Industry studies show evidence of bias and misleading conclusions on widely used insecticide
Story Date: 11/20/2018

 

Source: Brian Bienkowski, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH NEWS, 11/16/18

Researchers who examined Dow Chemical Company-sponsored animal tests performed two decades ago on the insecticide chlorpyrifos found inaccuracies in what the company reported to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency compared to what the data showed. And, according to internal EPA communication, agency scientists also had issues with the study interpretations, yet the agency approved the compound for continued use anyway.

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