New Bill Approves Pesticide Use in Washington Oyster Beds – Despite Previous Warnings
A new bill submitted by Washington Senators Dean Takko, Judy Warnick, Steve Hobbs, Jim Honeyford, and Kevin Van de Wege would ensure the “safe and productive cultivation of shellfish” in Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor with the use of a pesticide to control burrowing shrimp. The only issue? A team of biologists from NOAA and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have studied the use of the pesticide in the past and have deemed it too risky to use...
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