chemicals
Michigan, Louisiana latest victims of oil, chemical spills
April 16, 2013April 1 was no joke in Lansing, Michigan, when equipment at a power plant malfunctioned and caused 300 gallons of oil to leak into the Grand River.
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Five million farmers sue Monsanto for “taxing production”
February 6, 2013Farmworkers say Monsanto makes an exorbitant profit each year on royalties from "renewal" seed harvests.
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N.J. chemical spill goes airborne, forces hundreds of evacuations
December 5, 2012When a train derailment in Paulsboro, N.J., sent two tanker cars hurtling into a nearby creek, the water became polluted with vinyl chloride.
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Watsonville teachers, students challenge methyl iodide
July 9, 2012A giant Japanese chemical company announced on March 20 that it would no longer sell methyl iodide in the U.S. for use as a pesticide.
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“Agent Orange corn” and herbicide spark concern
June 19, 2012As the Food & Drug Administration decides whether to approve genetically modified corn that will be resistant to the chemical, the Environmental Protection Agency is considering stepping forward to restrict use of 2,4-D.
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