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Outraged Miami Residents Shut Down Town Meeting Over Zika Pesticide Spraying

'Like Visiting a Cemetery': Millions of Honeybees Dead After Zika Pesticide Spraying

Nika Knight, staff writer

'I just couldn't wrap my head around the fact that we spray poison from the sky,' one beekeeper said

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In Zika-Gripped Florida, Concerns Mount Over Insecticide Use—and Efficacy

Deirdre Fulton, staff writer

"It's essentially a neurotoxin and can result in unborn children in particular...

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CDC Expands Zika Travel Advisory in Miami

Nika Knight, staff writer

Unprecedented advisory warns pregnant travelers away from parts of Miami,...

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Florida Keys Residents Resist Controversial GMO Mosquito Trial

Anti-Choice Rubio Thumbs Nose at Pregnant Women Amid Zika Scare

Amid Zika Scare, FDA Clears Way for GMO Mosquito Trial in Florida

CDC Issues Unprecedented Travel Warning for US City Over Zika Spread

Dems Refuse to Back GOP Zika Bill that Attacks Women, Vets, Obamacare, and Clean Water

CDC: 'There is No Longer Any Doubt that Zika Causes Microcephaly'

As Zika Fears Spread, Might Pesticide Cure be the Cause?

UN: Millions of Lives at Risk if Epidemic Response Not Improved

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Environment America

1100 Health Professionals Urge President-elect Trump to Act on Climate

Jubilee USA Network

New Report Links Zika Virus to Steep Increase in Birth Defects in Brazil

NARAL Pro-Choice America

NARAL on House Zika Response: "Pro-Life" GOP Proves it Cares Little for Actual People's Lives...

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Christopher Brauchli

The Mosquito and the Politician

Christopher Brauchli

The Mosquito and the Politician

Gabriela Lemus

Congress Must Move Beyond Partisan Politics and Act on Zika

Jamila Taylor

What the Media and Congress Are Missing on Zika and Poverty

Nathalie Baptiste

Zika is a Reproductive Rights Issue

César Chelala

Is Microcephaly in Children Caused by the Zika Virus or by Pesticides?

Laurie Penny

This is the New Front in the Battle to Control Women’s Bodies

Susan Sered

A Serious Response Is Needed, But Let's Not "Wage War" on Zika

Judy Stone

What Zika And The Flint Water Crisis Have In Common

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