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The “dead zone” that appears in the Gulf of Mexico ever summer is expected to be smaller than normal this year, according to NOAA scientists.

TSCA/FIFRA/TRI EPA Announces Univar Solutions USA Will Pay $165,000 For FIFRA Violations:EPA announced on April 19, 2021, that Univar Solutions USA, Inc. of Portland, Oregon, will pay a $165,000 penalty for violating the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) when it failed to label properly its “Woodlife 111” pesticide, which is used as a wood preservative. EPA notes that under FIFRA, “a pesticide is misbranded if, ‘ the labeling accompanying it does not contain di...

Iowa ag secretary asks Biden administration to back effort to curb ‘dead zone’ in gulf Monday, March 8, 2021 2:56 PM Radio Iowa: A 12-state group working to reduce the size of the “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico is asking for support from the Biden administration. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig is co-chair of the Hypoxia Task Force, which aims to cut nutrient runoff in the Mississippi River basin. Naig said the group  recently sent a letter requesting supp...