Pesticide maker Dow Chemical tries to kill federal risk study - GoFuckYourself.com

RedFred · 04-20-2017, 08:49 AM

This is what trump supporters voted for.

Dow Chemical is pushing a Trump administration open to scrapping regulations to ignore the findings of federal scientists who point to a family of widely used pesticides as harmful to about 1,800 critically threatened or endangered species.

Lawyers representing Dow, whose CEO is a close adviser to Trump, and two other manufacturers of organophosphates sent letters last week to the heads of three of Trump's Cabinet agencies. The companies asked them "to set aside" the results of government studies the companies contend are fundamentally flawed.

Dow Chemical wrote a $1 million check to help underwrite Trump's inaugural festivities, and its chairman and CEO, Andrew Liveris, heads a White House manufacturing working group.

The industry's request comes after EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced last month he was reversing an Obama-era effort to bar the use of Dow's chlorpyrifos pesticide on food after recent peer-reviewed studies found that even tiny levels of exposure could hinder the development of children's brains. In his prior job as Oklahoma's attorney general, Pruitt often aligned himself in legal disputes with the interests of executives and corporations who supported his state campaigns. He filed more than a dozen lawsuits seeking to overturn some of the same regulations he is now charged with enforcing.

Pesticide maker Dow Chemical tries to kill federal risk study - Chicago Tribune

Barry-xlovecam · 04-20-2017, 08:55 AM

The industry's request comes after EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced last month he was reversing an Obama-era effort to bar the use of Dow's chlorpyrifos pesticide on food after recent peer-reviewed studies found that even tiny levels of exposure could hinder the development of children's brains.

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crockett · 04-20-2017, 06:15 PM

These companies are criminal. Honestly, I really think it would do the world some good if a few of these CEO's were shot dead like they were gang bangers in Chicago.. It's same with these Pharma companies raising prices by ridiculous amounts or cutting production to drive prices up..

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RedFred Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2016 Posts: 9,782	Pesticide maker Dow Chemical tries to kill federal risk study This is what trump supporters voted for. Dow Chemical is pushing a Trump administration open to scrapping regulations to ignore the findings of federal scientists who point to a family of widely used pesticides as harmful to about 1,800 critically threatened or endangered species. Lawyers representing Dow, whose CEO is a close adviser to Trump, and two other manufacturers of organophosphates sent letters last week to the heads of three of Trump's Cabinet agencies. The companies asked them "to set aside" the results of government studies the companies contend are fundamentally flawed. Dow Chemical wrote a $1 million check to help underwrite Trump's inaugural festivities, and its chairman and CEO, Andrew Liveris, heads a White House manufacturing working group. The industry's request comes after EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced last month he was reversing an Obama-era effort to bar the use of Dow's chlorpyrifos pesticide on food after recent peer-reviewed studies found that even tiny levels of exposure could hinder the development of children's brains. In his prior job as Oklahoma's attorney general, Pruitt often aligned himself in legal disputes with the interests of executives and corporations who supported his state campaigns. He filed more than a dozen lawsuits seeking to overturn some of the same regulations he is now charged with enforcing. Pesticide maker Dow Chemical tries to kill federal risk study - Chicago Tribune

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Barry-xlovecam It's 42 Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Global Posts: 18,083	The industry's request comes after EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced last month he was reversing an Obama-era effort to bar the use of Dow's chlorpyrifos pesticide on food after recent peer-reviewed studies found that even tiny levels of exposure could hinder the development of children's brains. **emphasis added

04-20-2017, 06:15 PM	#4
crockett in a van by the river Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 76,806	These companies are criminal. Honestly, I really think it would do the world some good if a few of these CEO's were shot dead like they were gang bangers in Chicago.. It's same with these Pharma companies raising prices by ridiculous amounts or cutting production to drive prices up..