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EPA Ready to Settle Bay Area Pesticide Suit

San Francisco garter snake (seen here) and San Joaquin kit fox are called imperiled. (San Francisco Chronicle) SAN FRANCISCO - the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday a proposed settlement of a lawsuit that could result in scrutiny of how dozens of dangerous pesticides affect threatened and endangered species living around San Francisco Bay.

If the EPA decides to settle the suit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, it would require reviewing the health effects of 74 pesticides on 11 imperiled species by June 2014.

The pesticides can endanger wildlife by direct contact or by destroying the animals' habitat or food supply.