House panel fast-tracks bill to divest EPA of regulatory power
• (April 29, 2011) Maryland Announces Pesticide Drift Database
• (Apr. 1, 2011) First Report on Bioaccumulation and Processing of Antibacterial Ingredient TCC in Fish
• (March 11, 2011) Congress Advances Bill to Limit Clean Water Protections from Pesticides
• (January 25, 2011) USDA Research Links Neonicotinoid Pesticides to Bee Deaths
• (November 15, 2010) Deadly Pesticide Endosulfan Finally Banned in United States
• (September 8, 2010) Third Biological Opinion Finds Pesticides Jeopardize Endangered Species
• (July 2, 2010) Study Shows Effectiveness of Organic Pest Management Methods
• (June 9, 2010) EPA Moves to Terminate All Uses of Insecticide Endosulfan to Protect Health of Farmworkers and Wildlife
• (June 1, 2010) USGS Finds Atrazine Herbicide Adversely Affects Fish Reproduction
• (April 27, 2010) Bill Introduced in U.S. House to Ban Atrazine
• (April 26, 2010) EPA Official Says Studies Prompted New Look At Atrazine's Potential Human Health Risks
• (April 1, 2010) Study Links Pesticide Exposure to Skin Cancer
• (March 3, 2010) More Research Links Atrazine to Sexual Abnormalities in Amphibians
• (February 26, 2010) Supreme Court Lets Stand Pesticide Use Permitting to Protect Waterways
• (February 18, 2010) Pesticides in Bay Cause of Concern for Local Fisherman
• (February 16, 2010) Pyrethroid Pesticides in Streams Found Toxic to Indicator Species
• (September 18, 2009) U.S. Geological Survey Identifies Intersex Fish Nationwide
• (September 14, 2009) Widespread Occurrence of Intersex Bass Found in U.S. Rivers
• (September 10, 2009) Federal agencies release draft reports required by Chesapeake Bay Executive Order
• (August 17, 2009) EPA Long-Term Pesticide Safety Tests Criticized for Falling Short
• (July 23, 2009) Pesticide Drift from Fields Impact Amphibian Populations
• (June 27, 2009) It's Time to Learn From Frogs
• (May 14, 2009) EPA Leading Efforts to Reduce Contamination of Chesapeake Bay
• (April 20,2009) Three pesticides found to harm endangered fish
• (April 19, 2009) The New Polluters of the Potomac
• (February 9, 2009) Pesticide use bugs lawmakers: Link to lobster die-off comes into focus
• (January 22, 2009) Sexual Disruption Linked to Environmental Pollutants
• (January 9, 2009) Amphibian Population Decline Linked to Malathion Use
• (November 17, 2008) Study Finds Toxic Mixture of Low Pesticide Concentrations
• (November 5, 2008) Safety Reviews Inadequate for Pesticides Widely Found in Waterways
• (October 6, 2008) Study Finds Low Doses of Pesticides Impact Amphibians
• (July 17, 2008) In Agricultural Areas, Male Toads Feminized
• (June 18, 2008) EU To Limit Chemicals in Surface Waters
• (June 9, 2008) Fed Launches Organic Lawn Management in Capitol Region
• (May 28, 2008) Common herbicide disrupts human hormone activity
• (April 10, 2008) Intersex Frogs More Common in Suburban Areas
• (April 4, 2008) Swedish Study Finds GMO Seeds Persist 10 Years After Planting
• (April 4, 2008) Chemical Industry's Influence at EPA Probed
• (March 24, 2008) USGS Identifies Contaminants in Potomac River Possibly Linked to Intersex Fish
• (March 3, 2008) Pesticides and Degradates Widely Detected in USGS Chesapeake Bay Study
• (February 20, 2008) Pesticide Mixtures Have Greater Effect on Salmon
• (December 5, 2007) Maryland Farming Subsidies Mitigate Fertilizer Damage
• (October 29, 2007) European Union Takes First Step to Decrease Pesticide Usage
• (October 18, 2007) 720,000 Ladybugs Imported As Pest Control at NYC Apartment Complex
• (October 16, 2007) Bt Corn Could Hurt Aquatic Ecosystems
• (September 24, 2007) Members of Congress Push EPA To Act on Endocrine Disruptors
• (September 21, 2007) The Perfect Time for Lawn Care Is Now
• (September 20, 2007) Turf Wars: Organic Advocates Strive To Mow Down Chemicals
• (August 8, 2007) New WHO Report Focuses on Children's Susceptibility to Chemicals
• (July 24, 2007) Organic Farming Shown To Keep Pace With Conventional Methods
• (July 23, 2007) Climate Change and Pesticides Hot Issue for Fish
• (May 24, 2007) Insecticide Widely used bug spray may be behind deaths of millions of bees
• (March 9, 2007) More Evidence Links Endocrine Disrupting Pesticides to Frog Sex Changes
• (February 11, 2007) Scientists explore connection between pollution, intersex fish
• (November 21, 2006) EPA exempts some pesticide use
• (November 2, 2006) Antibacterial Agent Found to Be an Endocrine Disruptor at Low Levels
• (September 8, 2006) "Intersex" Fish Found in Potomac River, Endocrine Disruptors Suspected
• (August 11, 2006) Study Links Neurological Diseases to Pesticide Exposure
• (August 9, 2006) Alzheimer Drug is Useful in Treating Pesticide Poisoning
• (April 15, 2006) Turf Wars: Joining the Grass-Roots Movement
• (February 4, 2006) Studies challenge the benign image of pyrethroid insecticides
• (January 27, 2006) Toxic Effects of Pesticides Amplified When Combined
• (October 25, 2005) Public Interest Groups Ask Government To Ban Common Households Products Containing Controversial Germ-Fighting Ingredient
• (October 5, 2005) Perceived Dangers Prompt Organic Lawn-Care Products
• (September 7, 2005) Are pesticide "inerts" an unrecognized
• (August 3, 2005) Roundup® Kills Frogs As Well As Tadpoles, Pitt Biologist Finds
• (June 20, 2005) Call to regulate gender-bending chemicals
• (April 28, 2005) CDC Pushing New Mosquito Repellents
• (April 25, 2005) Doctors discover weapon against West Nile
• (April 13, 2005) Groups Ask Home Depot and Lowe's to Supply Poison-Free Products - Experts Discuss Lawn Pesticide DANGERS and ALTERNATIVES
• (April 5, 2005) Study Reveals Common Pesticides Damage Aquatic Communities
• (January 5, 2005) U.S. companies get nervous about EU's REACH (Regulation, Evaluation, and Authorisation of Chemicals)
• (December 10, 2004) Bush Administration Submits Brief to Supreme Court in FIFRA Preemption Case
• (November 19, 2004) Insecticide Resistance in Mosquitoes Being Studied
• (November 1, 2004) Hidden Danger; Environmental Health Threats in the Latino Community
• (October 27, 2004) Westchester County in New York Aims To Reduce Pesticide Use On Private Lawns
• (October 18, 2004) Monarch migration across Texas smallest in 14 years
• (August 15, 2004) 'Data Quality' Law is Nemesis of Regulation
• (August 6, 2004) New Research on Mosquito Resistance to Insecticides
• (July 22, 2004) New Study Finds Cinnamon Oil Effective Against Mosquitoes
• (July 15, 2004) Integrated Pest Management More Effective Than Conventional Pest Control, Independent of Sanitation Practices
• (June 9, 2004) USGS Reports Majority of U.S. Fresh Water Contaminated with Pesticides
• (May 26, 2004) USGS Finds Pesticides In Nation's Surface and Ground Water
• (April 21, 2004) Lawn chemicals linked to dog cancer, says U.S. study
• (April 1, 2004) Anti-pesticide bylaw takes effect today
• (April 14, 2004) U.S. Lawn Care Industry Alarmed by Canadian Bylaws
• (March 12, 2004) Montreal Will Ban Cosmetic Use Pesticides
• (September 22, 2003) Cancer Causing & Hormone Disrupting Chemicals Found in Most U.S.Homes
• (June 18, 2003) Biomarker for Neuropathic OP Exposure Found As Neuropathies Skyrocket
• (August 2, 2002) American Chemical Society News Release