With the cacophony issuing from the many supercharged political events that took place during the latter part of January and now into February (more will follow tonight after President Obama’s 5th State of the Union Address), not wishing to enter into the heated fray at the moment, I chose a topic that seemed to cry out for attention because it was not widely reported. The event took place on Wednesday, January 30th: “EPA Moves to Ban 12D-Con Mouse and Rat Control Products/Action will Prevent Thousands of Accidental Exposures Among Children Each Year”
The announcement of the EPA rat and mouse ban also caught my attention because I had recently finished reading Silent Spring at 50, edited by Roger Meiners, Pierre Desrochers, and Andrew Morriss, which was all about the false crisis of Rachel Carson.
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