The FDA is banning the use on food crops of chlorpyrifos, a pesticide that environmentalists say poses risks to children and farmworkers.
The Biden administration said Wednesday it was banning the application of chlorpyrifos, a widely used pesticide long targeted by environmentalists, on food crops because it poses risks to children and farmworkers.
“Today EPA is taking an overdue step to protect public health,” Administrator Michael Regan said. “After the delays and denials of the prior administration, EPA will follow the science and put health and safety first.”Chlorpyrifos is applied on numerous crops, including soybeans, fruit and nut trees, broccoli and cauliflower. It has been linked to potential brain damage in children.
The EPA said it had found that chlorpyrifos did not meet the legal standard of reasonable certainty that exposure to it wouldn’t be harmful. Teresa Romero, president of United Farm Workers, said the group was “relieved that farmworkers and their families will no longer have to worry about the myriad of ways this pesticide could impact their lives.”Corteva Inc. had been the world’s largest manufacturer of the pesticide but stopped producing it last year. The company, created after a merger of Dow Chemical and Dupont, said previously that declining sales drove its decision and that it considered chlorpyrifos safe.
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