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While carbofuran, a federally banned and toxic pesticide, has been used repeatedly on Eastern Shore farmland to kill wildlife, including at least 30 bald eagles between 2009 and 2019, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) refuses to provide addresses …
Some local students are using their voices to educate others about the bald eagle poisonings that have happened in Maryland. In the past 10 years, 30 bald eagles have died as a result of poisoning by carbofuran, a banned and …
A bill to make the possession of carbofuran illegal will be introduced to the Maryland General Assembly in the upcoming legislative session, according to Beth Decker, executive director of Safe Skies Maryland, a conservation initiative which focuses on human-caused bird …
A bald eagle that was tested by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in June 2018 was found to have DDE, a byproduct of DDT, in its liver. This was not the reason for the bird’s death, according to reports …
A bill to make the possession of carbofuran illegal will be introduced to the Maryland General Assembly in the upcoming legislative session. The federally banned pesticide has been used to kill wildlife on Maryland’s Eastern Shore for decades – before …