"Agriculture" in the News

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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/us/politics/epa-agriculture-industry.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FAgriculture%20and%20Farming&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection

The Environmental Protection Agency was given advice by its own scientists to ban potentially harmful pesticides, but the agency's head, Scott Pruitt, decides to avoid the advice given. Emails and petitions were sent in the weeks leading up to the decision to make an argument for whether or whether not the pesticides should be banned. However, ultimately Pruitt did a favor for the agricultural industry, while potentially compromising public health.