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	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>EPA Issues Minimal Fines to Three Companies for Pesticide Registration Violations</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Beyond Pesticides, November 20, 2009) Three companies in Washington, Oregon and Idaho are the target of enforcement actions for their failure to follow federal pesticide laws, according to orders issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The fines range from $1,280 to $28,080, and are characterized by safety advocates as a mere slap on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cancelled U.S. Pesticide Reported To Be Cause of Child&#8217;s Death Abroad</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carbofuran]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Beyond Pesticides, November 19, 2009) A three-year old child in Kenya died after eating the highly toxic pesticide carbofuran, according to a report attributed to the boy&#8217;s father, Nahashon Kigai. He said in an interview that, while he knew Furadan was toxic for pests, he had no idea it was so harmful to humans. 
Mr. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report Finds GM Crops Increase Pesticide Use and Resistant Weeds</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beyond Pesticides</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[2,4-D]]></category>

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

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

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

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

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		<description><![CDATA[(Beyond Pesticides, November 18, 2009) A report released yesterday and authored by Charles Benbrook, PhD, chief scientist at The Organic Center (TOC), finds that the rapid adoption by U.S. farmers of genetically modified corn, soybeans and cotton has promoted increased use of pesticides, an epidemic of herbicide-resistant weeds, and more chemical residues in foods. 

The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Low-Level Pesticide Exposure In Utero Linked to Impacts on Behavior and Hormones</title>
		<link>http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=2696</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beyond Pesticides</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Birth defects]]></category>

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

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[Disease/Health Effects]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dow Chemical]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Endocrine Disruption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Beyond Pesticides, November 17, 2009) According to a new study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, exposure to low levels of the organophosphate insecticide chorpyrifos during pregnancy can impair learning, change brain function and alter thyroid levels of offspring into adulthood for tested mice, especially females. The study, “Long-term sex selective hormonal and behavior [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pesticides Used in Attempt to Evict Indigenous Community in Paraguay</title>
		<link>http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=2691</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beyond Pesticides</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Justice]]></category>

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

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		<description><![CDATA[(Beyond Pesticides, November 16, 2009) Paraguayan authorities are being urged to step up their efforts to provide protection and health care to an indigenous community after toxic pesticides were used to intimidate them when they resisted being evicted from their ancestral lands. According to Amnesty International, on November 6, over 50 men apparently representing Brazilian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ohio Asks EPA to Allow Unregistered Pesticide Use for Bedbugs</title>
		<link>http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=2677</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beyond Pesticides</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Alternatives/Organics]]></category>

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[Pesticide Regulation]]></category>

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

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		<description><![CDATA[(Beyond Pesticides, November 13, 2009) The Ohio Department of Agriculture is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to allow an unregistered use of the neurotoxic and cancer causing insecticide propoxur in homes to fight bedbugs in what state officials are describing as an ‘emergency’ situation. The chemical, o-isopropoxyphenyl methylcarbamate, is in the carbamate family [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New, Inexpensive “Dipstick” Can Test for Pesticides in Food</title>
		<link>http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=2672</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beyond Pesticides</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Beyond Pesticides, November 12, 2009) Scientists from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario have developed a dipstick test that can detect minute amounts of toxins and pesticides in foodstuffs that is slated to be less costly than current pesticide testing methods and can produce results within minutes. Their paper-strip test produces results in minutes rather than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chemical Security Legislation Passed by House</title>
		<link>http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=2666</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beyond Pesticides</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Chemicals]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[National Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Beyond Pesticides, November 10, 2009) Eight years after the September 11th attacks, the U.S. House of Representatives approved on November 6, 2009 the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009, (H.R. 2868) by a vote of 230-193. The legislation was led by Representatives Thompson (D-MS), Jackson-Lee (D-TX), Waxman (D-CA), Markey (D-MA), Oberstar (D-MN) and Johnson (D-TX). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growers of Genetically Engineered Corn Violate EPA Planting Restrictions</title>
		<link>http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=2661</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beyond Pesticides</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>

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

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

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		<description><![CDATA[(Beyond Pesticides, November 9, 2009) One out of every four farmers who plants genetically engineered (GE) corn is failing to comply with at least one important insect-resistance management requirement, which increases the likelihood that pesticide-resistant bugs will threaten the future of organic crops, conventional crops and other biotech crops. That finding comes in a new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baby’s Death from Pesticide Exposure Renews Call for Bug Bomb Ban</title>
		<link>http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=2652</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beyond Pesticides</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Children/Schools]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[South Carolina]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Beyond Pesticides, November 6, 2009) A 10-month old boy died in Williamston, SC after his mother used several insecticide foggers, also known as “bug bombs” inside their home. Elizabeth Whitfield called 911 when her 10-month old son, Jacob Joesup Isiah Leah Whitfield, was having difficulty breathing. She and her older son Kenneth were also experiencing [...]]]></description>
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