EPA rejects ban on chlorpyrifos, a widely used insecticide

Saying he was using “sound science in decision-making,” 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. Pruitt took a “final agency action” on the chemical, “suggesting that the matter would not likely be revisited until… » Read More

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