House Republicans Are Using Zika As An Excuse To Allow More Pesticides In Water

Despite the fact that Congress has yet to pass a fully-funded Zika emergency bill, the House of Representatives passed the Zika Vector Control Act Tuesday evening, a bill ostensibly aimed at helping to fight the potential spread of the Zika virus throughout the United States.

But House Democrats and environmental organizations are crying foul, arguing that the bill uses the threat of Zika as a cover for rolling back crucial EPA regulations that protect bodies of water from pesticides....
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/05/25/3781600/zika-clean-water-act/