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Mother Jones October 2000 Jon R. Luoma	The Ban That Wasn't The EPA declares a pesticide dangerous to kids -- but leaves it on food and in the fields...
Scientific American August 14, 2006 Paul Raeburn	After 25 Years, the EPA Still Won't Ban a Risky Pesticide Attempts to ban the household use of the insecticide dichlorvos, or DDVP, have flopped, despite safety concerns since the 1970s.
Chemistry World May 27, 2015	US targets neonicotinoid use in pollinator plan The White House has unveiled a strategy to promote the health of honey bees and other pollinators that aims to revisit neonicotinoid insecticide use.
Geotimes May 2006 Naomi Lubick	Mixed View on Pesticide Pollution The amount of pesticides in U.S. streams has generally decreased, according to a recent assessment. But urban streams are carrying more and more pesticides, and the number of different chemicals present simultaneously has gone up, raising concerns among some researchers.
Chemistry World May 7, 2013 Rebecca Trager	US moves in different direction on pesticides As the EU introduces a two-year moratorium on the use of neonicotinoid insecticides over concerns that they are decimating bee populations, the US government appears headed in a different direction.
Chemistry World April 30, 2013 Laura Howes	Europe to ban controversial pesticides Three neonicotinoid insecticides are to be banned from use on crops that attract bees for two years in the EU. This follows a vote by member states yesterday.
Chemistry World June 25, 2008 Sean Milmo	EU pesticide threat A fight is brewing in Europe over tighter controls of pesticides - which crop protection companies are warning will cut crop yields and push up the price of food.
Chemistry World June 26, 2015 Rebecca Trager	EPA under pressure over Enlist Duo herbicide A number of pesticides have recently been assessed for carcinogenicity by a World Health Organization agency.
Chemistry World June 30, 2010 Rebecca Trager	EPA's oversight of nanomaterials questioned The US Government Accountability Office is warning that nanomaterials may be entering the market without adequate risk assessment by the US Environmental Protection Agency.
Chemistry World March 5, 2015 Rebecca Trager	Butterfly population collapse prompts lawsuit against EPA The US Environmental Protection Agency is being accused of ignoring evidence that the herbicide glyphosate poses a serious threat to dwindling monarch butterfly populations.
Chemistry World September 16, 2015 Rebecca Trager	Court rejects US approval of sulfoxaflor pesticide A US federal appeals court has overturned the Environmental Protection Agency's approval of sulfoxaflor, an insecticide that acts on the same insect receptors as neonicotinoids.
Chemistry World September 25, 2008 Rebecca Trager	EPA suspends two studies on children The US Environmental Protection Agency has canceled funding for two studies during which babies and young children would have been exposed to pesticides and other chemicals because of ethical concerns.
IndustryWeek November 1, 2010	Nanotechnology Presents Regulatory Mess Manufacturers producing or utilizing nanomaterials face a tangled web of proposed safety and environmental regulations.
Chemistry World October 5, 2015 Rebecca Trager	New US ozone standard under fire The US has strengthened air quality standards for ground-level ozone generating a backlash from industry.
Chemistry World August 21, 2013 Rebecca Trager	EPA pushes pesticide labels to protect bees The US Environmental Protection Agency has developed new pesticide labels that prohibit the use of some neonicotinoid products where bees are present in an effort to protect the health of pollinators.
Chemistry World April 11, 2013 Mark Peplow	Pesticide bee buzz needs more evidence There are opportunistic infestations that gain a foothold in hives where bees are already weakened by some other factor. Could that factor be pesticides? A growing body of scientific evidence suggests that neonicotinoid pesticides could indeed be responsible for colony collapse disorder.
Chemistry World April 15, 2013	Waitrose bans neonicotinoid pesticides The supermarket chain Waitrose has added its weight to the debate over the safety of neonicotinoid pesticides.
Chemistry World December 12, 2006 Richard Van Noorden	Nano-Hype Comes Out in the Wash The EPA's intent to regulate nanotech is generally applauded, but with nanotoxicology research still in its infancy, and no defined protocols for manufacturers to follow, it is unclear how any regulations would work in practice.
Chemistry World December 2, 2015 Rebecca Trager	EPA acts to halt approval of Dow's Enlist Duo herbicide New information suggests that 'synergistic effects' between the product's two active ingredients, glyphosate and 2,4-D, could result in greater toxicity to non-target plants.
Registered Rep. August 1, 2008	Human Life: Do We Have a Bidder? Five years ago, an individual life was worth almost $1 million more than it is today. The EPA uses this data to determine what regulations are the most cost-effective, and if the price of a life does not exceed the cost of enforcing a particular regulation that will save it, the regs are out.
Chemistry World September 11, 2007 Rebecca Trager	EPA Counters Industry Funding Criticism The US Environmental Protection Agency is defending its growing practice of jointly funding research with industry, after lobby groups voiced concerns that the agency's science is being compromised.
Science News November 26, 2005 Janet Raloff	Organic Doesn't Mean Free of Pesticides Despite organic claims of pesticide-free vegetables, a recent small-scale study found roughly the same amount of toxic pesticide chemicals in both conventionally grown and organic vegetables.
Science News August 30, 2003 Janet Raloff	Spying Genetically Engineered Crops Environmental Protection Agency scientists are exploring the use of satellites to monitor genetically engineered crops.
Chemistry World October 22, 2014 Rebecca Trager	EPA takes steps to prevent herbicide resistance in weeds The US Environmental Protection Agency has approved a combination herbicide designed to be used with genetically modified resistant crops.
Chemistry World November 24, 2006	Washing Machine Triggers Nanoparticle Regulation Wrangles over a washing machine have pressured America's EPA to regulate commercial products containing silver nanoparticles as a pesticide. But it is not yet clear how the policy will be enforced.
Chemistry World February 4, 2008 Rebecca Trager	EPA Rolls Out Nanomaterials Safety Drive The agency has launched a new voluntary program to glean more information about nanoscale materials in an effort to manage the risks posed by nanotechnology-enabled products.
Science News September 16, 2006	Science Safari: Sustainable Design Competition The U.S. EPA is offering college professors and their students an opportunity to turn ideas into reality through its P3 (People, Prosperity and the Planet) grants competition. EPA's P3 is a student design competition for sustainability that is now in its third year.
Chemistry World January 23, 2009 Phillip Broadwith	EU pesticide law condemned by chemists Scientists, farmers, governments and the agrochemicals industry have united in their condemnation of a new EU law to control the use of pesticides.
Chemistry World February 23, 2015 Rebecca Trager	US expands pollution monitoring to its embassies The US State Department and Environmental Protection Agency have launched a joint international air quality program.
AboutSafety April 6, 2001	Agricultural Pesticide Protective Equipment Advice on personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect the handler from poisonings when mixing, loading and applying pesticides.
Chemistry World November 3, 2009 Rebecca Trager	First tests for pesticide endocrine effects in US The EPA has requested that manufacturers screen seven compounds under this first round, including atrazine - a widely used herbicide that may be associated with birth defects and other problems.
Chemistry World March 31, 2010 Rebecca Trager	EPA turns spotlight on BPA The US Environmental Protection Agency has announced plans to look more closely at the environmental impacts of bisphenol A, a common ingredient in plastic baby bottles and food storage containers.
Chemistry World April 27, 2015 Mark Peplow	An unfortunate oversight Transparent and effective third-party oversight is one of the surest ways of securing trust in an industry. Yet in the US, where chemicals are regulated under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA, pronounced 'Tosca'), that oversight is sadly lacking.
Chemistry World September 16, 2013 Phillip Broadwith	UK objects to pesticide ban in gardens The UK government has refused to acknowledge the case for a ban on three neonicotinoid pesticides being used in domestic gardens. Nevertheless, the policy will be implemented, as required by the EU.
Chemistry World July 15, 2011 Rebecca Trager	EPA Under Fire Over Drinking Water Contaminants The US Environmental Protection Agency has not taken adequate steps to assure the safety of public drinking water because of 'systemic limitations' and politicisation.
Chemistry World August 5, 2011 Rebecca Trager	EPA in political tug of war over environment Democrats call the current House of Representatives the most 'anti-environment' in history.
Chemistry World April 29, 2015 Rebecca Trager	US environment body criticized for persecuting 9/11 dust whistleblower The US Environmental Protection Agency has been rebuked by a Department of Labor judge for concealing evidence that dust from the World Trade Center wreckage was toxic in the case of a senior agency chemist who was fired several years ago.
Information Today February 21, 2006 Barbie E. Keiser	Will Budget Constraints Sound a Death Knell for EPA Libraries? President Bush's American Competitive Initiative would cut $2 million that supports a network of 27 libraries. How will the work of the libraries' staffs change if these proposed budget cuts are approved?
Chemistry World October 2, 2009 Rebecca Trager	EPA issues nanotechnology research strategy Under EPA's new plan, the agency is focusing its research on seven manufactured nanomaterial types, which may require safety decisions.
Chemistry World January 26, 2010 Rebecca Renner	EPA targets chemical confidentiality loopholes The US Environmental Protection Agency is taking a tougher stance on confidentiality claims that allow firms to prevent the names of chemicals identified as potential health risks being made available to the public.
Chemistry World March 4, 2008 Rebecca Trager	Controversy Over EPA Removal of Top Toxicologist The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is being accused of caving to pressure from the chemical industry after dismissing Deborah Rice from a scientific review panel following protests from the American Chemistry Council.
Chemistry World June 17, 2015 Rebecca Trager	Political bickering may block key US environmental appointments The Obama administration's process of appointing government officials to US science agencies, particularly the Environmental Protection Agency, has become increasingly politicized in recent years.
Chemistry World October 2, 2014 Rebecca Trager	EPA criticized over asbestos clean-up research The US Environmental Protection Agency's internal watchdog has found that the agency's costly and time-consuming experiments on alternative asbestos control methods lacked effective oversight and threatened human health.
Chemistry World October 25, 2007 Sean Milmo	New EU Legislation Would 'Ban 90 Per Cent of Insecticides' Agrochemical producers have warned that amendments to new European Union legislation on pesticides will lead to a drastic reduction in the crop protection agents available to farmers if they become law.
Chemistry World January 29, 2013 Anthony King	Pesticides can kill frogs in hours Frogs exposed to pesticides at the kind of levels routinely sprayed on farm fields can die in hours, a new study from German and Swiss scientists report.
Chemistry World October 23, 2008 Rebecca Trager	US tightens lead emissions standard The amount of lead allowed in US air has been slashed tenfold by the Environmental Protection Agency: the first cut in thirty years.
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi	Organic Produce is Better for Kids Gardeners know organic practices are good for the soil, and now there's evidence organic food is better for our kids as well.
Chemistry World April 8, 2008 Rebecca Trager	US Lawmakers Subpoena EPA Over Global Warming A key US congressional committee has slapped the Environmental Protection Agency with a subpoena for documents pertaining to global warming.
Chemistry World August 28, 2015 Rebecca Trager	Neonicotinoids present in many US streams The US Geological Survey is pushing for new research into how these controversial pesticides affect marine organisms and those animals that feed on them.
Chemistry World June 4, 2007 Lewis Brindley	Some Pesticides Can Reduce Soil Fertility Some pesticides developed to boost crop yields could be doing the opposite in the long term, report US researchers.