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Title: 490,000 Pounds of Toxic Pesticides Sprayed on National Wildlife Refuges
Post by: DeeDee on May 15, 2018, 03:00:48 PM
This included my state.   >:(

490,000 Pounds of Toxic Pesticides Sprayed on National Wildlife Refuges


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Pesticide Use on Crops Grown in Refuges Spikes in California, Oregon, Arkansas, Tennessee, Maryland

WASHINGTON— America’s national wildlife refuges are being doused with hundreds of thousands of pounds of dangerous agricultural pesticides every year, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity.

The Center report, No Refuge, reveals that an estimated 490,000 pounds of pesticides were dumped on commodity crops like corn, soybeans and sorghum grown in national wildlife refuges in 2016, the most recent year for which data are available. The analysis was conducted with records obtained by the Center under the Freedom of Information Act.

“These refuges are supposed to be a safe haven for wildlife, but they’re becoming a dumping ground for poisonous pesticides,” said Hannah Connor, a senior attorney at the Center who authored the analysis. “Americans assume these public lands are protected and I think most people would be appalled that so many pesticides are being used to serve private, intensive agricultural operations.”

The pesticides include the highly toxic herbicides dicamba and 2,4-D, which threaten the endangered species and migrating birds that wildlife refuges were created to protect. Refuge pesticide use in 2016 was consistent with pesticide applications on refuges over the previous two years, the Center analysis showed.

Read the rest at: http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2018/wildlife-refuge-pesticides-05-10-2018.php


Title: Re: 490,000 Pounds of Toxic Pesticides Sprayed on National Wildlife Refuges
Post by: Middle Child on May 30, 2018, 04:50:09 AM
It's out of control