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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 …
WNAV has learned seven of the bald eagles found in Dagsboro, Delaware in March 2016 were poisoned by carbofuran, along with the fox they fed on, according to information received from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) through a …
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 …
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 …