Environmentalists Quit Pesticide Panel
From Times Wire Reports
An environmental group resigned in frustration from a White House panel studying how to phase out use of toxic pesticides. The Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit organization, said the panel “has produced absolutely nothing” to reduce the health risks of pesticides for the nation’s children. The panel was appointed by Vice President Al Gore after farm and industry groups complained that the EPA was moving too quickly to ban pesticides.
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