Biden administration moves to ban insecticide chlorpyrifos
The EPA will ban the popular insecticide chlorpyrifos, amid concerns that the product can impact the neurodevelopment of young children.
The EPA will ban the popular insecticide chlorpyrifos, amid concerns that the product can impact the neurodevelopment of young children.
Last month, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the EPA had 60 days to ban the widely-used pesticide chlorpyrifos
The EPA has 60 days to revoke all tolerances and cancel all registrations for the widely-used pesticide chlorpyrifos. On Thursday, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that the EPA had no justification for its 2017 order to maintain a tolerance for the pesticide, citing research that shows its residue on food causes neurodevelopmental […]
This is proof that so much can be conveyed through perceptions alone. Just three weeks before the EPA declined to pursue a ban on the insecticide chlorpyrifos, agency chief Scott Pruitt and Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris were seen talking at a conference. That’s all it takes, and people will surely jump to their own […]
Dow says the recent Associated Press story regarding chlorpyrifos contained a number of misleading and inaccurate statements.
Chlorpyrifos has been used for decades to help farmers defend their crops against a wide array of pests.