Environmental Geochemistry Issues Semi-Monthly

EU agrees total ban on bee-harming pesticides (Damian CARRINGTON, The Guardian ; 27 April 2018) https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/27/eu-agrees-total-ban-on-bee-harming-pesticides Neonicotinoids:  risks to bees confirmed [News Release, European Food Safety Authority ( EFSA ) ; 28 February 2018] https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/press/news/180228 Research Publications: Nerve agents in honey (CONNELLY, 2017) http://agri.ckcest.cn/ass/b5774497-45c9-4f81-bc46-09ab4d7d81f5.pdf Report of the Special Rapporteur to the right to food (United Nations General Assembly, A/HRC/34/48; 24 January 2017) https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G17/017/85/PDF/G1701785.pdf?OpenElement N. B.:   For more information on Neonicotinoids , please refer to "Blog Archives" for my former blog posts under the following titles and dates: Possible Neonicotinoid Pesticide Ban in EU                        ...

Arkansas Supreme Court Halts Farmers' Access to Dicamba : About 155 farmers had just over a week of access to dicamba before the Arkansas Supreme Court issued stays for two of the three temporary restraining orders on the state's in-season dicamba ban, pending appeals. (Emily UNGLESBEE, DTN/The Progressive Farmer ; April 26, 2018) Missouri Department of Agriculture extends Dicamba cutoff date for southeast Missouri counties to June 10 (News Release, Missouri Department of Agriculture ; April 26, 2018) https://agriculture.mo.gov/news/newsitem/uuid/52a8a89c-c7b1-46a9-affc-eab96dcc4264 Dicamba spraying currently allowed by several hundred (David BENNETT, Delta FarmPress ; April 20, 2018) http://www.deltafarmpress.com/soybeans/dicamba-spraying-currently-allowed-several-hundred 2018 Could Be Do or Die For Dicamba (Gil GULLICKSON, Successful Farming/Agriculture.com ; February 27, 2018) https://www.agriculture.com/crops/soybeans/2018-could-be-do-or-die-for-dicamba We...

Moss capable of removing arsenic from drinking water discovered - Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences (Amanda Gonzalez BENGTSSON; Stockholm University ; April 16, 2018) Featured Research Article: Phytofiltration of arsenic by aquatic moss ( Warnstorfia fluitans ) (SANDHI et al. , 2017) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Arifin_Sandhi/publication/321170306_Phytofiltration_of_arsenic_by_aquatic_moss_Warnstorfia_fluitans/links/5a13c7e14585158aa3e6433d/Phytofiltration-of-arsenic-by-aquatic-moss-Warnstorfia-fluitans.pdf

New!    Valley Water Management fails to comply with Water regulations, officials say (23ABC News Bakersfield; June 7, 2019) https://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/valley-water-management-issued-cease-and-desist-for-not-complying-with-water-regulations-officials-say Environmental group sues to stop oilfield wastewater dumping at unlined pits in western Kern (John COX, Bakersfield Californian ; September 5, 2018) https://www.bakersfield.com/environmental-group-sues-to-stop-oilfield-wastewater-dumping-at-unlined/article_75c6f7b2-b169-11e8-96a4-1f481227ceea.html Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields endangers California's Water Supply (Stephen STOCK, Robert CAMPOS, Michael HORN, and Kaslin ETTEMA, NBC Bay Area News - Investigative Unit ; May 18, 2018) https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/Toxic-WasteWater-From-Oil-Fields-Endangers-Californias-Water-Supply-Scientists-Tell-NBC-Bay-Area-483089841.html In bellwether decision, water board orders McKittrick oilfield dispo...