Tag: Agrochemicals manufacturing
Monsanto to pay $95M over PCB pollution in Washington state
SEATTLE (AP) - The agrochemical giant Monsanto has agreed to pay Washington state $95 million to settle a lawsuit that blamed it for pervasive...
EU urged to act against pesticides to fight insect decline
BRUSSELS (AP) - Environmental groups are urging the European Union to take drastic action to protect insects, saying in a report Tuesday that more...
Kim reappears in public, ending absence amid health rumors
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in 20 days as he celebrated the completion...
Kim reappears in public, ending absence amid health rumors
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in 20 days as he celebrated the completion...
Kim reappears in public, ending absence amid health rumors
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in 20 days as he celebrated the completion...
Concerns grow over tainted sewage sludge spread on croplands
LAPEER, Mich. (AP) - For more than 20 years, the eastern Michigan town of Lapeer sent leftover sludge from its sewage treatment plant to...
Correction: Weed Killer-Label story
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - In a story Aug. 9 about a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announcement regarding the chemical glyphosate, The Associated Press misspelled...
3 injured in fire that destroyed Nebraska fertilizer plant
HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) - A lightning strike at a Nebraska fertilizer plant set off a large fire that injured three truck drivers sleeping in...
California to ban pesticide said to harm child development
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The nation's most productive agricultural state will ban a widely used pesticide blamed for harming brain development in babies, California...
Higher percentage of California pot passing safety tests
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A higher percentage of California marijuana products are passing strict safety tests, but the sudden closing of a lab that...