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☆ A potentially cancer-causing chemical is sprayed on much of America’s farmland. Here is where it is used the most.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Danica Jefferies | Danica Jefferies Is An Intern With The Data Graphics Team For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

For those only exposed through food, the EPA says that glyphosate residues on food are safe up to certain thresholds. The chemical giant Monsanto introduced glyphosate in its product Roundup in 1974. “Glyphosate is the most widely used chemical weedkiller in human history because of genetic engineering,” said Dave Murphy, the founder of Food Democracy Now, an advocacy group that tests glyphosate in food. “It’s sprayed ubiquitously and Monsanto has, for decades, just maintained that it’s the safest agricultural chemical ever made.”The EPA’s safety limits for glyphosate exposure from food are twice the levels allowed in the European Union. The company pointed NBC News to other studies — including some that it has sponsored — that either refuted a link to cancer or challenged the relationship between acres sprayed and exposure levels.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Harley-Davidson, Visa, Microsoft, Biogen and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Harley-Davidson — Shares of the motorcycle company climbed 13% after Harley reported quarterly earnings beat top- and bottom line estimates. The per share loss was 0.99 euros per share on 3.04 billion of euros in revenue. Analysts surveyed by Refinitiv were expecting a loss of 0.85 euros per share and 3.02 billion of euros in revenue. Visa reported earnings of $1.93 per share on revenue of $7.79 billion. CMG reported revenue of $2.22 billion versus the $2.23 billion expected by analysts surveyed by Refinitiv.

☆ A potentially cancer-causing chemical is sprayed on much of America’s produce. How high is exposure near you?
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Danica Jefferies | Danica Jefferies Is An Intern With The Data Graphics Team For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

The chemical giant Monsanto introduced glyphosate in its product Roundup in 1974. “It’s sprayed ubiquitously and Monsanto has, for decades, just maintained that it’s the safest agricultural chemical ever made.”The EPA’s safety limits for glyphosate exposure from food are twice the levels allowed in the European Union. Additionally, two reports by organic advocacy groups found glyphosate in food products including cereals, cookies, crackers and sandwich bread. The EPA concluded in 2020 that glyphosate posed “no risks to human health” and was not likely to cause cancer. But a federal appeals court rejected that determination in June, stating that the EPA did not adequately assess the risks to endangered species and human health.

☆ The Queen Is Everywhere. What Will the Royal Makeover Cost?
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Isabella Simonetti | Rebecca Lieberman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

Since her death this month, Queen Elizabeth’s face has been all over nonstop news coverage. There are around 115,500 mailboxes throughout Britain and 61.4 percent of those, which date to the reign of Queen Victoria, bear Queen Elizabeth’s royal cypher, according to the Royal Mail Group. All mailboxes and those already in production with Queen Elizabeth’s initials will remain intact, the service’s website says. Its designs include Queen Elizabeth, an orange and white corgi, Big Ben, and now, King Charles and Camilla, queen consort. So far this month, however, it has sold 60 Queen Elizabeth ornaments and eight of King Charles.

“I call our ducks the soldiers of our vineyards,” says managing director Corius Visser. The duck troops are cajoled on a 14-day circuit through the vineyard, eating and fertilizing the ground as they go. The winery's Indian runner ducks patrol for pests in the vineyard. Rodger Bosch/AFP/Getty ImagesAs a pioneering winemaker with industry clout – vines have being grown on the estate since the late 17th century – Vergenoegd Löw is hoping to convince others to adopt its approach. “We can be in a position where we say that we have (not just) the best runner ducks in South Africa, but also the world,” Visser argues.

Persons: marshaling, ”, Corius Visser, “, Visser, ” Gavin Moyes, ” Visser, Rodger Bosch, Vergenoegd, They’d Organizations: CNN, Getty Locations: Town, Asia, AFP, South Africa

US parents received $250 monthly child tax credit payments from July to December 2021 under Biden's Build Back Better Act. Insider spoke with eight families around the US about how life has changed with the loss of monthly payments. Previously, parents received an annual child tax credit of $2,000 per child in one lump sum with their tax refunds. Under President Biden's Build Back Better Act, the child tax credit was raised to $3,600 per child, depending on the child's age, split up into monthly payments. Insider spoke with eight parents whose lives were directly affected by the loss of monthly child tax credit payments, also known as CTC payments.

Termite damage is classified as neglect or maintenance and is not covered by homeowners insurance. Homeowners insurance may cover termite damage if associated with a covered peril. Why doesn't homeowners insurance include termite insurance? Your homeowners insurance company might cover termite damage if a covered peril caused the infestation. Conlin caveats neither scenario guarantees your homeowners insurance company will cover termite damages.

☆ Un desen de Banksy decupat din zidul pe care a fost realizat va fi expus la un muzeu britanic
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-22 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

Un desen de Banksy decupat din zidul pe care a fost realizat va fi expus la un muzeu britanicO lucrare a artistului stradal Banksy urmează să fie expusă în premieră la un muzeu britanic după ce a fost decupată din zidul lateral al unei clădiri, relatează vineri BBC, notează AGERPRES. Opera a fost cumpărată de John Brandler, proprietarul unei galerii, și decupată din zid pentru a fi „păstrată în condiții de siguranță”, spre dezamăgirea locuitorilor din zonă. Apariția desenului a stârnit interesul locuitorilor, care s-au așezat la coadă pe stradă pentru a-l admira, însă acesta a fost decupat din zid după ce Brandler a cumpărat opera în schimbul unei „sume din șase cifre”. Potrivit lui Dan Clarke, „din punct de vedere al muzeului”, decuparea lucrării este lăudabilă, în special pentru că a fost „destul de vandalizată”. El a precizat că Brandler a cheltuit mii de lire sterline pentru a proteja opera de artă.

Persons: John Brandler, Dan Clarke, Clarke, Banksy, Port Talbot Organizations: BBC, AGERPRES, Museum Locations: britanic, Nottingham, Bury St Edmunds, britanic Suffolk, Moyse’s, West Suffolk, Port, Banksy, Pest

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