Lawsuit compels EPA to respond to petition on monarch butterfly crisis

NRDC
By Sylvia FallonMay 4, 2015, 5:40 pm120 pts
Sylvia Fallon, Senior Scientist, Washington, DC Last year NRDC filed a petition with EPA asking it to evaluate the widespread use of the weed-killer glyphosate (commonly known as Roundup) because of the pesticide's devastating impact on Monarch butterflies, whose population has plummeted by over 90%. Roundup…

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