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Pesticide Peril Common Agrichemicals Endanger Hundreds of Species
Under the Obama administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found in its fi rst rigorous nation- wide analysis of the effects of pesticides on endangered species, that 97 percent of the 1,800-plus animals and plants protected under the Endangered Species Act are likely to be harmed by malathion and chlorpyrifos, two commonly used pesticides; another 78 percent are likely to be hurt by another, diazinon. But now the new EPA administration under President Trump has declined to ban chloripyrifos; the decision may be challenged in court. All three pesticides are organo-
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phosphates widely used on crops such as corn, watermelon and wheat. Last year, the World Health Organization announced that malathion and diazi- non are probable carcinogens. Based on the EPA’s conclusions, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service will issue biological opinions to identify mitiga- tion measures and changes to pesticide use to ensure that targeted products will no longer potentially harm any endan- gered species. As part of a legal settle- ment with the Center for Biological Diversity, the biological opinions are due by December.
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A robotic, laser- guided, fully automated vehicle, manufactured by Shenzhen-based Yeefung Automa- tion Technology Co. Ltd., has been installed in the Chinese city of Nanking. Called GETA (get a car),
the robot slides under a vehicle, picks it up, and places it in a parking spot in even the tightest of spaces in about two minutes. Yeefung General Manager
Wu Hao says that the company developed the robot in response to limited parking in big cities worldwide, increasing effi ciency by 20 to 40 percent. China has about 172 million vehicles on the road and projects that number to increase to 250 million by 2020.
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