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DoomsdaysCW<p>"'I think the companies see this as a new way over a 10- or 20-year period to gradually lobby' the EPA 'to allow higher levels of pesticides in food,' said Charles Benbrook, an agricultural economist who has monitored pesticide regulation for decades. 'If they can convince regulators to not pay attention to animal studies, they have a very good chance of raising the allowable exposure levels.'" </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EPAFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPAFail</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicPesticides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicPesticides</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>10 Times as Much of This <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Toxic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pesticide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pesticide</span></a> Could End Up on Your <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tomatoes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tomatoes</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Celery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Celery</span></a> Under a New <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> Proposal</p><p>Against the guidance of scientific advisory panels, the EPA is relying on industry-backed tests to relax regulations on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/acephate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acephate</span></a>, which has been linked to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/neurodevelopmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurodevelopmental</span></a> disorders. “It’s exactly what we recommended against,” one panelist said. </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-acephate-pesticide-adhd-autism-regulations?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/epa-ace</span><span class="invisible">phate-pesticide-adhd-autism-regulations?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EPAFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPAFail</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicPesticides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicPesticides</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrainDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodSafety</span></a></p>
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