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April 21, 2017

Dow Lobbies White House to Reject Scientific Findings on Pesticides
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Dow Chemical is asking the Trump administration to reject the findings
of government scientists as they prepare a report on how pesticides
known as organophosphates threaten human health and thousands of
critically endangered species. Organophosphates were originally derived
from a nerve agent developed in Nazi Germany. Peer-reviewed scientific
studies have linked even small amounts of the chemicals to low birth
weight and brain damage in children. Last month, Environmental
Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt overturned a ban on one of the
pesticides, produced by Dow Chemical, just before it was set to take
effect. Dow Chemical paid $1 million to underwrite Donald Trump's
January inauguration, and Dow CEO Andrew Liveris was tapped by President
Trump to head a White House manufacturing working group.


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