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Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
The need to permit discharges associated with pesticide applications evolved from national litigation. The courts decided that an exemption EPA had adopted in 2006 was invalid in that only Congress has the authority to exempt pesticides from Federal Clean Water Act (CWA) permitting. The court decision required discharges associated with pesticide applications to have CWA permit coverage beginning October 31, 2011.
Pub. Date
2014
Description
This database represents all groundwater quality data collected and utilized by the Agricultural Chemicals and Groundwater Protection Program. It provides groundwater quality monitoring results by year and geographic location for pesticides and inorganic compounds including nitrate-nitrogen. All reports are printable summaries of the requested information. Because the program focuses on geographical areas with extensive agricultural chemical use,...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
At the request of the City of Springfield, CO, nine public supply wells (PSW) operated by the city were sampled by personnel from the Colorado Department of Agriculture's (CDA) Agricultural Chemicals & Groundwater Protection Program (ACGPP), in May of 2015, to assess agrichemical contamination. Results from the 2015 sampling event were comparable with previous data collected by ACGPP and the City of Springfield. Nitrate was above the drinking water...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
This Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) outlines all of the necessary information pertaining to the monitoring of Colorado groundwater for the presence of agricultural chemicals, which is the responsibility of the Agricultural Chemicals and Groundwater Protection Program (ACGP). Activities mentioned by this QAPP are grouped into Data Generation and Acquisition, Data Validation and Evaluation, and Reporting.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
This manual provides detailed methodology for the three most common sampling approaches used by the Agricultural Chemicals & Groundwater Protection Program for its monitoring responsibilities: monitoring well sampling with either a peristaltic pump or pneumatic bladder pump, and sampling of domestic or irrigation wells. It is expected that all field personnel have reviewed and learned the methodology contained within this manual before attempting...
Series
Special report volume no. 16
Pub. Date
[2008?]
Description
The Agricultural Chemicals and Groundwater Protection Act took effect on July 1, 1990, and established the Groundwater Protection Program. Its purpose is to reduce agricultural chemicals' negative impacts on groundwater and the environment. Agricultural chemicals covered under this legislation include commercial fertilizers and all pesticides. The goal is to prevent groundwater contamination before it occurs by improving agricultural chemical management....
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"All spring, Dr. Elizabeth Hilborn watched as her family fruit farm of many years rapidly diminished, suffering from a lack of bees and other insects. The plentiful wildlife, so abundant just weeks before, was gone. Everything was still, silent. As an environmental scientist trained to investigate disease outbreaks, she rose to the challenge. Step by step, day by day, despite facing headwinds from skeptical neighbors, environmental experts, and agricultural...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"In Whitewash, veteran journalist Carey Gillam uncovers one of the most controversial stories in the history of food and agriculture. Gillam explores the global debate over the safety of a pesticide so pervasive that it is found in our cereals, snacks, and even in our urine. Known as Monsantos Roundup by consumers and as glyphosate by scientists, the worlds most popular weed killer is sold as safe enough to drink, but Gillams research shows that message...
16) The world according to Monsanto: pollution, corruption, and the control of the world's food supply
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
The result of a remarkable three-year investigation that took journalist Marie-Monique Robin across four continents, The World According to Monsanto tells the little-known yet shocking story of this agribusiness giant - the world's leading producer of GMOs (genetically modified organisms) and how its new "green" face is no less troubling than its PCB- and Agent Orange-soaked past.
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