OK, so I guess the Bush administration hasn’t totally castrated them. In a “surprising move” yesterday (that’s the Washington Post’s commentary not mine) the EPA banned carbofuran residue on both domestic and imported food. Carbofuran has been known to cause health risks, especially in children and is a known neurotoxin that threatens animals as well as humans. Nice! The residue is typically found on rice, bananas, coffee and sugar cane. Click here for the piece.