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For the first time in 40 years, the federal Environmental Protection Agency issued an emergency suspension of a pesticide. The EPA found Dacthal, also known as DCPA, can significantly affect the health of unborn babies.
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The Idaho Senate shot down a bill Thursday that would’ve given more legal protection to pesticide manufacturers.
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When it comes to the agricultural industry there are many different risks that come with the job, one of them being pesticide exposure. In a new study from Boise State University researchers are looking at the impact of this exposure on the states Latino farmworkers.
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It's been just over a year since the Boise Towne Square Mall shooting, we take a look at what we've since found out about the shooter. The race for Idaho's next lieutenant governor is underway, a former sheriff received sentencing after assaulting an LDS youth group and with the end of elections quickly approaching so is the deadline to request your absentee ballot. Kaitlyn Hart with EastIdahoNews.com; Clark Corbin with the Idaho Capital Sun; Scott McIntosh, Opinion Editor at the Idaho Statesman; Clark Corbin with the Idaho Capital Sun get you caught up on the news from the week.
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In 2020 the city of Boise started a three-year pilot program that focused on cutting back on pesticide use in parks. Idaho Matters talks about the differences you may have started to notice.
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APHIS monitors grasshoppers in 17 western states, and when the agency deems there’s an outbreak - or is asked to intervene by stakeholders like the US Forest Service or adjacent land owners - it can apply a pesticide to kill the insects.
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The rules that companies must follow when spraying pesticides in Idaho underwent review this summer. Following a couple public comment periods, the Idaho…
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As spring weather in parts of Idaho begins to make an appearance, you might be daydreaming about warm gatherings with friends and family on a green patch…
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After a group of Parma farmworkers were hospitalized last year from alleged exposure to pesticides sprayed by a crop duster, advocates demanded…
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The Environmental Protection Agency under the Trump administration has announced that farms can continue to use a common agricultural pesticide, despite…