House Republicans exploit Zika virus fear to loosen pesticide restrictions, permit chemical dumping in water supplies

Friday, May 27, 2016
By Paul Martin

by: Julie Wilson
NaturalNews.com
Friday, May 27, 2016

While the rest of the world awakens to the damaging effects of pesticide pollution, officials in the U.S. are working to allow more pesticides into our water supplies. The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to loosen already weak pesticide regulations in a purported effort to combat the spread of the Zika virus. The latest version of the bill is called the Zika Control Act.

Opponents of the legislation say it’s being pushed for other reasons. Democrats, who largely voted against the legislation, have accused the GOP of passing the bill through deceptively, saying it’s already been considered (and rejected) five times under four different “guises,” according to The Hill.

They argue it will remove important protections instated by the Clean Water Act. If the legislation becomes law, pesticide applicators will be allowed to dump pesticides into bodies of water without a permit from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. They will not have to report the contamination, either.

Congresswoman Grace Napolitano (D-Calif.) said that adding more pesticides to water would threaten pregnant women – the same group the GOP claims to be protecting from Zika.

“I am very concerned about the effect of these pesticides on the health of our rivers, on our streams, and especially the drinking water supplies of all our citizens, including pregnant women,” said Napolitano.

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