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| | Pesticide police, overwhelmed by dicamba complaints, ask EPA for help State agencies that investigate reports about pesticide drift are overwhelmed with complaints about dicamba damaging crops. In Illinois, the number of complaints soared from about 120 in the pre-dicamba era to more than 700 in 2019. In Indiana, it went from about 60 to 200. "We're just running ourselves ragged, just trying to get out there and collect the evidence," says Dave Scott, who's in charge of Indiana's pesticide investigations. Because they're occupied with dicamba complaints, inspectors don't have time for their other work, such as routine inspections of pesticide use at schools. But the EPA extended its approval of dicamba a year ago. Now state officials are asking the EPA for help. NPR UK Take Action: No toxic trade deal with Trump After Brexit the UK government will be free to negotiate a trade deal with Donald Trump. A US-UK trade deal could see chlorinated chicken [GMW: and unlabelled GMOs] on our supermarket shelves, US corporations in our NHS and a whole raft of our laws and regulations challenged in international corporate courts. This is even more likely under Boris Johnson's government. We can’t let that happen. Sign the petition to oppose a toxic US-UK trade deal now. Global Justice Now Mendocino County establishes additional prohibitions on GMOs In California, the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors has extended its ban on GMOs with a reworked chapter ordinance to the Mendocino County Code that establishes additional prohibitions on the cultivation and raising of GMOs in the county. The county first established a ban on GMOs in 2004 with the adoption of Measure H, which made it illegal to propagate, grow or raise genetically engineered plants and livestock within Mendocino County. The county cited new gene-editing techniques that can “alter the native intrinsic DNA of an organism without the use of non-species specific DNA,” as potential problems that fell outside the old ordinance oversight that they wanted to address. The Ukiah Daily Journal Controversial herbicide banned In early December 2019, Sonoma State University announced a newly enacted ban on the use of glyphosate herbicides around campus, including the widely criticized product Roundup. This new initiative was introduced as a way to increase sustainability and human health on campus. From now on, only organic herbicides will be used to control weeds and manage the landscape around the school’s 269-acre campus, which includes a variety of landscaping, lawns, and gardens. Sonoma State Star DONATE TO GMWATCH __________________________________________________________ Website: http://www.gmwatch.org
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