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Environmental

Dec. 22, 2006

Environmental Groups, Agribusiness Oppose Pesticide Rule

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal rule declaring that pesticides used in some common circumstances are not water pollutants has provoked a coast-to-coast legal backlash from environmental groups as well as agribusiness in recent weeks.

By Dennis Pfaff
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN FRANCISCO - A federal rule declaring that pesticides used in some common circumstances are not water pollutants has provoked a coast-to-coast legal backlash from environmental groups as well as agribusiness in recent weeks.
      The regulation covers chemicals sprayed on, over or near water, such as herbicides used to control aquatic weeds and in...

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