> When I see the name Goulson, alarm bells ring and red flags come up.

I understand that. However, there were several items that stood out:

Only 5% of the pesticides wound up in the plants, the remaining 95% is basically dispersed into the environment. Further, the quantity of the compounds that is being applied has increased enormously. And, "These water soluble compounds are not restricted to agricultural crops, instead permeating most parts of the agricultural environments in which they are used and in some cases reaching further afield via waterways and runoff water."

Attitudes pretty much fall into two categories:

"Without the Clean Water Rule’s critical protections, innumerable small streams and wetlands that are essential for drinking water supplies, flood protection, and fish and wildlife habitat will be vulnerable to unregulated pollution, dredging and filling," said Bob Irvin, president of American Rivers.

Craig Uden, president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, said it would "force ranchers and feedlot operators to get permits or risk excessive federal penalties despite being miles away from any navigable water. This rule should be taken out behind the barn and put out of its misery."

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