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Florida Pesticide Producer to Pay $1.7 Million Penalty for Selling Misbranded Pesticides

2013-12-20 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

EPA announced that Harrell's LLC, a pesticide producer based in Lakeland, FL, has agreed to pay $1,736,560 in civil penalties for violating FIFRA by allegedly distributing and selling pesticides over 350 times without labels or with labels that were illegible. EPA also alleged that the company distributed or sold pesticides in violation of a prior "stop sale" order issued by EPA, and produced large amounts of pesticides over several years at its Alabama facility before registering with the ...This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of:

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Bee pesticides may 'harm developing brains unborn babies'

2013-12-17 17:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Controversial pesticides linked to declines in bee populations may harm the developing brains of unborn babies, experts at the European Food Safety Authority ruled on Tuesday. They want maximum exposure limits to the chemicals cut while more research is carried out. The experts found the chemicals "may adversely affect the development of neurons and brain structures associated with functions such as learning and memory," an EFSA statement said. "Some current guidance levels for acceptable exposure...

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Dr. Darla Goeres is Honored for Contributions to ASTM Committee on Pesticides, Antimicrobials ...

2013-11-22 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

ASTM International Committee E35 on Pesticides, Antimicrobials and Alternative Control Agents has presented the Chip Collins Award to Darla Goeres, Ph.D., assistant research professor of chemical and biological engineering at the Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University. An alumna of Montana State and member of ASTM International since 2000, Goeres was honored for her innovation and contributions to development of E35 biofilm standards. This story is related to the following:Trade Associations

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Thousands of Minneapolis bees killed by pesticides

2013-10-08 17:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: When thousands of Minneapolis bees died last month, spilling out of the hive like they were drunk, as one apiarist put it, the University of Minnesota and the states ag department were called in. After weeks of lab tests, the scientists found the culprit: Fipronil, a widely used insecticide found in more than 50 pest-killing products. From Minnesota Daily: The University Bee Lab, the Bee Squad and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture conducted tests to confirm that pesticide had caused...

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