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 ...

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

Growers in California and several other states are fighting to retain use of chlorpyrifos, a broad-spectrum insecticide environmentalists and farmworker advocates have sought to ban for years, citing ...

(Beyond Pesticides, December 6, 2024) On December 2, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced yet another milestone in the convoluted life span of the insecticide chlorpyrifos. Under ...

The Environmental Protection Agency’s ban on the insecticide chlorpyrifos was arbitrary and capricious, mainly because the two-year-old decision to ban it was rushed. Consequently, the U.S. Court of ...

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 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 restricted pesticide chlorpyrifos has been banned in California, the state Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) declared on Wednesday, a ban that is to take total effect within two years.

The decision bypasses the Oregon Department of Agriculture’s plan to phase out use of the pesticide, which has been linked to neurological harm, by 2023. In this May 13, 2004, file photo, a foreman ...

The pesticide chlorpyrifos will, according to a report from the New York Times, be banned in the United States, at least to an extent. Chlorpyrifos, a highly effective insecticide, is widely used in ...

(Beyond Pesticides, December 23, 2020) The litany of parting shots by the waning Trump administration got longer on December 4, when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposed ...