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Trump’s EPA fights to keep controversial insecticide in use

Citrus growers hope to fend off fruit-munching katydids.

10/10/2018

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Trump’s EPA fights to keep controversial insecticide in use

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Citrus growers hope to fend off fruit-munching katydids.

Citrus growers hope to fend off fruit-munching katydids, but one weapon is under scrutiny. Researchers found that children growing up near fields where the insecticide chlorpyrifos was deployed exhibited autism-like symptoms. A court ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to ban the insecticide’s use, but Trump’s EPA is fighting back. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien reports.

10/10/2018

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Hurricane Michael slams Florida

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Clip: 10/10/2018 | 7m 58s | Hurricane Michael made landfall Wednesday, lashing the Gulf Coast with Category 4 winds. (7m 58s)

Missing journalist casts ‘cloud’ over U.S.-Saudi relations

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Clip: 10/10/2018 | 9m 38s | President Trump says he’ll meet with the fiancee of Jamal Khashoggi. (9m 38s)

News Wrap: Indonesia earthquake rescue crews wrap up search

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Clip: 10/10/2018 | 4m | Wednesday, rescue workers in Indonesia spent a final day looking for tsunami victims. (4m)

Trump’s ethanol moves: good policy or corn country politics?

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Clip: 10/10/2018 | 7m 54s | President Trump plans to lift the ban on summer sales of gasoline with 15 percent ethanol. (7m 54s)

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