Post by gakaren on Feb 20, 2015 9:36:05 GMT -5
Approved Toxic Herbicide....
A coalition of farmers and environmental groups has filed a motion to protect the endangered whooping crane and Indiana bat from extinction. A new toxic herbicide to be used on GMO crops violates the Endangered Species Act, according to the claim. The lawsuit is part of an earlier motion led by Center for Food Safety and Earthjustice on behalf of Beyond Pesticides, Center for Biological Diversity, Center for Food Safety, Environmental Working Group, the National Family Farm Coalition, and Pesticide Action Network North America.
The Endangered Species Act requires that EPA and other federal agencies determine whether their actions impact the “critical habitat” of any species in a way that would endanger their continued existence.
“EPA is well aware that pesticides routinely drift and affect public health and wildlife beyond the fields in which they are sprayed. To ignore this known risk and avoid consultation with other expert agencies is unlawful and irresponsible,” said George Kimbrell, senior attorney for Center for Food Safety.
“EPA admits that its approval of a toxic pesticide cocktail including 2,4-D for widespread use may affect endangered species, including the whooping crane, one of the most endangered animals on earth,” said Earthjustice managing attorney Paul Achitoff. “We ask only that the Court decide whether EPA has violated the law, as we believe it has before putting these imperiled birds at further risk.”
The Endangered Species Act requires that EPA and other federal agencies determine whether their actions impact the “critical habitat” of any species in a way that would endanger their continued existence.
“EPA is well aware that pesticides routinely drift and affect public health and wildlife beyond the fields in which they are sprayed. To ignore this known risk and avoid consultation with other expert agencies is unlawful and irresponsible,” said George Kimbrell, senior attorney for Center for Food Safety.
“EPA admits that its approval of a toxic pesticide cocktail including 2,4-D for widespread use may affect endangered species, including the whooping crane, one of the most endangered animals on earth,” said Earthjustice managing attorney Paul Achitoff. “We ask only that the Court decide whether EPA has violated the law, as we believe it has before putting these imperiled birds at further risk.”
ecosalon.com/highly-endangered-whooping-crane-at-risk-because-of-a-newly-approved-toxic-herbicide/
I hope they win the court case!!!
