The legislation would also streamline the way the environmental agency can order dangerous pesticides off the market.

Pakistan has also cut the use of dangerous pesticides dramatically.

So the Administration is proposing banning the most dangerous pesticides or limiting their use to a few crops.

The groups advised taking a number of steps to better protect the public from dangerous pesticides.

Decades ago, the site was contaminated with dangerous pesticides and fertilizers that threatened the health of the Davis community.

In the meantime the Government could begin phasing out dangerous pesticides.

He said his legislation would also require more intensive monitoring of the food supply for dangerous pesticides, including imported foods.

It centres on a young woman who becomes trapped in a village where a dangerous pesticide has turned the residents into zombies.

A similar proposal to bar the export of dangerous pesticides is pending in the House.

The firms say it protects farmworkers and the public from dangerous pesticides.