EPA deregulates aromatic cedar as pesticide status ends
The EPA deregulated cedar as of March 21 after decades of classifying it as a pesticide. Cedar Fresh and Aromatic Cedar Council head Jay Butera recounts pushing to register 100 percent natural cedar products in 1991, removing warnings and altering labeling, which cost millions in sales. Richard Mountfort of EPA notes regulators spent resources on non toxic cedar with no public protection.
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Environmental Protection Agency
United States
Jay Butera
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Aromatic Cedar Council
Cedar Fresh
Norristown
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Richard Mountfort
Food stamp use climbs to record 27.5 million in December
The Census and Agriculture departments report rising poverty and more Americans in the working poor category despite falling unemployment. December food stamp enrollment reaches 27.5 million, the highest on record, while incomes remain low for many full-time workers.
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Agriculture Department
Census Bureau
Sheldon Danzinger
University of Michigan
Danzinger
Phil Shanholtzer
Rebecca Blank
Northwestern University
US teens cries for Singapore flogging letters rise
The Singapore Embassy receives over 100 letters and 200 calls from Americans backing the judge's decision to flog Ohio teenager Michael Fay for vandalism. Clinton calls the punishment extreme while Fay's supporters urge harsher crime controls. others condemn the sentence as excessive.
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America
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Chin
Michael Fay
Dayton
Michael Gessel
Gessel
Chicago Tribune
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Fay
Dayton Daily News
U.S
Model Brinkley Hurt In Copter Mountain Crash
Telluride Colorado Christy Brinkley and five others were evacuated by helicopter after a skiing trip helicopter crashed at 12,800 feet near Ophir six miles south of Telluride. Brinkley had minor injuries and remained for tests. A man in the group was flown to St Mary’s Hospital, Grand Junction. Also on board were Sandra Carradine and Brinkley’s husband Billy Joel was present.
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Christie Brinkley
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Jim Arbaugh
St. Mary’s Hospital
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Margo MacNabb
Highway Death Rate Falls to All Time Low in 1993
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports 1993 total highway deaths at 39,850 with a death rate of 1.7 fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles. The figure marks an all time low while per mile deaths drop due to more driving. Alcohol involvement in fatal crashes estimated at about 44 percent, down from 45.1 percent.
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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