With the health of wildlife and communities hanging in the balance, EPA must change its approach to approving pesticides by fixing its cost-benefit analysis.
Expert BlogUnited StatesLara Bryant, Claire O'Connor, Ellen Lee, Arohi Sharma
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ANNAPOLIS, M.D.—The Maryland General Assembly announced that virtually all use of chlorpyrifos—a pesticide linked to learning disabilities in children—will be phased out in the state by the end of 2020, following years of pressure from public health, farmworker and community groups.
SACRAMENTO —The California Department of Pesticide Regulation today announced that virtually all use of chlorpyrifos—a pesticide linked to learning disabilities in children—will be phased out in the state by the end of 2020, following years of pressure from public health…
SACRAMENTO —The California Department of Pesticide Regulation today announced that virtually all use of chlorpyrifos—a pesticide linked to learning disabilities in children—will be phased out in the state by the end of 2020, following years of pressure from public health…
California’s agricultural communities are continuing to sound the alarm for the health of their children, as a promised statewide ban on chlorpyrifos—a pesticide that harms children’s brains—has yet to go into effect.
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must ban chlorpyrifos—a pesticide linked to learning disabilities in children—from food in the U.S., according to litigation filed today in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals by Earthjustice on behalf of the Natural Resources Defense…
SACRAMENTO—California’s Environmental Protection Agency today announced a ban on the use of chlorpyrifos, a pesticide linked to learning disabilities in children that is widely used on fruits and vegetables across the country.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) today reintroduced a 2017 bill that would protect children nationwide by banning chlorpyrifos—a pesticide linked to learning disabilities—from use on U.S. fruits and vegetables. It joins a similar House measure introduced earlier this…
California is the country’s top user of chlorpyrifos, a pesticide linked to learning disabilities in children, using close to a million pounds per year mainly on fruits, nuts, and vegetables.
California is the country’s top user of chlorpyrifos, a pesticide linked to learning disabilities in children, using close to a million pounds per year mainly on fruits, nuts, and vegetables.
