Scientists have uncovered alarming new evidence that a common insecticide may leave lasting marks on the developing brain ...

1. What is chlorpyrifos, and how is it used? Chlorpyrifos is an inexpensive and effective pesticide that has been on the market since 1965. According to the EPA, approximately 5.1 million pounds of ...

The insecticide chlorpyrifos is on its way out, the result of growing concerns about organophosphate compounds that were first developed as nerve gas weapons in World War II and later adapted to ...

Officials from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Wednesday that the agency plans to ban the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos on all food. The EPA said it will revoke all “tolerances ...

In a rebuke to the Trump administration, an appeals court Thursday ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to ban a widely used farm pesticide that environmentalists say can damage the nervous ...

Miners carried canaries into coal mines; if the canary died it was an early warning of the presence of toxic gases that could also asphyxiate humans or explode. The Trump administration has decided to ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week reversed course on a recommendation to ban the widely used pesticide chlorpyrifos (trade name Lorsban) and denied a petition to arrest use of ...

The lawyer who helped ban chlorpyrifos on food crops warns that the EPA decision creates obstacles to banning other dangerous pesticides. Goldman brought the case against EPA on behalf of the League ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that it will stop the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos on all food for the protection of human health, particularly that of children and ...

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it will not ban the use of chlorpyrifos, rejecting a request from environmental groups to prohibit the pesticide. The action came in ...

On Aug. 18, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it will end use of chlorpyrifos – a pesticide associated with neurodevelopmental problems and impaired brain function in ...