Appeals court tells EPA to ban pesticide in 60 days

In one of his first major decisions as EPA administrator, Scott Pruitt denied a petition by environmental groups to ban the insecticide chlorpyrifos, widely used in agriculture but criticized as a risk to children and farmworkers. On Thursday, a three-judge appellate panel gave the government 60 days to ban the pesticide, which was originally developed… » Read More

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