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California to ban pesticide said to HEALTH

harm child development DOCTOR ON DUTY

Oranjestad
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tary Jared Blumenfeld said Blumenfeld said the state ban will not only protect Women in Difficulties
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it's the first time the state took action in part because kids who live here, but kids
has sought to ban a pes- the federal government al- who eat the fruits and veg- Police 100
ticide and the move was lowed the pesticide to be gies grown here." Oranjestad 527 3140
overdue. used after the Obama Ad- The pesticide is in a class of Noord 527 3200
Sta. Cruz
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"This pesticide is a neurotox- ministration tried to phase it organophosphates chemi- San Nicolas 584 5000
in and it was first put on the out. cally similar to a nerve gas Police Tipline 11141
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said. "So it's been on the Protection Agency under many before World War Fire Dept. 115
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past its sell-by date." reversed that effort after left traces in drinking wa- TAXI SERVICES
The decision comes after re-evaluating the science. ter sources. A University of Taxi Tas 587 5900
regulators in several states Environmental groups and California at Berkeley study Prof. Taxi 588 0035
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years to restrict the pes- that decision and a federal umbilical-cord blood sam- Taxi Serv. Aruba 583 3232
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about 60 different crops ordered the EPA to decide babies contained detect- Women in Difficulties
in California, including by July whether to ban the able levels of the pesticide. TRAVEL INFO
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governor outlawing use of Miriam Rotkin-Ellman, of chlorpyrifos is unusual in
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duces the pesticide, said it clearly shows that chlorpyri- cause it's been so exten-
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