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Environmental impact of pesticides

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No refuge for wildlife in some US wildlife refuges

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The Center for Biological Diversity reports that roughly half a million pounds of chemical pesticides are sprayed yearly inside some of the nation’s wildlife refuges to support commercial agriculture — a practice that seems to defeat the purpose of a wildlife refuge.

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The EPA broke the law when it approved a new pesticide

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