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February 26, 2021
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) argued on Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) downgraded the risk of cancer from use of âone of the nationâs most popular fumigants,â dichloropropene (1,3-D), which is produced by Dow Chemical under the brand Telone and ignored science showing that the pesticide does cause cancer.
According to a press release from PEER, the EPA downgraded its classification in 2020 from âlikely to be carcinogenic to humansâ to âsuggestive evidence of carcinogenic potential.â Telone is reportedly used as a soil fumigant and a nematicide. PEER asked for an examination of the downgrade, along with the âcomposition of (the) EPAâs Cancer Assessment Review Committee and the rigor of its procedures.â
CAPE VERDE: Decree-Law on binding rulings published
Cape Verde s Ministry of Finance published
Decree-Law 74/2020 in the Official Gazette on 12 October 2020,
setting out the conditions for taxpayers requesting binding tax
information rulings. The Decree Law became effective on the same
day.
Once the application is submitted, the tax administration is
obliged to respond and notify the applicant within a maximum of 75
days. However, an urgent response within 45 days may be provided
for justified requests, provided that the request is accompanied by
a legal-tax framework proposal. The tax authority must notify an
applicant within 30 days on whether a request is accepted as