Activists, AGs file appeal of EPA denial of chlorpyrifos petition
Story Date: 6/8/2017

 

Source: Forrest Laws, FARM FUTURES, 6/6/17


While farmers and industry groups remain euphoric over the installation of a more business-friendly administration at the Environmental Protection Agency, every so often a reality check gets inserted into the mix. Back on April 5, EPA denied a petition from the Pesticide Action Network North America and the Natural Resources Defense Council to cancel all registrations for chlorpyrifos, an insecticide used on a number of commercial crops in the U.S.

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