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struggle4progress

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Wed Jun 28, 2017, 01:08 AM Jun 2017

EPA chief met chemical CEO before dropping pesticide ban

BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN
06/27/17 10:10 PM EDT

... Pruitt, President Trump’s top environmental official, reportedly met with the CEO of Dow Chemical, Andrew Liveris, for 30 minutes at a Houston hotel on March 9, according to records obtained by the AP.

Pruitt announced later that month that he would no longer pursue a ban on Dow’s chlorpyrifos pesticide from being used on food. An EPA review found that even minuscule amounts of the pesticide could impact fetus and infant brain development ...

http://thehill.com/news-by-subject/energy-environment/339783-trumps-epa-chief-met-with-chemical-ceo-before-dropping

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EPA chief met chemical CEO before dropping pesticide ban (Original Post) struggle4progress Jun 2017 OP
Surprise, surprise. GallopingGhost Jun 2017 #1
It figures! burrowowl Jun 2017 #2
in other news... Javaman Jun 2017 #3
Now where is the FBI? rgbecker Jun 2017 #4
Left the meeting with a shoebox or suitcase lunasun Jun 2017 #5
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