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Pesticide maker tries to kill risk study

Pesticide maker tries to kill risk study | Sustainability Science | Scoop.it
From www.morningagclips.com - April 21, 2017 9:18 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dow Chemical is pushing the Trump administration to scrap the findings of federal scientists who point to a family of widely used pesticides as harmful to about …
PIRatE Lab's insight:
"Trying to restore regulatory sanity" is a great goal.  Bailing on existing science and ignoring research findings you deem inconvenient is the opposite of "sanity."  These folks are deeply disappointing and seem hell bent on setting us down a road with fewer protections and safeguards.

I'll simply note that the burden of proof here falls on the regulator/activist/watchdog communities.  
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Despite Majority Opposition, GMO Corn Gets Green Light in Europe

Despite Majority Opposition, GMO Corn Gets Green Light in Europe | Sustainability Science | Scoop.it
From ecowatch.com - February 18, 2014 3:31 AM

Corporations, backed by influential lobbyists and western governments, dealt major blows this month against activists who are fighting to limit the cultivation of genetically modified organisms(GMOs).

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The Awful Reign of the Red Delicious

The Awful Reign of the Red Delicious | Sustainability Science | Scoop.it
From www.theatlantic.com - September 25, 2014 1:30 PM

"For at least 70 years, the Red Delicious has dominated apple production in the United States. But since the turn of the 21st century, as the market has filled with competitors—the Gala, the Fuji, the Honeycrisp—its lead has been narrowing. Annual output has plunged."

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Shane C Cook's curator insight, May 27, 2015 4:55 AM

Oh how do I hate these waxy beauties. I remember in elementary school they offered these apples and I took a bite and had never tasted something so evil and wrong. Apples are supposed to be fresh, not tasteless and with no nutrients.
Dawn Haas Tache's curator insight, March 11, 2016 9:34 PM
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