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Green News Report: January 11, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House of Representatives, Cap and Trade, Glaciers, Epa, Regulation, Pipelines, Green News Report, Offshore Drilling, Infrastructure, Rising Sea Level, Big Oil, Fossil Fuels, Greenhouse Gases, US Senate, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Gulf of Mexico, Global Warming Deniers, Global Warming, Bp, White House Oil Spill Commission, Carbon Emissions, Environmentalists, Environmentalism, Energy Efficiency, BRAD BLOG, Green News, Oil, Fox News, Sustainability, Climate Legislation, BP Oil Spill, Population, Co2, Carbon Capture and Storage, Central Intelligence Agency, Flouride, Factory Farms, Dioxin, Weed Killer, Water Contamination, Atrazine, Haiti Earthquake, Cleanl Energy, National Security, Germany, Egg Recall, Contamination, Financial Crisis, Tom Donohue, Solar Power, Biofuels, Darrell Issa, Four Loko, Cia, International Space Station, Gabrielle Giffords, Chamber of Commerce, Alaska, Gabrielle Giffords Shooting, Green News
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U.S. Congressman Renews Attempts to Ban Controversial Herbicide Atrazine

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Danielle Ivory | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Atrazine, Banning Atrazine, Weed Killer, Water, EPA Atrazine, Green News

A member of Congress is seeking to ban one of the nation's most widely-used herbicides, which has turned up in drinking water in some states.&nbs...

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U.S. Government Is Not Taking The Potentially Harmful Effects Of GMOs Seriously

Reuters | Carey Gillam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service, Monsanto Auditorium, Biotech Crop, Epa, Robert Kremer, Biocrops, Fda, Monsanto, Weed Killer, Glyphosate, Genetically Modified Crops, Foreign Policy, World Health Organization, Usda, Gmo, Biocrop Regulation, Green News

Robert Kremer, a U.S. government microbiologist who studies Midwestern farm soil, has spent two decades analyzing the rich dirt that yields billions o...

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American Water Company Joins Lawsuit Against Syngenta, Maker Of Atrazine Herbicide

The Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Danielle Ivory | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iowa, Weeds, Epa, Ohio, Public Health, Utilities, Herbicides, American Water Company, Chemicals, Pollution, Water Utility, Weed Killer, Syngenta, Toxic Chemicals, Switzerland, Atrazine, Kansas, Clean Water, Missouri, Delaware, Illinois, Standards, Drinking Water, Green News

The nation's largest private water utility company has joined a federal lawsuit that aims to force the manufacturer of atrazine, a widely-used herbici...

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16 Cities Sue Manufacturer Of Atrazine Weed-Killer For Contaminating Drinking Water

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Danielle Ivory | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Atrazine, Drinking Water, Roundup, Cities Sue Syngenta, Atrazine Drinking Water, Syngenta, Weed Killer, Video, Green News

A coalition of communities in six Midwestern states filed a federal lawsuit Monday seeking to force the manufacturer of a widely-used herbicide to...

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Atrazine, Common Weed-Killer, Chemically Castrates Frogs: Study

AFP | Karin Zeitvogel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Frogs Chemical Castration, Weed Killer Frogs, Atrazine, Frogs Castration, Amphibian Population, Atrazine Low Sperm, Animals, Frogs, Weed Killer, Green News

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- One of the most common weed-killers in the world, atrazine, causes chemical castration in frogs and could be killing off amphibian...

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Water Utilities Lack Proper Filters For Weed-Killer

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Danielle Ivory | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iowa, Herbicide, Indiana, Epa, Ohio, Utilities, Filtration, Lawsuit, Syngenta, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Atrazine, Filter, Kansas, Weed-Killer, Tillery, Water, Missouri, Illinois, Drinking Water, Green News

Results from a federal drinking water monitoring program show that many public water companies are ineffective at removing a widely used weed-killer f...

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EPA Fails To Inform Public About Weed-Killer In Drinking Water (VIDEO)

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Danielle Ivory | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Atrazine, Weed-Killer in Drinking Water, Weed-Killer, Epa, EPA Atrazine, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Video, Green News

One of the nation's most widely-used herbicides has been found to exceed federal safety limits in drinking water in four states, but water customers h...

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Syngenta, Maker Of Weed-Killer Atrazine, Wants Lobbying Documents Excluded From Class-Action Lawsuit

HuffPost Investigative Fund | Danielle Ivory | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epa, Lobbyists, Lobbying, Atrazine, Politics, Weed-Killer, Syngenta, Chemical Company, Illinois. Class-Action Lawsuit, Business, Drinking Water, Herbicide, Green News

Lawyers representing the maker of the herbicide atrazine are asking that documents related to the company's lobbying and trade association activities ...

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