A coalition of farmworker advocacy groups is petitioning EPA to ban the commonly-used pesticide chlorpyrifos, backing environmentalists’ long-standing petition seeking a ban, and reiterating arguments that the substance is responsible for farmworker poisonings and poses neurodevelopmental risks to children.
Bayer became the sole owner of Monsanto. Both companies will continue to operate as separate entities for another two months, while Bayer sheds the $9 billion in assets regulators required it divest. Read more
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The state of California’s Water Service has entered into a $85 million settlement agreement and release of claims with companies including the Dow Chemical Co and Shell Oil on Dec. 20, the company said today in a regulatory filing. Read more
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