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House Bill 1025, which aims to ban the possession of carbofuran and eliminate stockpiles of the deadly pesticide in Maryland, has been introduced by Del. Jen Terrasa.
Carbofuran has killed at least 30 bald eagles in Maryland since …
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 …
There is an “epidemic” of wildlife poisonings on the Eastern Shore. It probably goes well beyond that geographically, but the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has gone above and beyond keeping this information from the public.