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E.P.A. Denies an Environmental Group’s Request to Ban a Widely Used Weed Killer [1]

The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday said that the widely used herbicide 2,4-D would remain on the market, denying a petition from an environmental group that sought to revoke the chemical

Publication Date: 
10/04/2012
Andrew Pollack [2]
New York Times (New York) [3]
Tags:
United States Of America (US) [4], Herbicide [5], Agriculture [6], Environment [7], Genetic Engineering [8], Health Effects [9], Cancer [10], Hazardous Products [11]

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