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EPA proposes restrictions on toxic pesticide usage on fruit: 'What we really need is reinstatement of the full ban'
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed restrictions on the harmful pesticide chlorpyrifos except for use on 11 specific food crops, which can protect children from the chemical's harmful ...
The Journal21d
EPA finalizes chlorpyrifos restrictions
No. 19713-575). Chlorpyrifos is an organophosphate insecticide that has been used for many food crops, including soybeans, fruit and nut trees, broccoli, cauliflower and other row crops ...
Center for Biological Diversity2y
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Sued for Refusing to Stop Chlorpyrifos, Diazinon From Killing Endangered Animals, Plants
The two pesticides are organophosphates, a dangerous old class of insecticides found in 87% of human umbilical-cord samples and widely used on crops such as corn, watermelon and wheat. The Biden EPA ...