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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>This was the lead item in yesterday’s online environmental
magazine, Grist. For years the American Bird Conservancy has fought to have this
chemical banned worked..<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font><b><font size=2 color="#666666" face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#666666;font-weight:bold'>EPA
to ban pesticide carbofuran from food in U.S.</span></font></b><font size=1
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<p style='line-height:12.0pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>In an unexpected move, the U.S. EPA announced Thursday
that it will act to ban the pesticide carbofuran from food in the United States
before next year's growing season. The EPA said the pesticide can cause
"nausea, dizziness, confusion, and -- at very high exposures --
respiratory paralysis and death"; <b><u><span style='font-weight:bold'>the
pesticide has also killed millions of birds</span></u></b> (emphasis mine) and
other wildlife. Carbofuran isn't widely used in the United States, but farmers
in developing countries use it on bananas, coffee, corn, rice, sugar cane, and
other crops, so the ban could have a significant impact worldwide. "It's
one of the most widely used pesticides in the world," said Michael Fry of
the American Bird Conservancy. Using language we didn't even think was in the
EPA's vocabulary, the agency's James Gulliford said, "While there is
little exposure today [to the pesticide], we don't think there's a need, a
reason for any exposure." The EPA had indicated earlier this year that the
ban would only apply to domestically grown food, but the agency changed course
Thursday, saying the ban would also apply to imports. </span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Donnie Dann<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Highland Park/Lake County<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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14.0pt'><a href="mailto:donniebird@yahoo.com">donniebird@yahoo.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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