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Bush Administration Sued for Allowing Use of 4 Pesticides

naturalnews.com — Environmental & Farm Worker groups have now sued the Bush administration for allowing the continued use of four pesticides. They claim that the government brushed aside its own evidence that the chemicals are toxic to workers, children, and animals. The suit challenged the EPA's 2006 decision to reauthorize the use four pesticides in California.

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MajorJJH, on 05/13/2008, -9/+19Ah Mr. Bush... why do you hate yourself so?
- CryRightardCry, on 05/13/2008, -7/+17Why does he hate America?
  - hairydotus, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1He doesn't hate America he just doesn't care about anyone but himself. He makes too much money doing the things he is doing to care about the rest of the world.
jflowers45, on 05/13/2008, -8/+27Bush = nonstop entertainment on the internets!
- michaelb323, on 05/13/2008, -1/+6whats intertaining now will be a serious problem tomorrow. Just because its fun to watch this mess unfold does not mean that it will disappear, we will have to clean up the mess.
  - kernel16, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1Unless you're from Canada!
sustainablogger, on 05/13/2008, -6/+11We don't need no workers, children and animals, dammit!
lucidguru, on 05/13/2008, -5/+24Keep piling on the lawsuits Americans... One of them is going to eventually stick...
- cheezintern, on 05/13/2008, -1/+11lawsuits are the only way to get the Bush admin to pay attention to something that their benefactors in industry would rather keep quiet. Especially since the EPA is headed by a bush appointee.
- hairydotus, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1i agree lawsuits get people nowhere. There are so many lawsuits these days that it has become a useless means of punishment. I wish I could offer an alternate solution to solving problems but it's tough.
bincoder, on 05/13/2008, -1/+14I miss chlordane. One application, no bugs of any sort for years. :(
- Bukowsky, on 05/13/2008, -4/+9Yea, me too... cuz headaches, irritability, confusion, weakness, vision problems, vomiting, stomach cramps, diarrhea, jaundice, birth defects, convulsions & death are FUN!
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlordane
  - bincoder, on 05/13/2008, -2/+8Sorry if this doesn't agree with modern 'science'. I had roaches and black widow spiders when I moved into a house back in the 80s. For 75 dollars (ugh) I got 1 pint of it. Sprayed the outside around the foundation, then the inside at the floor to wall areas. Then lived there for nine years. I had none of those symptoms, and my little dog did just fine as well. If that does not match with 'science', I don't care. I know what I did and I know what happened when I did it. Not saying it should be legal again... but I still miss it anyway.
    - Rikkochet, on 05/13/2008, -3/+16You could also smoke like a chimney for 9 years and show no ill effects (other than smelling like crap) - but you know what is likely to happen down the road... Not suggesting we're all going to die, but I wouldn't trust in "I ain't dead yet" science as much as controlled, peer-reviewed experimentation.
  - johnnyfistfight, on 05/13/2008, -5/+3I don't believe you. Drink some to prove your point.
j1ggy, on 05/13/2008, -5/+23Too bad the pesticides don't work on the Bush Administration.
johnnyfistfight, on 05/13/2008, -15/+7Hot off the press from naturalnews.com. Bong resin hippies are taking it to the man!
- rand0mm0nkey, on 05/13/2008, -2/+3Yeah, it kills stuff, but there's no way it could possibly harm us. Go with that.
JohnnyKdiggs, on 05/13/2008, -5/+8...but hey, start a war with the world. That's fine.
OC73, on 05/13/2008, -6/+6And when it's all said and done, the trial lawyers will be the biggest winners--as always.
- kemp34, on 05/13/2008, -4/+4So what, are you saying this is not a legit lawsuit? The people using the chemicals should also be sued if it was not divulged to the workers.
  - OC73, on 05/13/2008, -2/+1No, what I'm saying is this isn't about setting precedent, laying new law or protecting anyone. It's about laying the groundwork for further litigation.
- paulb0t, on 05/13/2008, -2/+7They're not suing for money, they're suing to have the pesticides pulled from the market.
  - OC73, on 05/13/2008, -4/+3That's how it always starts off. Then later on they sue the companies and governments, saying they knew all along....
    
    It's never just one lawsuit and done.
    - kemp34, on 05/13/2008, -1/+2So you don't believe people should be held accountable? You seem to be brainwashed to believe that the legal process doesn't exist to protect people, within the confines of the law, from being unjustly abused. Not all lawsuits are bad, especially ones involving chemicals and people's health. Bashing "trial lawyers" seems like neo con style propaganda.
cheezintern, on 05/13/2008, -2/+17Yea this chemical is super duper toxic and will dissolve and turn into goop an insect's central nervous system, but I'm sure it's safe to humans, what can possibly go wrong?
williamharper, on 05/13/2008, -7/+15I can appreciate the fact that some people truly believe that Bush makes these decisions. Do you really think someone came and asked him whether or not they should continue using these pesticides? Of course not. But yes, Bush caused Hurricane Katrina, 9/11, the sri lanka tsunami of 2005, and any other natural disaster or act of terrorism occuring while he's been in office.

As absurd as each of those sound, I've heard people make each of those arguments with a straight face. I don't like him any more than the next guy, but he's not as powerful as some people may think.
- licnyc, on 05/13/2008, -4/+4he is definitely not as benign either. There are definite cause and effect relationship from his bad decisions.
  - kemp34, on 05/13/2008, -3/+1The buck stops on his desk.
- siszam, on 05/13/2008, -4/+4Well Bush DID veto a bill that would ban mercury in childhood vaccines despite the fact that it's a known poison. So, tell me, how do you explain that one away?
  - vault, on 05/13/2008, -1/+2You need it for the preservative or something. I vaguely remember the controversy.
- zantos420, on 05/13/2008, -2/+1you mean something like this? http://www.gnosticliberationfront.com/bush_puppet. ...
- LenBaird, on 05/13/2008, -2/+2He is the boss. All responsibility flows uphill to him. He wanted the job, no one forced it on him.
- CreatureLady, on 05/13/2008, -1/+1Actually, the article makes it clear that it is the EPA that is named in the suit.
FuckXboxx, on 05/13/2008, -7/+19Please sue for the continued use of fluoride in public water supplies.
- xptweakerntn, on 05/13/2008, -2/+6WHY?
  Oh, right. Of course! It's because Fluoride is poisonous, right?
  What about Chlorine? You know, that stuff you put in pools to kill the bad guys?
  It's poisonous as well, isn't it?
  However, without it, how would we get clean water to the 300 million people in the U.S.?
  Isn't that what makes out country separate from the 3rd world countries drinking water from their sewage?
  While you and I are at it, we should probably ban table salt. Because not only does it include the ever-so-dangerous Chlorine, but also Sodium.
  Here is a video of what Sodium can do:
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iSsalSOUv8
  Yes, it looks very well that LIVING will eventually KILL you. So why worry about it?
  - FuckXboxx, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2Why worry?
    
    Why settle for mediocrity?
- Smaugrens, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1@ Tweaker:
  
  I don't know why you brought up chlorine but if you do some research you will find that large amounts of fluoride causes fluorosis of the bones. The amount they put in our water is unnecessary for our health and should be greatly reduced.
  
  Oh yeah and just LIVING is great isn't it? I'd like to keep my life as long as possible personally.
active1x0, on 05/13/2008, -8/+5What a stupid waste of time. Not to mention that "The Administration" isn't an entity that can be sued. What are you going to do, sue every member of his cabinet individually? What an incredible waste of the court's time.
Hangly, on 05/13/2008, -2/+11You can sue the reigning fuhrer of the United States? I thought they were immune or something.

I can think of about a gazillion civil suits we could hit him with. Reckless endangerment perhaps?
Puppetfunk, on 05/13/2008, -2/+1What about that Agent Orange? It sounds tasty and fruitlicious. *Insert trademark Bush Laugh Here*
valkyries, on 05/13/2008, -1/+7wait a second, isn't it up to the "Environmental & Farm Worker groups" to deciede what pesticide they use on their own farms?
- paulb0t, on 05/13/2008, -1/+3It would, if they were farmer owned. Most farms in the US are owned by large agricultural companies, many of which are in bed with pesticide manufacturers. Organizations such as the UFW have very little power as to what's applied to the crops -- they usually fight for farmworker protection.
- Soave, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2Yes but they have to have someone else to blame, duh.
jaymzdean, on 05/13/2008, -3/+4"We'll make 'em sick, see? And we'll make a lot of money in the process. Plus, they'll be easier to control, heh."
usgovterrorists, on 05/13/2008, -8/+4Brushed aside evidence = LIED

United States Government are terrorists, war criminals, and horrific liars.

Where's the evidence that kerosene fires melted steel?
How did the huge molten pools of metal get under the twin towers and building 7?
9-11 was an inside job! 9-11 official story was a lie! What happened to building 7?

Depleted uranium is a weapon of mass destruction!

Play Wall Street like a PONZI SCHEME!

The elections are rigged, unsecure voting machines & ballots!

Terrorist United States Government mandated a fivefold increase in the use of biofuels.
- hawk0168, on 05/13/2008, -1/+4Clearly you're one of Digg's rational users. Only a person with a sound state of mind could form sentences like that.
  - usgovterrorists, on 05/13/2008, -5/+1The terrorist United States Government has brushed aside evidence which means they LIED!
    
    BTW:
    Who says "Brushed aside evidence = LIED" is a sentence?
hawk0168, on 05/13/2008, -2/+5All of these chemicals are used on vegetables - crops that usually have very large problems with pests. It's an economic decision. The benefits outweigh the risks. If a few hundred farm workers have elevated risks of cancer compared to thousands of bushels lost to pests, then the EPA and USDA are going to allow it. If you want Americans to have better health and less obesity you promote a diet high in vegetables. You can't do that AND ban pesticides.
- spyd3rweb, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2I don't know about you, but a few hundred people are definitely worth more than any amount of bushels of vegetables, and also humans have survived for thousands of years without pesticides.
- Ellipsys, on 05/13/2008, -0/+3Third option - give some of those corn lobby subsidies to pay farmers NOT to grow corn, and give them to all farmers to invest in USDA Organic farming practices, not trying to cram HFCS and corn products into everything people eat.
  - minoss, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1battling subsidies with more subsidies doesn't work
linuxN8, on 05/13/2008, -1/+3"EPA spokesman Tim Lyons stated that the agency would review the lawsuit and respond in court."

EPA ≠ Bush
tardbags.
yunan246, on 05/13/2008, -4/+0那种农药没有毒呢？
Tuck23, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1Am I crazy or is this article supporting one person's opinion of McCain policy and stating it as acronism? Its good political practice to keep yourself and your message out of the media out of the dust of the media until after the primary is over (especially with the cataclysmic dust that has been stirred up on the democratic side). Save your judgement for the elections, not some congressman's opinion.
jerrycurley, on 05/13/2008, -0/+0Easy to sue. Not as easy to prove your case.
PacketScan, on 05/13/2008, -0/+3The government works for whom will give them the most money. It's said that lobby's spent over 2.8 billion pushing their agenda just last year (2007) . So yes you can buy what you want in government.
http://www.opensecrets.org/lobbyists/index.php
LenBaird, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2I AM ABOVE THE LAW!! /pushes hair over bald top of head (South Park reference sorry :P )
DestroyFascism, on 05/13/2008, -1/+3Buck Fush!!
- normalkid0615, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1BUCH FUSH classic 1990
Ricemanstm, on 05/13/2008, -0/+4Whatever. Probably the same environmental whack tards who forbade Africa from using DDT which in turn caused malaria cases to skyrocket which resulted in the needless deaths of millions of people, and still does to this day. And lets not forget what fiasco biofuels have become. Nope, buried as yet another Digg borne anti Bush hit piece.
aserer511, on 05/13/2008, -1/+1...this is the reason youth will be turned away from the republican party.
thanks a lot, dubya
normalkid0615, on 05/13/2008, -1/+2is it me or has our overall quality of life went DOWN in the past 8 years? I am only 21, but I feel like old as *****! Gas prices went from $1 when I started driving to $4 in JERSEY!!! Jersey has one of the lowest gas prices in my area. AND F U REPUBLICANS!!! ITS UR FAULT!!!
- Ricemanstm, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2Actually, blame the Democrats for:
  1. Listening to environmentalists and not letting us drill ANYWHERE.
  2. Listening to environmentalists and not letting us build new refineries ANYWHERE.
  3. Listening to environmentalists and not letting us build any more nuclear plants ANYWHERE.
  4. For being Democrats.
  
  Pull your head out of your ass and try coming up with something original. Instead of just blaming "Republicans" for it, why don't you do a little more research and look around. You f-tardic moron.
  - hairydotus, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1This isn't an issue of democrats vs. republicans this is an issue of money. We could research alterantive fuels that would be cheaper and cleaner than oil and gas but that wouldn't be cost effective for the bush administration, he makes too much money from opec nations such as Saudi Arabia. And the answer is not to drill in more places like Alaska, the answer is reducing our dependency on oil. Oil is our problem we are addicted to it, it is what opium was to the Chinese. We are being force fed oil by OPEC nations the way the Chinese were force fed Opium so now they have us addicted to something that they control and can manipulate us any way they want
kernel16, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1"Another reason politicians aren't making hay of the plight of males is that they are well aware that women are in no mood for it."

I love it!
tunapez, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1Hey, at least the US Government isn't showering us all in Round-Up!

Just the Colombians and Afghanis.
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