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A coalition of advocacy groups launched a campaign today opposing President Obama's choice of a pesticide industry official to represent U.S. interests in agricultural trade negotiations. The 85 groups -- including Earthjustice, the Sierra Club, the Organic Consumers Association, the National ...
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Will Pesticide Industry Have a Permanent Seat at the Table?
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... Today Earthjustice lined up alongside family farmers, consumers, farmworkers, fishermen, anti-hunger groups and a host of others in opposing the administration's selection of a pesticide industry insider to serve as our country's chief agricultural trade negotiator. ...
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Pesticide-Industry Rep Picked for Trade Post Draws Fire
A coalition of advocacy groups launched a campaign today opposing President Obama's choice of a pesticide industry official to represent U.S. interests in agricultural trade negotiations.
The 85 groups -- including Earthjustice, the Sierra Club, the Organic Consumers Association, th e National Family Farm Coalition and dozens of state farm worker ...
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