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		<title>Pollinator Protection Admendment Added to House Farm Bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Beyond Pesticides, June 20, 2013) The U.S. House of Representatives last night during Pollinator Week passed an amendment to the House Farm Bill, which is now on the House floor for a vote, that requires more federal attention to the loss of honey bees and other pollinators. The amendment, Protection of Honey Bees and Other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans Blast Fed Scientist for Article Linking Endocrine Disruptors to Health Effects</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Beyond Pesticides, June 19, 2013) The Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Linda Birnbaum, PhD, is being criticized by some Republicans for authoring an article that describes linkages between endocrine disrupting chemicals and the onset of disease, as well as the need to understand and monitor the effects of these chemicals. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Study Exposes Range of Harm from Neonicotinoid Pesticides</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beyond Pesticides</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Beyond Pesticides, June 18, 2013) Neonicotinoid pesticides have broad ranging negative impacts not only on beneficial pollinators, but on overall biodiversity and ecosystem health, according to a new study published in the Journal of Applied Ecology. The study, conducted by David Goulson, Ph.D, of the University of Sussex, provides a detailed overview of the current [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrate Pollinator Week and BEE Protective June 17-23!</title>
		<link>http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=10841</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beyond Pesticides</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Beyond Pesticides, June 17, 2013) Today Beyond Pesticides and the BEE Protective campaign kicks off National Pollinator Week in the United States as hundreds of actions to support pollinators take place across the country. This week we urge communities to come together to highlight the importance of pollinators through public education, the creation of pollinator [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amidst Criticism, New Study Reveals GE Crops Inflame Digestive Tract</title>
		<link>http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=10823</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beyond Pesticides</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Beyond Pesticides, June 14, 2013) Researchers based out of Australia have found that pigs fed genetically engineered (GE) soy and GE corn are more likely to have severe stomach inflammation and higher uterine weight. Although the study, published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Organic Systems, has been criticized for its methodology, it underscores the need for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oregon Adopts IPM Policy for All State-Owned Land</title>
		<link>http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=10817</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 04:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beyond Pesticides</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Beyond Pesticides, June 13, 2013) On June 4, Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber signed into law the State Integrated Pest Management Act (HB 3364) which strengthens and improves coordination among state agency programs that implement Integrated Pest Management (IPM) on state-owned and leased properties. The bill passed in the Oregon House on a 51-9 vote and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monsanto Promises Not to Sue for GE Contamination</title>
		<link>http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=10806</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 04:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beyond Pesticides</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Beyond Pesticides, June 12, 2013) A three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled Monday that a group of organic and otherwise non-GE farmer and seed company plaintiffs are not entitled to bring a lawsuit to protect themselves from Monsanto&#8217;s transgenic seed patents after Monsanto made binding assurances that it will not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Multiple Lawsuits Filed Against Monsanto for Transgene Contamination of Wheat</title>
		<link>http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=10797</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 04:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beyond Pesticides</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Beyond Pesticides, June 11, 2013) Several different lawsuits have been filed against the agrichemical giant Monsanto after the recent discovery of illegal Genetically Engineered (GE) glyphosate-resistant wheat plants in an Oregon wheat field. The GE wheat was first found in early May when field workers in eastern Oregon noticed a volunteer patch of wheat that survived [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington Ag Dept Rejects Petition to Curtail Bee-Killer Pesticide</title>
		<link>http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=10775</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 05:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beyond Pesticides</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(June 10, 2013, Beyond Pesticides) The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) on June 6 rejected a petition by Thurston County Commissioners to restrict sale, use and application of neonicotinoid insecticides. On April 8, 2013, the Commissioners requested the action by WSDA because of concerns about the effect of neonicotinoid insecticides on honey bee colony [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senator Stabenow Pledges Opposition to the “Monsanto Protection Act”</title>
		<link>http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=10758</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 04:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beyond Pesticides</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Beyond Pesticides, June 7, 2013) U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, has announced her intent to oppose an extension of the “Monsanto Protection Act,” or “Biotech Rider.” Senator Stabenow announced her opposition in a conversation (“colloquy”) with Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) on the Senate floor. Senator Merkley had been pushing [...]]]></description>
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