Latest news on Seresto pet collars
Since it entered the market a decade ago, the popular Seresto flea and tick collars have been linked to about 100,000 pet injuries and more than 2,500 pet deaths. Its manufacturer, Elanco, has maintained it's a safe product, but, last month, following a 16-month investigation, a Congressional subcommittee called on the EPA to take the collars off the market.
Citing some of our reporting, the subcommittee found the agency knew the collars were "dangerous" but had not taken enough action. The EPA has said it's reviewing the collars and expects to finish this fall.
But, this week, a month after the hearing, the subcommittee reiterated its call to take the collar off store shelves. In a letter to the heads of the EPA and the FDA, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D - Illinois) said the EPA should start Notice of Intent to Cancel proceedings.
— Sky Chadde, managing editor
LATEST UPDATE: Chair of Congressional subcommittee investigating Seresto collars asks EPA to take product off market — again | Aruni Soni & Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest
On Monday, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D - Illinois) sent the Environmental Protection Agency’s administrator a letter summarizing the subcommittee’s 16-month investigation into the popular collars. In a hearing last month, the subcommittee unveiled its findings: The EPA knew for years the product was dangerous but hasn’t removed it from store shelves.
STORY: Her foot was crushed on the job. When she asked to be compensated for lost wages, ‘they said no.’ | Sky Chadde & Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest
Michigan’s agriculture industry is in the midst of harvest season, and many of the people picking and processing the fruits and vegetables are undocumented. While their labor makes grocery shopping very convenient, the jobs carry a high risk of injury. Workers compensation is intended as a bridge for people who need time to recover.
But Michigan is not paying wage-loss compensation to undocumented workers. This is at the center of an ongoing lawsuit.
GRAPHIC: Wheat, rice and milk prices have increased since last year | Mary Norkol, Investigate Midwest
As Americans pay more for gas, housing and groceries during inflation, prices for agricultural products have jumped in a year’s time as well.
COLUMN: Major Questions Doctrine new major trouble for executive branch of government | Dave Dickey
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and his merry band of conservative cohorts ruled against an obsolete EPA plan to create a new but largely undefined doctrine that federal judges across the country will use to stymie all manner of federal agency rulemaking, writes Dave Dickey in his latest column.
