DAILY DOSE: Petition Urges EPA to Ban Antibiotic-Laced Pesticides; Endangered Monk Seals Join Experimental Bird Flu Vaccine Trial

PETITION TO THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCYTO CANCEL THE REGISTRATION OF PESTICIDES THAT CAN PROMOTERESISTANCE TO MEDICALLY IMPORTANT ANTIBIOTICS AND ANTIFUNGALS

The petition urges the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to immediately cancel all pesticide registrations that use medically important antibiotics and antifungals—such as streptomycin, oxytetracycline, gentamicin, kasugamycin, triazole fungicides, and ipflufenoquin—on the grounds that their agricultural use accelerates antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and poses unacceptable risks to human health, wildlife, and the environment. It argues …

DAILY DOSE: Petition Urges EPA to Ban Antibiotic-Laced Pesticides; Endangered Monk Seals Join Experimental Bird Flu Vaccine Trial

Petition Urges EPA to Ban Antibiotic-Laced Pesticides A coalition of public health, environmental, and farmworker groups has petitioned the US Environmental Protection Agency to ban pesticides containing medically important antibiotics and antifungals. Led by the Center for Biological Diversity, the filing targets oxytetracycline and streptomycin used on citrus and fruit crops, plus gentamicin, kasugamycin, ipflufenoquin, and triazole fungicides…