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Myth of 'Alar Scare' Persists
How the chemical industry rewrote the history of a banned pesticide
On Feb. 26, 1989, CBS aired its famous story on the carcinogenic pesticide Alar. Two years later EPA banned the chemical--but chemical companies have portrayed it as an unfounded 'food scare.' EWG's new report sets the record straight.
