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	<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 06:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Report Puts Potomac River as “Most Endangered,&#8221; Highlights Why Clean Water Protections Critical</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 06:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Beyond Pesticides, May 16, 2012) With Congress considering drastic cuts to national clean water protections, and rivers nationwide facing threats from natural gas drilling, chemical pollution, and new dams, American Rivers yesterday released its annual list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers.® It names the Potomac River, known as ‘the nation’s river’ as it flows through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pesticide Companies Seek Canadian Approval of Herbicide-Tolerant GE Crops</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 04:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Beyond Pesticides, May 15, 2012) Dow AgroSciences and Monsanto have filed paperwork for Canadian approval of corn and soybeans genetically engineered (GE) to withstand heavy applications of potent herbicides, reports the Ottawa Citizen. The chemical companies are seeking Health Canada and Canadian Food Inspection Agency assessments for the introduction of four varieties of GE corn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA Reevaluating Its Commitment to Phase Out Toxic Fumigant</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 04:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Beyond Pesticides, May 14, 2012) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is accepting public comment on several complex regulatory issues related to the agency’s commitment to phase out the toxic fumigant sulfuryl fluoride. At one time EPA had supported sulfuryl fluoride as a replacement for a second fumigant, methyl bromide, which the United States is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Organic Aquaculture Standard Released</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 04:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alternatives/Organics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Beyond Pesticides, May 11, 2012) The Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB) has released the final version of the Canadian Organic Aquaculture Standard, which will result in farmed fish being certified as organic in Canada for the first time. The final standard is a revised form of a draft standard first proposed in 2010, which was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Columbia Pesticide Ban Campaign Gains Traction</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 04:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lawns/Landscapes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Beyond Pesticides, (May 10, 2012), British Columbia (BC) may become the eighth Canadian province to ban cosmetic (lawn care) pesticides after the Special Committee on Cosmetic Pesticides submit their recommendations to the legislature later this month. The report will outline the bipartisan committee’s findings from over the last eight months on restrictions for non-essential pesticides [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Campaign Underway in UK to Stop GM Wheat Experiments</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 04:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beyond Pesticides</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Genetic Engineering]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Beyond Pesticides, May 9, 2012) In what is being presented as “a clear risk to British farming,” protesters in the United Kingdom have organized a campaign to protest field sites being used to test a new strain of genetically modified (GM) wheat. The industry developing the GM wheat is asking the campaigners not to ruin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vermont Passes First Statewide Fracking Ban</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 04:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beyond Pesticides</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Antibacterial]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Beyond Pesticides, May 8, 2012) On May 4, the Vermont House of Representatives voted 103-36 to give final passage to legislation that will make Vermont the first state in the nation to ban the practice of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. Fracking is a method of extracting natural gas from deep in the ground by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USDA Quarantines Second California Farm in Mad Cow Disease Investigation</title>
		<link>http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=7351</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 05:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Beyond Pesticides, May 7, 2012) The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has quarantined a second California farm as part of its ongoing investigation into a confirmed incidence of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), first reported on April 24. USDA quarantined the second farm because it is operated in close association with the dairy that housed the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Petition Filed to Put GE Labeling Referendum on November California Ballot</title>
		<link>http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=7346</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 04:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beyond Pesticides</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Genetic Engineering]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Beyond Pesticides, April 5, 2012) The California Right to Know campaign announced this week that it has filed 971,126 petition signatures for the state&#8217;s first-ever ballot initiative to require labeling of genetically engineered (GE) foods. The huge signature haul, gathered in a 10-week period, is nearly double the 555,236 signatures the campaign needs to qualify [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Dental Fillings Utilize Controversial Nanotechnology to Kill Bacteria</title>
		<link>http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=7341</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 04:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beyond Pesticides</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Antibacterial]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nanotechnology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Beyond Pesticides, May 3, 2012) Scientists at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry have created the first cavity-filling composite using controversial nanotechnology that will both kill bacteria and regenerate tooth structure. The antibacterial component to the new fillings will be a base of quaternary ammonium and silver nanoparticles, along with a high pH. 
Researchers [...]]]></description>
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