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Adventures in Agriculture
U.S. gets approval for ozone-depleting pesticide, despite international objections |
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06 Nov 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Adventures in Agriculture U.S. gets approval for ozone-depleting pesticide, despite international objections Pursuing its goal of world destruction (mwahaha!), the U.S. won approval to continue using and making a pesticide banned under an international ozone treaty. The decision, which countered the recommendation of the treaty's technical committee, allows a 5,900-ton methyl bromide exemption in 2008 -- ... |
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| Topics: food and agriculture, news, toxics, United States (all these topics) |
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Arsenic and Old Rice
Arsenic levels in U.S. rice could pose health risk |
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03 Aug 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Arsenic and Old Rice Arsenic levels in U.S. rice could pose health risk U.S.-grown rice contains an average of 1.4 to 5 times the amount of arsenic found in rice from Europe, India, or Bangladesh. According to a study published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, people consuming American rice at a "subsistence level" -- about one pound of dry rice a day -- may get a dose of ars ... |
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| Topics: food and agriculture, news, toxics, United States (all these topics) |
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