Source: Brad Robb, SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 9/25/18

The U.S. Department of Justice has requested a rehearing of a pesticide case before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The court’s original decision directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban chlorpyrifos, a common and useful pesticide, within 60 days. United States Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue was pleased to hear the DOJ had requested a rehearing in front of the full panel (en banc) of 9th Circuit Court of Appeal judges.

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