Lawmakers make last-minute changes to long-awaited ban on deadly chemicals: 'That's the deal we cut'

Lawmakers make last-minute changes to long-awaited ban on deadly chemicals: 'That's the deal we cut'

Connecticut lawmakers have advanced a bill that would partially ban a set of harmful chemicals commonly used in pesticides, but several last-minute changes to the legislation have drawn the ire of the bill's proponents.  According to CT Mirror, the state Senate passed a bill that would ban the use of long-acting rodenticides and a class of insecticides known as neonicotinoids or neonics.  While the bill places strict restrictions on those compou…