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Recent Antimicrobial Registration Provides for Intermediate Master Batches
Posted on 30 Jul 2015 by Keller and Heckman LLP

On May 15, 2015, EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) (Antimicrobials Division) conditionally approved Nanosilva LLC’s registration of “NSPW-L30SS” as a materials preservative with an explicit clearance allowing the manufacture... Read More

Failed Federal Collaboration: United States Fish and Wildlife Service State Relations
Posted on 27 Oct 2014 by Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

By Kathy G. Beckett The supplemental comment period for the USFWS proposal to list as endangered the Northern Long Eared Bat (“NLEB”) and to not list the Eastern Small Footed Bat closed on August 29, 2014. (79 Fed. Reg. 36698, June 30... Read More

Fungus identified as cause of widespread die-off of little brown bats in U.S.
Posted on 22 Jan 2012 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

A lethal disease has been causing large die-offs of little brown bats; it has been found in bats hibernating in 16 States and 4 Canadian provinces. Researchers have now identified the fungus Geomyces destructans as the primary cause of white-nose syndrome... Read More

Humans can transmit diseases to gorillas
Posted on 30 Apr 2011 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

Prior posts have noted and described a number of human diseases that had their origin in animals. Now it appears that some diseases can be transmitted from humans to gorillas. Ecotourism has been seen as a boon for countries with "interesting"... Read More

Decimation of frog populations may result from fungus disease spread initially by the international amphibian trade
Posted on 22 May 2013 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

Prior posts have noted the decline in the frog population in California, among other locales worldwide. As with colony collapse disorder of honeybees, there have been numerous theses regarding the cause. Researchers now propose that the fungus Batrachochytrium... Read More

Fungus identified as cause of widespread die-off of little brown bats in U.S.
Posted on 22 Jan 2012 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

A lethal disease has been causing large die-offs of little brown bats; it has been found in bats hibernating in 16 States and 4 Canadian provinces. Researchers have now identified the fungus Geomyces destructans as the primary cause of white-nose syndrome... Read More