Recently, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a rule to revoke most food crop tolerances for chlorpyrifos, a pesticide extensively used in agriculture. This decision comes after the ...

(Beyond Pesticides, October 10, 2024) On September 16, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an order allowing Kaizen Technologies LLC to sell off its chlorpyrifos-based ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency plans to prohibit use of the organophosphate pesticide chlorpyrifos on food, except for critical uses on 11 food and feed crops, the agency announced Dec. 2 in a ...

International chemicals negotiators began a biennial meeting today in Geneva, Switzerland, to decide how the global community should deal with certain toxic chemicals, including pesticides and some ...

The proposal would end the use of the widely used pesticide, which has been linked to nervous system damage, on all but 11 crops. EPA will give the public an additional 30 days to comment on a ...

WASHINGTON - The Biden administration said Wednesday it was banning the use of chlorpyrifos, a widely used pesticide long targeted by environmentalists, on food crops because it poses risks to ...

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday announced it would not ban a widely used pesticide associated with developmental disabilities and other health problems in children. The ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield is joining a coalition of attorneys general asking the Environmental Protection Agency to reinstate a ban on a harmful pesticide used on ...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has called for the complete ban of a pesticide that causes neurodevelopmental harm in children. Joining a multistate coalition of nine attorneys general, Bonta ...

The agency is looking to revoke most food tolerances for the pesticide, which is tied to brain damage in babies and young children. EPA moved Monday to end the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos on ...

Advocacy organizations seeking to ban a pesticide linked to developmental disorders in children asked the courts Wednesday to intervene and order the Environmental Protection Agency to ban the ...

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