EPA Pesticide Controls

It is important to protect workers and the environment but lets make sure that we are using good science and not just reactionary politics.

EPA strengthens controls on 5 pesticides

After four years of talks, it also sets wide farm buffers to protect residents

EU Pesticed Controls

The EU continues down the path of reactionary measures to the "screeching" of the extreme environmentalists and MSM fear-mongering. Without clear scientific evidence, they will eliminate the use of many pesticides and limit the use of others. The result will be lower crop yields which will further increase the price of food. The question is NOT will people die of pesticide poisoning or die of hunger -- but it could be will they die of hunger because of irrational fears that pesticide use "might" harm the environment.

EU to tighten pesticide controls

Good stewardship of our resources should be for the benefit of mankind -- NOT for the self-interests of an elite few.

Pesticide Regulation in China

This is a good thing...

China boosts control of sprawling pesticide market

BEIJING (Reuters) - China, reeling from a series of scandals over the safety of its food, will pull thousands of pesticides from the shelves to improve regulation of their sale and use, the Agriculture Ministry said on Wednesday.

Farmers are faced with some 23,000 products sold under 16,000 names, leaving them unclear as to what they are spraying on their crops and in what quantities.

"Right now there are more than 1,700 in...(complete article here).