Tuesday, April 23, 2024
INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: Blue-green algae harmful to people, pets and livestock

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) and the Indiana Board of Animal Health (BOAH) are warning Hoosiers about the dangers of blue-green algae blooms in lakes and reservoirs as temperatures get warmer.
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Honey bee deaths due to more than just pesticides, Purdue entomologist says

Purdue University entomologist Tom Turpin argues that there is "no such thing" as colony collapse disorder, despite the efforts of environmental groups involved in litigation to get the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to significantly regulate the use of neonicotinoids, claiming that these pesticides are causing a collapse of habitats. 
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Dow AgroSciences slams ruling against EPA's approval of sulfoxafor

Dow AgroSciences, a biotechnology subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company, issued a statement late last week in response to a recent decision from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) registration of products containing sulfoxafor should be vacated.
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