EPA's Zika Plans Face Uncertainty Due To Senate Impasse, Lawsuit Threat

September 7, 2016
EPA's plans for responding to the growing spread of the Zika virus face uncertainty due to a Senate impasse on a bill to fund a strategy for targeting the disease, and potential litigation such as a threatened Clean Water Act (CWA) citizen suit against the agency alleging water contamination from pesticide spraying in Puerto Rico to combat Zika. In a Sept. 6 vote, held on the first day following Congress' August recess, the Senate by a 52-46 margin failed to...


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