<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
        {font-family:"Cambria Math";
        panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
        {font-family:Calibri;
        panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
        {font-family:"Guardian Text Egyptian Web";}
@font-face
        {font-family:"Guardian Egyptian Web";}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
        {margin:0in;
        margin-bottom:.0001pt;
        font-size:12.0pt;
        font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
        color:#000099;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
        {mso-style-priority:99;
        color:blue;
        text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
        {mso-style-priority:99;
        color:purple;
        text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
        {mso-style-type:personal-compose;
        font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
        color:#000099;}
.MsoChpDefault
        {mso-style-type:export-only;}
@page WordSection1
        {size:8.5in 11.0in;
        margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
        {page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Times New Roman"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Times New Roman"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/02/suppressed-eu-report-could-have-banned-pesticides-worth-billions">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/02/suppressed-eu-report-could-have-banned-pesticides-worth-billions</a></span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Times New Roman"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:19.2pt"><font size="5" color="#333333" face="Guardian Egyptian Web"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:17.0pt;font-family:&quot;Guardian Egyptian Web&quot;;color:#333333">'Suppressed' EU report could have banned pesticides worth
 billions<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:19.2pt"><font size="5" color="#333333" face="Guardian Egyptian Web"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:17.0pt;font-family:&quot;Guardian Egyptian Web&quot;;color:#333333"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><font size="3" color="black" face="Guardian Egyptian Web"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Guardian Egyptian Web&quot;;color:black">Science paper recommended ways of identifying hormone-mimicking
 chemicals in pesticides linked to foetal abnormalities, genital mutations, infertility and other diseases including cancer
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.8pt"><font size="3" color="black" face="Guardian Text Egyptian Web"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Guardian Text Egyptian Web&quot;;color:black">As many as 31 pesticides with a value running into
 billions of pounds could have been banned because of potential health risks, if a blocked EU paper on hormone-mimicking chemicals had been acted upon, the Guardian has learned.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.8pt"><font size="3" color="black" face="Guardian Text Egyptian Web"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Guardian Text Egyptian Web&quot;;color:black">The science paper, seen by the Guardian, recommends
 ways of identifying and categorising the endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that scientists link to a rise in foetal abnormalities, genital mutations, infertility, and adverse health effects ranging from cancer to IQ loss.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Guardian Text Egyptian Web"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Guardian Text Egyptian Web&quot;;color:black">Commission sources say that the paper was buried by top EU officials under pressure
 from big chemical firms which use EDCs in toiletries, plastics and cosmetics, despite an annual health cost that studies peg at
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/dec/02/toiletries-health-impact-could-cost-millions-report-says">
<font color="black"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">hundreds of millions of euros</span></font></a>. &nbsp;&nbsp;(Long article &#8211; read the rest at the site above)</span></font><font size="1" color="#333333" face="Guardian Text Egyptian Web"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:&quot;Guardian Text Egyptian Web&quot;;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Times New Roman"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Times New Roman"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Deborah L. DeBiasi</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><b><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold">Email: &nbsp;&nbsp;Deborah.DeBiasi@deq.virginia.gov</span></font></b><b><i><font size="2" color="red"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:red;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic"><br>
</span></font></i></b><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">WEB site address:&nbsp;
<a href="http://www.deq.virginia.gov/">www.deq.virginia.gov</a></span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Virginia Department of Environmental Quality</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Office of Water Permits
</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Industrial Pretreatment/Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Program</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">PPCPs, EDCs, and Microconstituents<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><a href="http://www.deq.virginia.gov/Programs/Water/PermittingCompliance/PollutionDischargeElimination/Microconstituents.aspx">http://www.deq.virginia.gov/Programs/Water/PermittingCompliance/PollutionDischargeElimination/Microconstituents.aspx</a></span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Mail:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; P.O. Box 1105, Richmond, VA&nbsp; 23218</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Location:&nbsp; 629 E. Main Street, Richmond, VA&nbsp; 23219</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">PH:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;804-698-4028&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; FAX: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 804-698-4032<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Times New Roman"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></font></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>